PASSING ON THE SKILLS
I’m now a licensed motorcycle riding instructor as well as a magazine editor. When I put my hand up to become an instructor some months ago, I thought it would be pretty easy – it’s not. Of course it will vary from state to state (can’t have consistency across the country, it’s a Federation and the States Have Rights you know), but here in NSW there are lots of hoops to jump through. There’s a Working with Children Check, Police Check, 90-question exam to pass from Transport NSW, MOST test (Motorcycle Operator Skills Test) and you have to do the Pre-Learner course too, as a student. Here was me thinking teaching youngsters would be a nice supplement to my work at Australian Road Rider, because being an editor of a bi-monthly magazine doesn’t…