Motorcycle Lessons
By Daily Courier Staff
Kelowna and District Safety Council learn-to-ride motorcycle courses will now
come with heated vests.
Novice motorcyclists will feel the wind but not the chill this spring in
learn-to-ride programs offered by the Kelowna and District Safety Council.
Heated vests are to he offered all students in a new wrinkle for the program
that's as much about safety as comfort
"Getting too cold while you're riding can he a real problem if it starts to
affect your thinking and slows down your reflexes," Tania Meyer, the council's
executive director, said Wednesday.
"Offering these heated vests is a first for our program, and a first for any
program of this kind, as far as we're aware," she said. "The vests Will keep all
the riders warm and toasty in March and April, and again in the fall.
The council has been offering motorcycle learn-toride programs for more than
30 years. About 500 people annually take the 30-hour course, which is offered
over two successive weekends, in Kelowna, Penticton and Vernon.
Minimum age to participate is 16, but the oldest- ever rookie rider has been
88. Most are between the ages of 40 and 60, and about two-thirds of all
particiPants are women.
The first open house of the training season takes place on Feb. 25. The
session.gives a general overview of how the courses work and the licensing
process.
"Many people worry that they will be either tao tall or too short for a
motorcycle, or that they won't feel comfortable in the gear, so this open house
is a great way for them to have all their concerns answered," Meyer said.
Of people who complete the safety council's learn- to-ride program, which
costs $705 plus tax, virtually all of them go on to-pass-an ICBC driver's
exam.
For more information, see www.kdsc.bc.ca
or call the safety council at 250-765-3163.
By Daily Courier Staff
Kelowna and District Safety Council learn-to-ride motorcycle courses will now
come with heated vests.
Novice motorcyclists will feel the wind but not the chill this spring in
learn-to-ride programs offered by the Kelowna and District Safety Council.
Heated vests are to he offered all students in a new wrinkle for the program
that's as much about safety as comfort
"Getting too cold while you're riding can he a real problem if it starts to
affect your thinking and slows down your reflexes," Tania Meyer, the council's
executive director, said Wednesday.
"Offering these heated vests is a first for our program, and a first for any
program of this kind, as far as we're aware," she said. "The vests Will keep all
the riders warm and toasty in March and April, and again in the fall.
The council has been offering motorcycle learn-toride programs for more than
30 years. About 500 people annually take the 30-hour course, which is offered
over two successive weekends, in Kelowna, Penticton and Vernon.
Minimum age to participate is 16, but the oldest- ever rookie rider has been
88. Most are between the ages of 40 and 60, and about two-thirds of all
particiPants are women.
The first open house of the training season takes place on Feb. 25. The
session.gives a general overview of how the courses work and the licensing
process.
"Many people worry that they will be either tao tall or too short for a
motorcycle, or that they won't feel comfortable in the gear, so this open house
is a great way for them to have all their concerns answered," Meyer said.
Of people who complete the safety council's learn- to-ride program, which
costs $705 plus tax, virtually all of them go on to-pass-an ICBC driver's
exam.
For more information, see www.kdsc.bc.ca
or call the safety council at 250-765-3163.