MIDWEST Motorcycle Training Inc.  
 

 

Primary Police Training: is 80 hour course held for two consecutive weeks. The first four hours of class are classroom (i.e., lecture, slides and video). The remaining 76 hours is intense field instruction, which includes 40 topics. Each skill exercise will be preceded by lecture, demonstration and student participation.

Advanced Police Motorcycle Training: is a 24 hour course held on three consecutive week days. Students attending must be Certified Police Motor Officers and have a current calendar year recertification. Students must provide a fully marked and fully operational police motorcycle for this training. The training will cover officer survival using the police motorcycle, advanced road speed operation including braking, evasive maneuvers and motorcade escort. Other topics include traffic stops and night time riding exercises.

Topics Covered Include:

Nomenclature of Motorcycle

Mounting/Dismounting of Motorcycle

Raising a "downed" Motorcycle

Walking the Motorcycle

Stationary Shifting

Straight line start off

Figure 8

Slow cone weave

Formation Parking/Alignment

Debriefing and Motor Shutdown

Offset cone weave

Breeze-outs

Basic dirt riding

Column riding

90 Degree pull outs

Defensive driving techniques

Traffic Stops

Formation 90 Degree pull-outs

Basic maintenance

Balanced stop

Loop D Loop

Head and Shoulders

40 MPH controlling rear wheel skids

40 MPH rear wheel braking

40 MPH front wheel braking

Controlled Braking

40 MPH braking chute

40 MPH brake and escape

Curb and obstacle negotiation

30 MPH cone weave

40 MPH evasive maneuvers

40 MPH curve negotiation

40 MPH braking in a curve

35 MPH 180 Degree De-cell

Team riding techniques

On street riding

Clutch adjustment

Advanced torque techniques

Advanced lock and lean