Ulysses Club Melbourne Branch
​​Rider Training
This is a direct excerpt from a Ulysses Club Road Safety Committee Member as extra training can both help us stay safer and actually make our riding more enjoyable.
When was the last time you focussed on improving your skills to continue to enjoy riding?
We all like adding to our motorcycles to make our riding more enjoyable, faster or safer. Whatever it is, if we can afford it, we do not need much encouragement.
How many of us actually spend money on making ourselves better?
We are the actual controller of the machine, what have we done to make ourselves better? One of the best things we can do, is spend a little on our wellbeing. Many members of Ulysses Club have been riding for a long time. Many riders have never had a serious crash and hopefully never will. What we need to do is stop saying “I have been riding 20, 30 or 40 years and never had an issue, so I must be doing something right. ”I have met and enjoyed the company of members who have been riding for many years but still cannot do a feet up U turn. I have met many people who simply have not crashed, more from good luck than good management.
Improving our skills is one of the cheapest ways of ensuring our safety, making our rides more enjoyable and protecting ourselves and families from the pain and heartache of a loss of life or ability. If we look at the expense of improving our knowledge and skills it is the cheapest form of modification that we can make, yet provides the greatest payback of expenditure. Throughout the country new riders receive some form of compulsory training which far exceeds that which was available or even existed when most of us got our licences. A training course can confirm all of the things you are doing right, explain why they work and introduce new skills and knowledge that will make your pastime more enjoyable and safer. This type of training is not a pass / fail assessment but concentrates on developing useful and safe skills.
The Ulysses Club recognises the importance of training and offers to assist members who undertake training to improve their skills and knowledge with financial assistance in helping pay for the training. This has now been increased - see below.
The next time you are thinking of purchasing something for your bike, think about the person who controls it! Think about the confidence and enjoyment you can experience developing your skills with direction. The day you think you know it all, is the day you should give up riding. Remember safe riding doesn’t happen by accident! Terry McCarthy 40625 Ulysses Road Safety Committee Member – Tasmania Ulysses Club
Ulysses Club Rebate for Rider Training
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The rider training rebate is now $100.00 each three years or $80.00 (for a First Aid course) each three years. The new member rider training rebate came into effect on 1st January 2024. The rider training rebate is available to the maximum of $100 once every 3-year membership.All members are encouraged to enrol in a rider-training course to update their riding knowledge and improve their riding skills.To receive the subsidy, the member will need to provide to the National Treasurer evidence of participation in the course, such as a copy of the payment receipt for the course and a certificate or letter of participation in the course. Members must first submit these to the National Administration Office to be recorded.