I took the two day rider course from Jim. It was a great class. Lots of skill building/practice on the bike. Good information in the classroom sessions. LOT AND LOTS of stories from Jim, some where even applicable to riding. Jim did a great job at making all of us students get better on the bikes, most of us seemed very comfortable on the drills and everyone cruised through the skills exam, even the figure 8.
I highly recommend this course. Let me tell you why. My very first ride picking up my scooter turned out to be a 30 mile journey home from the dealer. I had planned to work my way up to 10-20mile rides, but I got one in my first hour.
My ride had city streets, highway access road (oops), neighborhoods, a winding mtn road, long 50mph highway and hills. All of my training came in handy and my observation and lane/visibility position skills were put to use. I got an oh sh!t moment when I accidentally hit the cut off switch going down hill at 50 mph. I stayed calm and shifted over two lanes to the shoulder. Bike wouldn't start, but I went through FINEC and vroom, the scooter was running again and off I went as safely as possible.
THE DRILLS WORK. Thank you Jim.