100% agree with the refresher course, driving standards are worefully bad here and the traffic up at least 40% in my area due to massive building booms and overcrowded frustrated people in roads in cars which are ever faster. So yes I totally agree with that , slow down in built up areas raise your vision and plan. As for rider aids yes , I have had few bikes which are to intrusive with the abs killing the feel at the lever , I like the 6 axis imu I have on my bike, it’s amazing, some rider aids should not be leant on to much if pushing on but some bikes need them , I had a 200bhp supercharged Kawasaki and without rider aides I would imagine it would be very unsafe and I’d want my mummy a lot 💩 😂. Cheers for the video , I am hoping to ride soon it’s been a few weeks for me now ..
The FJR is the first bike I have had over 100 hp and, due to her weight, she has a similar performance to my old CBR600 (no aids what-so-ever) but with a higher top speed. I haven't "used" the ABS on the FJR though, the TCS did kick in once (unnecessarily) pulling away from traffic lights in the wet on OEM Bridgestone tyres (terrible tyres in the wet - no grip at all).
I'm not a huge fan of driver aids, tbh. I never use cruise control, for instance, even though I've had it on all my cars since the late 90s, although I do appreciate the reversing camera on my current VW. Refresher course - I think the resources needed to meet any compulsory requirement would exceed anything that was practicable in terms of time and expense given the vast number of people it would involve. It would quickly become more notable for adding to the catalogue of fraud than for improving driving standards, imo.
The problem with driver aids is they make poor drivers think they have way more skill than they actually have. I was out the front of my house the other day when a young lad who lives across the road from me reversed his car into the front of his house, his parents were not best pleased and there is now a crack down the rendered wall although it cheered me up 🤣🤣🤣He drives the car like he is on a race track. I live close to the local driving test centre and going by what I observe, the quality of driver training is very poor so not sure about refresher courses. I see so many poor driving habits these learners are doing under instruction that they undoubtable take into their driving. One particular rant of mine is lane discipline is pretty bad from so many drivers these days. Maybe I just getting old haha.
What do you think about mandatory Rider and Driver Refresher courses? Are they necessary? What skills should be refreshed? How would they work?
Had a few questionable ABS experiences too. My Tracer has pretty strong engine braking so bringing that into the mix helps a lot.
100% agree with the refresher course, driving standards are worefully bad here and the traffic up at least 40% in my area due to massive building booms and overcrowded frustrated people in roads in cars which are ever faster. So yes I totally agree with that , slow down in built up areas raise your vision and plan. As for rider aids yes , I have had few bikes which are to intrusive with the abs killing the feel at the lever , I like the 6 axis imu I have on my bike, it’s amazing, some rider aids should not be leant on to much if pushing on but some bikes need them , I had a 200bhp supercharged Kawasaki and without rider aides I would imagine it would be very unsafe and I’d want my mummy a lot 💩 😂. Cheers for the video , I am hoping to ride soon it’s been a few weeks for me now ..
The FJR is the first bike I have had over 100 hp and, due to her weight, she has a similar performance to my old CBR600 (no aids what-so-ever) but with a higher top speed. I haven't "used" the ABS on the FJR though, the TCS did kick in once (unnecessarily) pulling away from traffic lights in the wet on OEM Bridgestone tyres (terrible tyres in the wet - no grip at all).
I'm not a huge fan of driver aids, tbh. I never use cruise control, for instance, even though I've had it on all my cars since the late 90s, although I do appreciate the reversing camera on my current VW. Refresher course - I think the resources needed to meet any compulsory requirement would exceed anything that was practicable in terms of time and expense given the vast number of people it would involve. It would quickly become more notable for adding to the catalogue of fraud than for improving driving standards, imo.
Cruise Control is probably the only aid I use and usually when there are a lot of tax cameras. So mainly motorways.
The problem with driver aids is they make poor drivers think they have way more skill than they actually have. I was out the front of my house the other day when a young lad who lives across the road from me reversed his car into the front of his house, his parents were not best pleased and there is now a crack down the rendered wall although it cheered me up 🤣🤣🤣He drives the car like he is on a race track. I live close to the local driving test centre and going by what I observe, the quality of driver training is very poor so not sure about refresher courses. I see so many poor driving habits these learners are doing under instruction that they undoubtable take into their driving. One particular rant of mine is lane discipline is pretty bad from so many drivers these days. Maybe I just getting old haha.