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An exciting motorcycle promotion is about to take place this Wednesday at the rural Ngakuru School near Rotorua. The message is that motorcycles are great fun to ride and very useful on the farm, but they need to be used in a safe way.
Recently motorcycles have been gaining some bad press through farm and sport related accidents and injuries. Motorcycle quads in particular appear to be involved in many of the accidents. Bikes in Schools is a trial programme aimed at educating young people to help prevent motorcycle accidents.
There are three main messages to be promoted. The correct sized motorcycles should be used by young people. I.e. No riders under 16 years to ride full sized farm quads. The necessary safety equipment must be worn, especially helmets. Young people should ride in appropriate areas with Adult supervision at hand.
The man behind the course, Nick Reader runs motorcycle events for a living and has also raced motorcycles most of his life. Nick aims to make the motorcycling experience a positive one for people who use motorcycles for work and for fun.
Local Rotorua Motocross Racer and Waikite Valley farmer Cameron Negus is working with Nick to deliver the safety message.
The first part of the session is theory time in the classroom where children are asked about their motorcycling experiences (normally involving accidents) and are then shown a video from ACC about quad bike safety. Then it’s time for some practical riding demonstrations on the school field where safety gear and riding techniques are demonstrated.
Then after school, the children who actually ride motorcycles have their bikes brought into school for some practical coaching lessons. The skills learned will be accelerating, braking and turning.
Ngakuru school welcome the Bikes in Schools promotion and hopes the program will help prevent motorcycle injuries to the Students and in the broader community.
Support is currently being sought to take the Bikes in School concept nationwide.
For further information contact;
Epic Events Ltd :
Phone - 021 983 766
Fax - 07 3765471
PO Box 4293,
HAMILTON
E-Mail - Nick Reader:
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