Pre-ride
briefing
Do we have anyone who hasn’t
ridden with us or hasn’t ridden in a group before?
(if yes put them behind an
experienced group rider)
Do we have anyone without a
CB? (if yes put them in number 2
position behind leader)
We ride in a staggered
formation with 1 second between
elements and two seconds between rows.
(Demonstrate with hands)
Row One 1
(one second)
2
(one second)
Row Two
3
(one second)
4
(one second)
Drag
5
Lane changes will be called for
by the lead bike. In response the
Drag bike will respond with “Stand BY”
when traffic is clear the Drag will move to the designated lane and
respond “The Lane is secure, Do your head checks and bring it over as a
group”. Or if unable to clear the
lane the response would be: “ The lane is not secure do your head checks and
take the lane from the front as you can,”
When changing lanes do not cross in front of the bike behind
you, wait for them to move and then move in formation. (Demonstrate with hands) That means that bike two will be the
first to move to the right when changing lanes to the right and bike 4 will
move before bike 3.
When on narrow roads or traffic
is heavy lead will call for a formation change to single file on the CB and
also indicate by hand signal. Elements will respond with the single file hand
signal till all bikes have responded.
This means you will increase your following distance so as to have the
full use of the lane instead of just one track. Minimum distance will be 2 seconds
between bikes
We will be monitoring Ch 1 on
the CB. If the Pri is clobbered
than the Alternate will be Ch 40 if switching do not use the channel numbers
just primary and Alt.
If for any reason a bike has to
drop out of the formation do so as not to endanger the rest of the
formation. Only the drag bike
will stay with the disabled bike and the rest of the bikes will continue with
the lead and proceed to a safe area off the road to wait for the stranded
bike and drag and to await
further instructions.
Ride your own ride, Do not attempt to ride in formation if
you are not comfortable with this formation. Safety dictates that you Outride if
you are not comfortable with the formation. We have maps and will join up at the
destination. If you want to follow the formation do so at a distance
consistent with your comfort level and abilities.
Lead will now cover the route
in detail. Go over the route and hand out maps.
Group One will stage right here
and Group Two will stage over here.
Desiginate who is in group one along with the Drag, Disignate lead,
drag and elements of remaining groups and where they will
stage.