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GEARBAG: The New Ride Like a Pro DVD
The DVD offers a series of slow speed, parking lot exercises for riders to practice and master, which will help everyone to become a much better motorcycle rider out on the street.
The video gives riders a step by step approach to the proper way to learn to control your motorcycle. It allows a rider to see for themselves what a motorcycle is capable of doing and how to take advantage of that maneuverability. (Photo: Ride Like A Pro)
Jerry “Motorman” Palladino may be the most famous lawman in the country. . . at least among motorcycle riders. He began as a law enforcement officer and later was trained to be a motor officer. After passing his training program he was so impressed with it that he became a licensed instructor to teach other motorcycle cops the Motor Officer Course.
Then in 1999 he decided that he would make the techniques used for cops available to the riding public and modified the course for everyday civilian riders and began offering live training sessions. Later he published a book, then VHS video tapes, and on to DVD’s. The New Ride Like A Pro DVD is a totally updated DVD which contains all the information from previous videos, but also with many additions.
The DVD offers a series of slow speed, parking lot exercises for riders to practice and master, which will help everyone to become a much better motorcycle rider out on the street. The video shows several students (men and women), all on big cruiser bikes from Harley Road Kings, and Ultra Classics, to Honda Gold Wings and Victory Visions, performing the exercises. It even shows shows a few of the errors they make in the learning process, which is also helpful to the viewer.
There is a brief section of the video that shows what type of inexpensive items to buy and use to help set the courses up. An Exercise Guide Booklet comes with the DVD, and illustrates how to set up the exercises in a parking lot with small cones for your practice, and the step by step process to help you learn how to do each one.
A great way to utilize this video would be to get a bunch of your riding buddies or club members together. Bring a laptop computer to the site and view the video of the first exercise a few times (10 minutes). Then set up the course and begin to practice. After everybody has mastered it, move on to view the second exercise, and set that course up. And so on.
Once you become proficient at the civilian program, you can try the Motor Officer’s Course exercises shown at end of the DVD. The exercises are similar, but the distances of the cones and degree of difficulty that motor officer’s exercises are designed for are also shown.
Several years ago I had the opportunity to ride on the practice range with the motor officers of Arlington Heights, IL police department, who were practicing these exercises as a refresher spring tune up for their riding season. They were on Road Kings, and I on my Yamaha Virago which was similar in size to a Sportster. It took a few hours of practice for me to be able to do two of the easier exercises, and not even close to being able to do the others. So trust me, any motorcycle cop you see on the road is an outstanding rider, or he wouldn’t be allowed to ride that bike.
If you can’t attend one of Jerry Palladino’s instructional courses, I would strongly recommend this DVD as the next best thing. Every rider who wants to get better at controlling a motorcycle, and therefore become a better, safer rider on the street, will benefit from this DVD. You can go to the web site at www.ridelikeapro.com to view some videos so you get an idea of what the DVD is like, and see all of the training tools that Jerry has for sale. This DVD sells for $29.95 and it’s worth every penny.
Then in 1999 he decided that he would make the techniques used for cops available to the riding public and modified the course for everyday civilian riders and began offering live training sessions. Later he published a book, then VHS video tapes, and on to DVD’s. The New Ride Like A Pro DVD is a totally updated DVD which contains all the information from previous videos, but also with many additions.
The DVD offers a series of slow speed, parking lot exercises for riders to practice and master, which will help everyone to become a much better motorcycle rider out on the street. The video shows several students (men and women), all on big cruiser bikes from Harley Road Kings, and Ultra Classics, to Honda Gold Wings and Victory Visions, performing the exercises. It even shows shows a few of the errors they make in the learning process, which is also helpful to the viewer.
There is a brief section of the video that shows what type of inexpensive items to buy and use to help set the courses up. An Exercise Guide Booklet comes with the DVD, and illustrates how to set up the exercises in a parking lot with small cones for your practice, and the step by step process to help you learn how to do each one.
A great way to utilize this video would be to get a bunch of your riding buddies or club members together. Bring a laptop computer to the site and view the video of the first exercise a few times (10 minutes). Then set up the course and begin to practice. After everybody has mastered it, move on to view the second exercise, and set that course up. And so on.
Once you become proficient at the civilian program, you can try the Motor Officer’s Course exercises shown at end of the DVD. The exercises are similar, but the distances of the cones and degree of difficulty that motor officer’s exercises are designed for are also shown.
Several years ago I had the opportunity to ride on the practice range with the motor officers of Arlington Heights, IL police department, who were practicing these exercises as a refresher spring tune up for their riding season. They were on Road Kings, and I on my Yamaha Virago which was similar in size to a Sportster. It took a few hours of practice for me to be able to do two of the easier exercises, and not even close to being able to do the others. So trust me, any motorcycle cop you see on the road is an outstanding rider, or he wouldn’t be allowed to ride that bike.
If you can’t attend one of Jerry Palladino’s instructional courses, I would strongly recommend this DVD as the next best thing. Every rider who wants to get better at controlling a motorcycle, and therefore become a better, safer rider on the street, will benefit from this DVD. You can go to the web site at www.ridelikeapro.com to view some videos so you get an idea of what the DVD is like, and see all of the training tools that Jerry has for sale. This DVD sells for $29.95 and it’s worth every penny.
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