Gold Wing Road Riders Association

1. Gold Wing Road Riders Association “Rider Education Parking Lot Practice” Facilitator Training Program

2. Program Objectives: • To train Facilitators to meet the District needs. • Establish Parking Lot Practice (PLP) consistency through this training. • To ensure Facilitator understands his/her role. • To equip Facilitator with the proper tools and management skills. • To provide a safe learning environment for our members.

3. Overview: • Unit one: • How the GWRRA Parking Lot Practice Program fits in our Level Program. • What is the Facilitator Program and how is it administered? • What is a PLP Facilitator? • Review the two GWRRA Parking Lot Practices. • Unit two: • Organizing and preparing for the event. • Unit three: • Conducting the event.

4. Unit One Program Details and Materials

5. GWRRA Rider Education Levels Program Chart focus on Rider Development

6. PLP Facilitator Program • Two part certification program. • Classroom Training • Field training (Minimum of one PLP with Certified Facilitator) • Program conducted at the District Level by the District Educator or designated coordinator. • Provide Chapter Educators a resource for scheduling and conducting a PLP. • Ensures program integrity • Sanctioned PLP used to advance to Level 2, or for one time Levels Program Maintenance. • Regional Educator approval required. • PLP is good for one year as a Level 2 Requirement. • PLP is good for one year as Level Program Maintenance.

7. What is a PLP Facilitator? • One who has successfully completed the GWRRA Facilitator training program. • Classroom Training • Field training • An Overseer, not an Instructor. • Ensures that the PLP is correctly followed. • Maintains a safe environment on the Range. • Ensures PLP compliance to Local and State Laws governing professionally licensed training programs.

8. Current GWRRA PLP’s Trike/Sidecar/Add-on Practice Guide Motorcycle Practice Guide

9. Motorcycle PLP Guide • Basic Starting point for members in our Rider Course programs. • Basic Skills covering: • Braking/Cornering/Swerving • Clutch Control • Balance • Counter-Steering • 1-up or 2-up participation. • 1-up only for 1st time participants • Prepares Riders for more advanced courses.

10. Motorcycle PLP Guide • Consists of 6 Exercises • Exercise 1: Cone Weave • Exercise 2: Normal/Quick Stop • Exercise 3: Stopping in a Curve • Exercise 4: Sharp Turns • Exercise 5: Obstacle Avoidance • Exercise 6: Double U-Turn

11. Trike/Sidecar PLP Guide • Used for Trike/Sidecar/Add-on Units • Rider Skills covering • Braking/Cornering/Swerving • Clutch Control • Push/Pull Steering • 1-up or 2-up participation • 1-up only for 1st time participants • Prepares Riders for more advanced courses (Add-on unit exception)

12. Trike/Sidecar PLP Guide • Consists of 7 Exercises • Exercise 1: Normal Braking • Exercise 2: Quick Stop Braking • Exercise 3: Tight Corners • Exercise 4: Obstacle Avoidance • Exercise 5: Obstacle Avoidance and Stop • Exercise 6: Advanced Turning • Exercise 7: Advanced Turning with Stop

13. Unit One Summary • Discovered how the GWRRA Parking Lot Program Facilitator Program is used in the Levels Program. • What the Facilitator Program is all about and how it is administered. • What a PLP Facilitator is and their role. • Reviewed the two GWRRA Parking Lot Practices.

14. Unit Two Organizing and Preparation

15. Organizing and Preparation • Minimum Range Size • 130’ x 180’( 56 x 40m) • 40’ (12m) Buffer Zone Buffer Zone 40‘ (12m) 10‘ (3m) 130‘ (40m) 40‘ (12m) 50‘ (15m) 100‘ (30m) 180‘ (56m)

16. Organizing and Preparation • Range Selection • Room for Staging Area • Good surface and no obstacles • Range is cleanable • Able to be secured • Restroom facilities • Shade • Get permission 180‘ (56m) Buffer Zone 130‘ (40m) Riding Area StagingArea

17. Organizing and Preparation • Have Chapter Educator Plan and Promote your PLP • Date, Time, Location and Duration • Include on Ride Schedule • Chapter Newsletter • Chapter Meeting • Chapter Website • Rain or Shine? • Activity following event • Ride, Ice Cream, Lunch, etc.

