RideToLive Skills Class

Join us 3/26/22 @ 7:00AM . Meet at the Glendale dealer. KSU at 7:15. Or meet at the site.
We will take a short ride from the dealer to the Caltrans training facility under the 405 & 105 intersection.
Click here for the web site registration page.  If the March 26 class is no longer visible that means the class has filled up. There are also Feb 19 & April 16 classes.

Ride to Live is a Hawthorne Police Department sponsored training class for any motorcycle rider seeking to improve his/her riding skills, enhance their safety and control, and learn the techniques taught at law enforcement motor schools.  

This one day training course is offered free to the community as a public service. Each class is capped at 25 riders so that everyone participating has the chance to thoroughly learn the skills being taught.
Those skills are broken up into two main components, each emphasizing different aspects of riding.

The course begins with low speed handling and maneuvering of the motorcycle and gradually moves up to higher speed emergency braking, counter-steering, obstacle avoidance and curve negotiation. Ninety-five percent of the class is hands on instruction with skills taught and demonstrated by our motors, but then actually performed in a controlled manner by the students. We have taught all types of riders, men and women, as young as 16 and as old as their late 70’s, from fairly novice riders to riders with 40 years’ experience. After hosting seven courses, we can honestly say no one has ridden away from our course without seeing a clear improvement in their riding.

What will you learn?

Proper manipulation of clutch and throttle in order to work the “friction zone”

Emergency braking

Proper use of head and eyes when turning a motorcycle

Precision maneuvering

Counter steering

Obstacle avoidance

Negotiating curves

Rich Hinz
Glendale HOG Chapter
818-631-2850