Back-to-Biking Motorcycle Rider Training

Return to Motorcycling with Confidence

Have you recently returned to motorcycling after an extended break from riding? Perhaps you have taken time away from your motorcycle because of work, family commitments, illness, an injury or a road traffic collision?

Compass Motorcycle Excellence Back-to-Biking motorcycle rider training is designed to help experienced riders refresh their knowledge, rebuild confidence and develop safe, smooth and effective riding techniques before getting back to regular riding.

Taking a break from motorcycling can mean that previously familiar skills and routines become less automatic. A structured motorcycle refresher course provides an opportunity to revisit the fundamentals and identify areas where additional practice or development may be beneficial.

What Does Back-to-Biking Training Cover?

Back-to-Biking training is tailored to the individual rider and motorcycle. The core modules can include:

1. Rider and Motorcycle Preparation
Reviewing pre-ride checks, motorcycle controls, protective equipment, riding position and general machine familiarity. This helps ensure the rider is comfortable and confident with their motorcycle.

2. Slow-Speed Control
Refreshing clutch, throttle and brake coordination, balance, steering and low-speed manoeuvring. These skills are particularly useful when negotiating junctions, traffic, parking areas and other confined spaces.

3. Road Position and Observation
Developing effective observation, anticipation and road positioning to improve the rider's view of developing hazards and maintain appropriate safety margins.

4. Speed Management and Hazard Awareness
Refreshing techniques for selecting an appropriate speed for the road, traffic, weather and visibility. Riders develop a more systematic approach to identifying and responding to hazards.

5. Cornering and Bend Assessment
Revisiting approach, positioning, speed and acceleration through bends, including the use of limit points to help assess changing road conditions.

6. Overtaking and Progress
Developing safe and considered overtaking techniques while assessing visibility, road position, speed, traffic conditions and available safety margins.

7. Riding Strategy and IPSGA
Introducing or refreshing the Information, Position, Speed, Gear and Acceleration approach used within advanced motorcycle riding. This systematic process can help riders make better-informed decisions and manage hazards more effectively.

Motorcycle Training Following a Road Traffic Collision

Returning to riding after a motorcycle accident or road traffic collision can present additional challenges. Even when a rider is physically ready to return, confidence may have changed.

Back-to-Biking training provides an opportunity to return progressively to real-road riding, concentrating on the areas that the individual rider feels require attention. Training is not a substitute for medical advice or rehabilitation, and riders should only return to riding when they are medically and legally fit to do so. If you have had a collision and claim it may be worth checking if your insurance company would pay for Back-to-Biking training sessions to help put you safely and confidently back on the road.

Benefits of Back-to-Biking Training

A tailored refresher session can help you:

• Rebuild confidence and familiarity with your motorcycle

• Refresh essential motorcycle control skills

• Improve observation and hazard awareness

• Revisit safe cornering, positioning and speed management

• Identify and address previously developed riding habits

• Develop smoother and more systematic riding techniques

• Increase awareness of changing road and traffic conditions

• Prepare for longer journeys, commuting or recreational riding

• Return to motorcycling progressively following a period away from riding

Whether you have been away from motorcycling for six months or several years, Compass Motorcycle Excellence Back-to-Biking training can help you make your return to riding a structured, positive and confidence-building experience.

Get back on your motorcycle with refreshed skills, renewed confidence and a focus on safer, smoother riding.