Kent Police Advanced Motorcycle - Riding Plans

[TheMagicBunnyRabbit]

2:56 - "come in towards the nearside for right hand bend." Road is bending to the left at time, obscuring visibility of what is on the immediate road, hence no mention of "junction" on the left tha only becomes visible later due to being tucked in to the kerb. It's as if the left hand wasn't there.

[gwk4657]

Great vidio

[ourlooneyhouse]

Brilliant. Who says men can't multitask?! Great riding, eyes everywhere mind focused. Love the GPO van!

[getinthevantim]

what a blast. i used to live in gallants lane, east farleigh.

eternal thanks to the kent police driving school, i took a course there aged 18 and have never forgotten what i learnt. i am now 46, live in australia and respond fire trucks on the great ocean road. still to this day i sometimes hear that voice saying "never let yourself become the meat in the sandwich"

[advancedbiker]

I was trained the old way, and Yes you never forget some of the phrases. A bet the weather is a bit better where you are.....

Have a good Christmas and thanks for watching

[jameslove31]

Is the guy who narrator Barry Kenward by any chance?

[advancedbiker]

I will have a look for you...

[motorheaddude07]

Aye them were the days. People seemed to take more pride and had a profesional approach. Sad but you cant relive the past i guess

[advancedbiker]

I could not echo you comments better...

My feelings exactly

Regards

Nigel

[dictatorialmessenger]

that takes me back, looking ahead i can see, where one comes from another can follow, an early course is a safe course, funny how they stick in your mind.

[bigveasy]

Top video!

[Normanskie]

I live on a crossroad and I am absolutely fed of people sounding their bloody horns all day long and even the nigth as well, especially 02.00 in the morning.

[00kalm]

Whatever happens, you'll live. The biker won't.

[mr0ctopus]

Very good video, thanks for posting.

Would be useful if these were still being produced though.

[banditkiddy]

Just as valid today as when this was filmed, in fact probably more so.

[jamiebridges123]

tee-hee..

old school. :D

[Grazo22]

I live a 2 minutes bike from where this was filmed. When he says it is a good road surface it is horrendous now.

[advancedbiker]

Is that becuase there is more traffic using it, or the counicl have run out of money to repair it.......

[Grazo22]

probably a bit of both really, there is obviously more traffic compared to when this was filmed but I would suggest it was new when he was riding on it and it hasn't been replaced since with only silly repairs. Weird to see my local area though all those years ago for me

[motorheaddude07]

What model and year are the bmws used in this video?

[advancedbiker]

The Bm's would be the twin shock BMW R80RT, one of the newer models that replaced the 750's and 800's with the Avon fairing. Date wise I would think 1980, I will check with the Police Officer who did the riding.

[garyuk17]

cool stuff! :D

[bdcash]

The road surfaces were certainly a lot better than they are today...

[advancedbiker]

Could it be less traffic..... There does not seem to be much about, and they all seem to be british cars.......

[benjyboba]

My dad was doing a commentry like this today in the car. He was making me laugh. The amount of information he spotted and the speed he was saying it was very fast. I think every driver should have a go, it's a lot of fun and your friends can point if you missed anything or vica verca(which you shouldn't or you should not be on the road). The only trouble is you can't say all the hazzards as quickly as you can think and identify them. Everyone be aware of everything around you and your be safer.

[DuranXL]

Lol, you make it sound like you're controlling an airplane

[chrisgraphics2000]

Well, on a motorcycle you have the closest thing to flying. :P

Those who have never been on a bike don't realize that there are many more control and balance variables that have to be taken into account when riding two wheels.

Cheers!

[DuranXL]

Maybe, but if you have to think about whether to use your horn every bend or not..then there's no fun.

Btw i do ride a motorbike

[chrisgraphics2000]

I see what you mean.

But maybe in some countries, such as Netherlands, the car drivers are pretty careful and drive in a predictable manner, but in others, such as Romania, many of them like to play with the the rules and give you a hard time on the road. Ride here and you won't need roller coasters for adrenaline ever again. :P

[userdevicenull]

The music in the beginning is the greatest.

[glennwhite]

Looks like marden (kent) area heading towards sussex using the country lanes

[jimmyd7009]

Try East Farleigh to Teston.

[copusuck]

All that safety gear looks terribly claustrophobic. It can't be enjoyable.

[mattsaxuk]

Hi there, ive just come across these videos this evening. A great selection. My dad is a Class 1 and taught met to ride. He's always talked about Road Craft training that he did. These vids are really helpful.

I notice a small mirror in the middle of your dash, is that a dedicated motorbike accessory or something you've made? Does it help much?

Thanks A lot,

ill keep checking back for more vids.

[advancedbiker]

Thanks for the comment. The'mirror' device is the rear view of day riding lights that were fitted in the early 80's. The BMW were not that good with charging the electrics at low speed, so we tried these day running lights. They did work... If you look at the beginning of the clip you can see them better.

[jayceefx]

thats it im gonna start usin my hrn fuck yea!

[mikenco]

This commentary style is still amazing even today, however I can see why they outphased the use of the horn as in the second instance it was used in this video, it left nothing but "thinking time" available to any potential recipient it was aimed at and served no real useful defensive purpose at all. By the time the horn was heard, he would have been round the bend and on top of what ever hazard the horns use was intending to avoid.

Still, as I said before, excellent commentary!

[alistairjl]

Hehe cool. On the horn point, it was an explicit part of the old version of the system of motorcycle control.