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The On-Street
Course (OSC) focuses on developing the mental skills of riding,
and is an opportunity for new riders to get familiar with being
on the street, as well as for more experienced riders to enhance
their street riding skills. |
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If you took
the Novice Rider Course, you learned motorcycling is a 90% mental
activity, and that you need to have a strategy for dealing with
hazards. Unfortunately, there is no good way to give you practice
in developing those mental skills and using a strategy in a parking
lot during the NRC or BRC2. This class was developed to address
that issue and meet the need to teach the mental skills we CAN'T
teach in the NRC or BRC2. |
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Class
size is limited to no more than 4 students at a time, with
2 instructors, in order to ensure as much personal
attention as possible for each rider. The general themes of this
course are:
- Personalized
feedback to improve your street skills
- Using
mental perception strategies to anticipate hazards
- Situational
awareness all around the rider
- Dynamic
lane positioning
- Focus
on minimizing risk and managing it on the street
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The
OSC begins with approximately 2-3 hours in the classroom where
students will participate in perceptual skills exercises to enhance
their abilities and/or to get them thinking about looking for
potential hazards through the use of a motorcycle simulator
and scenario identifications. |
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The
class then moves to the training range for a brief skills test
to verify that students have the necessary braking and turning
skills for proceeding onto the street. (NOTE: This test is very
similar to what is used by the DoL and in our Novice RiderCourse
and Intermediate RiderCourse.) |
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Riders
will be fitted with radios to use for communication with
the instructos during the on-street portion, as well as hi-viz
vests to make it easier to identify the group. |
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Then
the fun begins. Students will be taken out onto public roads
on 3 different routes, each of which are progressively more challenging.
We begin with light traffic areas on the first route; then move
to more commercial, heavier traffic areas; and finish with a
freeway experience. (NOTE: if a student is uncomfortable continuing,
or in the opinion of the instructors it would not be safe for
a student to continue, they will be escorted back to the training
site.) |
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NOTE:
Passengers are not allowed on student's motorcycles during this
class. |
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IMPORTANT
- PLEASE READ: |
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1. This course is for motorcycle
(2-wheeled or 3-wheeled) endorsed/licensed riders ONLY. |
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2. Required
Riding Apparel:
- DOT
certified helmet (3/4 or full-face) in good shape.
- Eye-protection;
glasses, sunglasses, goggles
- Long-sleeved
jacket that provides protection
- Long
pants, denim jeans or heavier fabric
- Study,
over-the-ankle footwear (cannot be cloth or canvass)
- Full-fingered
gloves suitable for motorcycle use
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3. You must
bring proof of full-coverage motorcycle insurance. (Bring your
policy's declarations page. An insurance card is insufficient.) |
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4. Your
motorcycle/scooter must be a 125cc or larger and pass a safety
inspection, to include:
Tires
and wheels (condition, tread, pressure)
Controls
(condition, operation/position, routing)
Lights
(lens and reflector condition, illumination/mirrors)
Oil
level
Chassis
(forks, swing arms, shocks, chain/belt/differentual)
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The
OSC may be cancelled if weather conditions are unsafe. That decision
will be made by the instructor at the beginning of class or any
time during the class if the weather changes to an unsafe riding
condition. If the class is cancelled before it begins a full
refund or reschedule is available to the student. In the event
the course needs to be stopped after it begins, we will reschedule
the students into a later class at no extra charge, but we cannot
refund any money once the class begins. |
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If
a student fails to show up on time for the class, or cannot successfully
complete the skills test we cannot refund any fees paid by the
student. |
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Pacific
NorthWest Motorcycle Safety has a strict "8 days
from the class" cancellation and/or reschedule policy.
If you need to cancel your registration or reschedule we must
hear from you more than 8 days prior to the class start
hour/date. If you don't contact us or call more than 8 days before
your class starts, any money paid for a class will be forfeit
and there will be NO refunds. |