10 TIPS FOR LAMS RIDERS

1 WEAR THE GEAR

Consider low-cut motorcycle boots, Kevlar jeans, a bike jacket, helmet and gloves to be the minimum amount of protective gear. If you need to buy some this time of year, even cheap summer gear with armour is a lot better than street clothes.

2 DO AN ADVANCED COURSE

You learnt a lot doing your LAMS training, didn’t you? Not just bike control (you might have had that if you’d ridden dirt bikes as a kid) but traffic awareness and roadcraft. Take those skills to the next level with advanced rider training. Many courses are run on racetracks so there’s no oncoming traffic, speeding tickets and lots of run-off,