Advance your Skills

Basic Bike Bonding RiderCourse (BBBRC)

The MSF Basic Bike Bonding RiderCourse (BBBRC) is typically a five-hour riding course designed to help licensed riders develop basic riding skills.

Exercises focus on a variety of cornering skills and limited-space maneuvers. By the end of the course, you should be able to handle a motorcycle well enough to negotiate normal street and traffic situations. Motorcycles are provided for your use. You must have a valid motorcycle permit or license endorsement.

The overall aim of the BBBRC is to help riders develop smooth and precise control as they manipulate primary motorcycle controls and develop their riding procedures and techniques. Good bike bonding helps a rider automate physical skills so they can devote more attention to road and traffic conditions (searching and evaluating). It helps a rider to be a better decision-maker.

The BBBRC consists of 11 riding exercises that start with basic control reinforcement with a progression to advanced maneuvering. The following are examples of some of the exercises you’ll ride:

 SPEED CONTROL & TURNS FROM A STOP: This is a busy exercise with shortened clutch control lane, pause-n-go, tight turns from a stop, and practice of stronger acceleration than compared to the Basic RiderCourse.

 ACCELERATE, THEN BRAKE FOR TURN: A primary point of this exercise is to experience the results of a more aggressive, short-term acceleration and braking. Acceleration is accomplished in a straight line and tight turns are made at low speed. 

CURVES & SWERVES: This exercise uses a continuous cornering circuit with a path leading to a swerve area. The exercise helps with improving cornering abilities along with precise and crisp steering inputs. 

LOW-SPEED DECREASING RADIUS CURVES: You will practice riding at steady speeds or practice reducing speed smoothly as the curves get tighter. 

SHARING THE ROAD: This exercise is a continuous path of travel that reinforces the social aspect of sharing the road, gap selection and leaving space for others. This exercise allows riders to focus on continuous improvement of the application of skills and knowledge to manage risks.

Ultimate Bike Bonding RiderCourse (UBBRC)

The MSF Ultimate Bike Bonding RiderCourse (UBBRC) is typically 5-hr course for experienced riders, modeled after police training courses.

There is no formal classroom and the riding exercises focus on limited-space maneuvers, modeled after police training courses. Through progressively challenging exercises, you develop smooth and precise control and learn more about the limits of your abilities and your bike’s capability. You must bring a valid motorcycle permit/license endorsement, and an insured/registered/street-legal motorcycle.

The overall aim of the UBBRC is to help riders develop smooth and precise control as riders manipulate primary motorcycle controls and develop their riding procedures and techniques. Good bike bonding helps a rider automate physical skills so they can devote more attention to road and traffic conditions (searching and evaluating). It helps a rider to be a better decision-maker. A primary value of having good bike-bonding is how it transfers to actual on-street riding in the from of smooth control inputs and more spare “mental capacity” with which to strategize (use SEE).

The UBBRC consists of 9 riding exercises, the following are examples of some of the exercises you’ll ride:

ZIGZAG: The exercise uses a similar path of travel as Basic Bike Bonding RiderCourse, but stop points are added for stopping in a straight line and stopping in a turn.

CIRCLE WEAVES: This exercise uses three circles with differing radii. Riders choose a circle, riding clockwise or counter-clockwise, through a weave. The challenge increases as riders gain confidence to ride the smaller circle.

SWITCHBACKS: The Switchbacks challenge a rider’s low-speed maneuvering skill and help them bond with their motorcycle. “Snap Steering” is introduced as quickly turning the handlebars to a point at or near the steering lock limit. The path is referred to as a teardrop to help negotiate the exercise.

LOLLIPOPS: An exciting, yet challenging exercise, consisting of a circuit of slaloms and circles of progressively decreasing sizes.

CIRCUIT TRAINING: This exercise is a capstone for bike bonding at low speed. There are four separate stations: a T-intersection followed by a Figure 8 and another T-intersection followed by a Bowtie. This may be the coolest of the exercises!

SHARING THE ROAD: This exercise is a continuous path of travel that reinforces the social aspect of sharing the road, gap selection and leaving space for others. This exercise allows riders to focus on continuous improvement of the application of skills and knowledge to manage risks.

Classes will become available at the following sites:

Columbus Airport

5175 N Warren Dr.

Columbus, IN 47201

We look forward to seeing you in Class!

1. 1. POLICIES:
   2. REFUNDS: Course fees are NOT refundable of transferable.  Please note that even though the BRC is designed for novice riders and riders without previous motorcycling experience, not all participants are successful. We try hard to make you successful but not being successful, is not a reason for a refund. 
   3. RESCHEDULING POLICY: A one-time class change can be made provided; the participant provides notification to us no less than 14 days prior to the date of the original class. When approved, the participant will have the option to reschedule into a class of their choosing so long as there are open seats available. All transfers must be made and completed within the same training year. Finally, we will not be make a refund of the initial class costs.  
   4. CLASS CANCELATIONS: It is rare, but Classes can be cancelled for a few reasons;
      1. There is a minimum number of participants needed in order to conduct a class. If there are not at least 3 participants signed up for a given class at least 5 days prior to the class start date, that class will not be conducted. Participants that were signed up prior to the start date will be given the option to be transferred to another date of their choosing or be provided a refund. 
      2. If Rider Coach determines that it is too dangerous to continue the course. It is a rarity but has happened that the weather has become so severe that training couldn’t continue. If this happens, we will do all we can to coordinate a time with you finish the training from the point of where the training was stopped OR get you into another class.  
   5. WEATHER: We do train in the rain and the cold so please dress appropriately. Classes will be stopped for lightening or severe weather, only while the severe weather is in the vicinity. After the weather has passed classes will be continued. 
   6. UNDER 18: If you are under 18 years old your parent of guardian must be present to sign your waiver forms at the beginning of the class. 
   7. CLASS TIMES: BRC classes are normally conducted over two days. Each day from 8 am to 1pm OR 2pm to 7 pm. These times are estimated: weather and a host of other things will ultimately determine the end time. If you have to leave prior to the end of the class, you won’t be able to meet all of the objectives and therefore won’t be successful and your success is what we are striving for!
   8. * You must have an Indiana Driver’s License, State ID or be on Military Orders in order to receive the $199 rate the cost of all others is $349
   9. We strive for your success and have better than a 90% student success rate. However, sometimes students are not successful in completing the course. Safety is our primary focus. The riding portion of the course is designed using a “stair step” learning process. In each exercise, objectives are presented and practiced, those objectives are then incorporated into the following exercises along with new objectives. The exercise objectives must be met in each exercise in order to move on to the next exercise. In addition, if a student becomes a hazard (dangerous) to themselves or others, they will also not be allowed to move forward with the class.