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
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
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.
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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
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
On-street Training with a Group
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Riding in the Zone, LLC is insured by the Philadelphia Insurance Companies and a supporter of the American Motorcyclist Association
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
Sorry Pepe. I don’t currently have bike rentals available. But, contact me and I can help set you up.
I’m now writing for Motorcyclist Magazine.