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Mentorship and the Advanced Riding Skills CourseJust keep everyone in the loop so you can pass along accurate info.
The mentorship program that Col Martin briefed us on back in December is just about to be reality. Don't fret though, it really isn't that bad. You know why, because I wrote the policy for McGuire. Everyone's biggest concern is what liabilities and responsibilities fall on a mentor? Nothing, as long as you are doing what is right. Meaning, if you are following the posted speeds and the mentoree goes down, you are not at fault. This has already been confirmed with JAG. Help the program and become a mentor for your Unit.
Now, the Advanced Riding Skills Program is for Sport Bikes. I just spent a week at Wing Safety writing up this program as well. I think it will be a good time and besides, who doesn't want a day and a half off work to ride. What we need now is mentors to step up and volunteer to teach. There will be one RiderCoach and two mentors. The RiderCoach will be a technical advisor and run the range exercises. Other than that, the course will be lead by the mentors. I've already picked and drove the route. It is a pretty good one that includes all types of corners. The mentor class will held on the 25th and 26th of April. Time and classroom TBD. I will lead the mentor training and help push the first set of students through.
Once all the sport bikes have been through the course, we have been asked to allow cruisers and others the chance to go through. We have agreed to allow this and think it is a good idea. Now you know. Spread the word for the good and lets get the McGuire program up and going.
Any questions, fire away...
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Well, we held the first ever Adavanced Riders Skill Training. Things went pretty well and I think the program is going to be a success. The three main areas of instruction are mentoring, group riding and cornering.
Our own Safety Director is now the Lead Mentor on base and doing a pretty good job so far. You should be seeing an article this Friday in the AirTides.
Also, if you have been designated as your Unit MSR or a unit mentor, help us promote this course. It's two days out of work to ride and pick up some more skills. Between the mentor class and first student class, myself and Guinn posted almost 600 miles on our odometers. So if this gives you any indication, yes, we do ride and ride a lot. It's only about 3 hours worth of class room style teaching and the rest is on the bike. Help get the word out.
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