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Motorcycle safety training has been conducted at our San Diego County facility since 1979,
making the facility the oldest continuously operated motorcycle training school in the nation.
In November of 2009 the nonprofit/public benefit organization "National Motorcycle Training Institute" was created. We
also use the abbreviation nmcti.org. We incorporated nmcti.org in the State of Oregon, USA. All ownership and
copyrights of the curricula were donated from National Motorcycle Training dba San Diego Motorcycle Training, a
California Corporation, to National Motorcycle Training Institute, an Oregon public benefit/nonprofit corporation. The Executive Director is
Joseph Elliott.
All our curricula are "open source" and free to copy and distribute. Rider education
insurance is also available for the Begin2ride course at low rates. We invite you to explore our website and our motorcycle training curricula,
and find ways to increase your students enjoyment and reduce their risk while on their journey. Please feel free to
contact us at 858-208-9799 with any of your questions!
The decade of the 1990s was a watershed time for motorcycle training experiences and motorcycle studies.
National Motorcycle Training Institute founders applied these training experiences and studies
to create the begin2ride, continue2ride, going2ride, and test2ride programs. We conducted our first industry
independent motorcycle safety training in July of 2001.
Our programs have been developed to reduce the unnecessary mishaps involved in rider training, learning about, and enjoying
motorcycles. We apply scientific method of theory and measurement to specifically reduce participants' chances of mishaps in their beginner-time
(begin2ride program) and their learner-time (continue2ride, going2ride, and test2ride programs). Our programs are the only ones we know that
do not promote motorcycling, instead our programs promote the making of informed choices. In particular, successful participants of Begin2ride
are giving the option to choose whether too, or not too, continue to their learner-time.
Our programs give riders the opportunity to learn about the difference between
rudimentary physical skills (operational knowledge, what can be termed safety training, begin2ride) and intermediate skills (measureable skill
and measureable performance, what can be termed skill training, test2ride) which gives them direct knowledge to make
informed choices! Even after extensive training, our students know that motorcycling remains a risky activity,
however, they have been well prepared to eliminate the unnecessary risks while riding.
Consulting Motorcycle Experts:
Joseph Elliott, Cofounder of National Motorcycle TrainingDavid L. Hough
Meredith "Hoot" Gibson, Cofounder of National Motorcycle Training, Retired
Board of Directors:
Lisa Bohorfoush
Mark Carroll
Yun Kee Chung
David Hassett
James Millerd
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