The Canada Safety Council is well known across Canada for its work in the development and delivery of a range of personal and professional safety programs, initiatives and safety campaigns. One of the highest profile, and most successful, programs developed and managed nationally by the Canada Safety Council is the Gearing Up motorcycle rider training program.

Since 1974 over 325,000 Canadians have learned how to ride motorcycles from the professionals who teach the Canada Safety Council's Gearing Up motorcycle training program.

Gearing Up is Canada's only national motorcycle rider training program.

You don't have to own a motorcycle to take the program

Get the most from your motorcycling experience. Take a Gearing Up program before you start your riding career. The more you know, the more you'll enjoy riding. Contact the course sponsor nearest you for full course information.

What will I learn at the Gearing Up program?

Students are placed with qualified, experienced motorcyclists who have completed an instructor training program developed by the Canada Safety Council. Each instructor works with a small group of students thus insuring plenty of student/instructor contact.

Students are taken from basic skills such as balancing the motorcycle, through correct use of brakes, proper procedures for starting a motorcycle to use of the clutch and control of the motorcycle at slow speeds

While the majority of the time is spent on a motorcycle, there is a portion of the course which is delivered in a classroom environment. Students learn defensive riding strategies and risk awareness skills they can use in conjunction with their on-bike skills.

Throughout the course emphasis is placed on practicing the just-learned techniques. The course delivery is such that learners can keep pace with little difficulty. At the end of the course you'll be tested to determine how well you've learned. More importantly, though, the final test gives the student an idea of where their weaknesses are and how to improve on them.

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