18. Organizing and Preparation • Needed Supplies • How will you mark and secure the area • Whistle • Emergencies • First Aid Kit • Fire extinguisher • Cell phone • Marking Tape or Spray Chalk (Get Permission) • Cones, Tennis Ball halves • Measuring Tape • Oil Dry • Clean-Up Supplies for after

19. Organizing and Preparation • MiscellaneousDetails • Helpers • Get the local Chapter involved • Help with Sign-In, T-CLOCS or Trike Checks and Waivers • Oversee Refreshments • You need water at a minimum, other stuff is nice. Remember to get the local Chapter involved. • Path for entering and leaving the range and the area is well defined

20. 180‘ (56m) Buffer Zone 130‘ (40m) Riding Area StagingArea Organizing and Preparation • Range Setup (day of) • Mark out your Range and Buffer area • Layout your Staging Area • Motorcycles Only • No spectators • Where they park when exercise is completed • Clean your Range • Secure your Range • Set-up Table for registration and refreshments • Make sure restroom facilities are open

21. Unit Two Summary • Minimum Range Size • Range Selection • Plan and Promote your PLP • Needed Supplies • Miscellaneous Details • Range Setup

22. Unit Three Conducting the Event

23. Conducting the Event • Before you Start • Stage the bikes as they arrive. • Fill out required forms. • Waivers • Emergency Contact Sheet • Completion Card Tracking Sheet • Discuss Range Safety. • T–CLOCS or Trike Check • Explain the Range. • From the Facilitator Guide Read • Disclaimer • Range Rules (Point 11 of Range safety and organization) • Review Range Signals (Point 12 of Range safety and organization)

24. Conducting the Event • GWRRA Requirements • Effective immediately, the following requirements must be adhered to by all participants in GWRRA Region, District and Chapter rider training and skill events. (Including, but not limited to the GWRRA Advanced Rider Course, Trike Rider Course, or Trailering Course; Field (Skill) Events or Top Gun competitions, Parking Lot Practice sessions or any other MSF, CSC, GWRRA or ESC-sponsored instruction or riding practice.)

25. Conducting the Event • Rider Licensing • All Riders must hold a valid operator’s license with motorcycle endorsement as required by the Rider’s state/province of residence, or, at minimum, a motorcycle operator's learner's permit (again, as required by the Rider’s state/province of residence). Riders who do not hold a valid license (meeting their home state/province requirements) will not be permitted to participate.

26. Conducting the Event • Proper Riding Attire • All Riders and Co-Riders must wear "proper" riding gear while riding. This will include, at a minimum: • DOT approved helmet • Eye protection • Full-fingered gloves • Over-the-ankle foot protection (boots preferred) • Long sleeves • Long pants

27. Conducting the Event • Range Management • Explain each exercise thoroughly before starting the exercise. • Select a good rider to do your demos (poor demos leads to issues on the range). • Everyone does the same exercise. • Let each rider set their own pace. • Watch for unsafe conditions. • Maintain safe distances between riders. • Exercises should take no more than 20 minutes each. • Remember this is only practice – not an MSF or GWRRA Rider Course.

28. No Coaching Conducting the Event • Facilitator Conduct • Stick to the “Facilitator Guide" PLP exercises. • “Remind and Refine” skills and habits—not to teach! Offer tips but not criticism, don’t instruct. • States require licensing to conduct a rider class with instructors.This is a practice only. • Observe Riders during the exercises to maintain Range Safety. • Used the “Rider Self Evaluation Tips” to help the participants “Discover” how they can improve their individual skills. • Understand the boundary of your facilitation. • Be prepared to enforce the Range Rules.

29. Conducting the Event How to use the Motorcycle Parking Lot Practice (PLP) Guide • Step #1 Read to the participants • What (what the objective is) • Why (why this is important) • Statement (facts about the exercise) • Step #2 Describe/show the range layout • Step #3 Read and perform • How (sequentially describes the exercise) • Perform Demo (visually reinforces the description and path of travel) • Step #4 Help them to “Discover” • Use the “Rider Self Evaluation Tips” Example: Range Exercise 2 “Straight Line Braking”

30. Conducting the Event How to use the Trike/Sidecar Parking Lot Practice (PLP) Guide • Step #1 Read to the participants • What (what the objective is) • Why (why this is important) • Statement (facts about the exercise) • Step #2 Describe/show the range layout • Step #3 Read and perform • How (sequentially describes the exercise) • Perform Demo (visually reinforces the description and path of travel) • Step #4 Help them to “Discover” • Use the “Rider Self Evaluation Tips” Example: Range Exercise 1 “Normal Braking”

31. Conducting the Event • After It’s Over • If sanctioned by District issue GWRRA Completion Cards. • Clean up the area after use. • Thank You to the owner of the Range. • Encourage Chapter Educators to give a brief report at their next Chapter Meeting telling everyone how much fun the participants had!

32. Unit Three Summary • Before you Start • GWRRA Requirements • Facilitator Conduct • After It’s Over • Send Facilitator Application with approval to the appropriate National Rider Education Officer. • Will receive a Facilitator Card. • All GWRRA PLP Facilitators must submit a renewal form every two years to remain certified.

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