Personal Training

Your Personal Coach in Real-World Conditions

No Private training days available for 2022

Personal training provides a personalized curriculum customized to fit your individual needs. Your classroom is the uncrowded, scenic roads hidden deep in the beautiful Berkshire Hills of New England. Provided  Sena Bluetooth helmet communicators allow immediate and meaningful coaching in real-time.

  • 1:1 or 2:1 student-to-coach ratio
  • 1 or 2 days
  • customized, personalized curriculum
What You’ll Learn
  • Cornering Precision
  • How to Read the Road
  • Effective and safe Cornering Lines
  • Lane Positioning
  • Slow Speed Maneuver Techniques
  • Emergency Braking
  • Visual Targets
  • Body Position

Choose One or Two days

Private On-Street Training – 1 day

No Private training days available for 2021

Private training includes:

  • Parking lot skill drills to start the day
  • Provided Sena helmet communicators with real-time coaching
  • Training tour of Western MA and Southern Vermont
  • Video of our day (Please bring your own flash drive)
    1 rider, 1 Day: Contact Ken 
    2 riders, 1 Day: Contact Ken

Note: participants pay for their own meals

Check Here for available GROUP Training Dates

Contact Ken to schedule dates and discuss payment methods

Scholarships are available. 


Private On-Street Training – 2 days

No Private training days available for 2022

(1 or 2 Riders for 2 days)

Same as the 1 day training, plus:

  • End of day discussion
  • A second full day of coaching and riding.
    1 rider, 2 Days: $1000
    2 riders, 2 Days: $1800 

    *Add $750.00 for a third rider

Does not include lodging or meals

Scholarships are available. 


Lodging and Food
Lodging and meals are not included with private tours. We recommend staying the night before. Many students stay at the Red Roof Inn in South Deerfield, MA. If there are no rooms available, click here for a list of local lodging.


Where Will We Ride?

We will be touring around my little bit of motorcycling heaven in the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts and southern Vermont. The beautiful Berkshire foothills have miles and miles of killer motorcycling roads.
Rides will meet in or nearby Ashfield, MA.
NOTE: There is no cell service in Ashfield to speak of. However, Elmer’s has free WiFi.
This is what you can expect when riding in the Berkshire HIlls.
This is what you can expect when riding in the Berkshire Hills.

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Click here for a list of local lodging.


Dual Sport/ADV Training

No Private training days available for 2021

Basic Off-Road and Dual-Sport Training introduces you to the fundamentals of off-road riding for riders wanting to get a feel for what it takes to safely ride on dirt and gravel roads and easy trails. This training program is based on your skill level.

(1 or 2 Riders for 1 or 2 days)

Same as the private street training described above but on dirt roads:

  • Slow maneuvers necessary for riding in dirt
  • Coaching done on dirt roads.
    Pricing is the same as above

Does not include lodging or meals

Ready to Sign Up?

Check Here for available Training Dates

Contact Ken to schedule dates and discuss payment methods


Read the Details & FAQ Page

Scholarships are available. 

Many insurance companies accept the Riding in the Zone completion certificate as proof of rider training that is eligible for insurance discounts.

Please Read the Payment and Cancellation Policy Page.


Other Training Programs

Advanced Parking Lot Training

On-street Training with a Group

Track Day Training 


 

Sponsors/Partners

Riding in the Zone, LLC is insured by the Philadelphia Insurance Companies and a supporter of the American Motorcyclist Association

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3 Replies to “Personal Training”

  1. Hi Ken,
    1. If I were to do a personal street day, would a rental moto be available?
    2. I was sorry to hear you are leaving MCNews. Where are you going?
    Thanks, Pepe

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