Advanced Rider

Course Content

To develop the skills of an advanced motorcyclist to RoSPA Gold Standard. Completion of this course allows you to sit the IAM or RoSPA Advanced test. It is a pre-requesite of this course that you have completed the High Performance Cornering Techniques Course.

Choosing an advanced trainer is not easy, with all claiming to improve your rider skills, but will they? John's full profile is listed below:

John Macdonald is the Managing Director of Pro-Scot Ltd; he is currently one of the most experienced and highly qualified driving and motorcycle instructors in Britain.

John started up Pro-Scot Car & Motorcycle Training Ltd in 1996, and has been a fully qualified car and motorcycle instructor for 14 years; prior to this he had a career in telecommunications and was a Chief Instructor at an Engineering College for 6 years.

John has passed City & Guilds 7331 Instructional Techniques, D32, D33 & D34 skills and assessor modules and has a University Degree In Electrical & Electronic Engineering.

He is a Grade 6 ORDIT Trainer and a Driving Standards Agency Approved Driving (DSA) Instructor (ADI), (DSA) Fleet Trainer and Certified Motorcycle Instructor. John has recently qualified to be on the DSA's Register of Post-Test Motorcycle Trainers (RPMT) under the Enhanced Rider Scheme (ERS).

John has passed the IAM advanced motorcycle test, and the RoSPA advanced motorcycle test at Gold standard and has achieved BTec Level 3 in motorcycle instruction.

John has achieved Grade 6 status, the highest Grade for an ADI/Fleet Trainer.

He has passed the Cardington Special Test with an 'A' Grade, this is the highest recognised standard of driving within the DSA. John is also a DIAmond Advanced Instructor.

He also holds the following additional qualifications - Diploma in Driving Instruction (Dip DI.) Diploma in Advanced Instruction (Dip RoADA), the DIAmond Advanced Drivers and MasterDrivers certificate.

He has passed the DIAmond Special Test and qualified as the DIAmond Examiner for the Fife area.

John has produced and presented a motorcycle training course for Solicitors specialising in personal injury. He also provides expert reports for solicitors and Courts focusing on his specialised field of motorcycle roadcraft and dynamics.

John loves to ride motorcycles! He was 7 times Scottish Motorcycle Road Race Champion between 1990 and 2008; and was the first trainer approved to provide motorcycle race track tuition for the Scottish Auto Cycle Union. He has delivered numerous motorcycle track tuition courses from novice track day riders to experienced racers.