The BlackSwanMoto Methodology
Transform Your Ride
ADVENTURE RIDER TRAINING
Training and practice, done consistently, combine to create a safer and more fulfilling ride experience. No matter what your current skill level, training is always a good idea. Off-road riding presents its own set of challenges and nothing gets in the way of that ride you’ve been planning like uncertainty. Our time and trail tested Methodology will develop your off-road ride into the experience you are looking for. Assertiveness and agility, command, control and confidence are just some of the assets you can count on acquiring with BlackSwanMoto Adventure Rider Training.
Adventure training from BlackSwanMoto will open up the world beyond the street, giving you access to countless dirt and gravel roads, and trails beyond them. The paved road will still be great, but now you have the option and confidence to continue your journey off the beaten path.
BlackSwanMoto Master Instructors are professionals. Expert technicians in the craft of off-road riding whose enthusiasm combined with experience equals an intense, rider-focused program. Our instructors together represent over fifty years of riding and instructing, both on street and off-road, training, traveling, and touring.
They have combined their decades of personal knowledge into a well-developed and proven instructional method that will Transform Your Ride. The result? Each training class is designed to deliver clear-cut information and well-guided instruction sure to get you off the street, on the dirt and headed to your next adventure.
” Well organized and put together! Everyone was very knowledgeable, approachable and a pleasure to ride with – Great choice of training grounds, a lot of different terrain to practice on.”
B. Beauchesne Level 1 Training-
Adventure Rider BASICS Training
Adventure A.R.T.S. Training
The BLACKSWANMOTO METHODOLOGY
Our goal is to provide our customers with a motorcycle training experience incomparable to other schools. Our Master Instructors are professionals who developed the BlackSwanMoto Methodology to deliver exemplary instruction whether in the classroom or on the dirt. Our class sizes are limited for a better Instructor to student ratio. Our Adventure Rider Level 1 and Level 2 training class locations are enclosed paddocks to ensure focus in a stable learning environment. Each student gains proficiency and confidence which will make their ride safer and more satisfying. You can expect a level of expertise, integrity and professionalism rare in the industry.
“A great way to reactivate body and mind as well as learn and reinforce skills.”
S. Bushong Level 1 Training -
“Really, really enjoyed the weekend. A great value, and has really improved my riding confidence. I’d never done anything like that before and was exceedingly trepidatious when I came into it, but everyone was supporting and encouraging and friendly and gave all the right instructions at the right time. I would take exactly the same weekend again. Really good instructors, all of them.”
K. Goess Level 1 Training -
“Money well spent. The groups were not too big and we were able to continue riding through the drills.”
B. Beauchesne Level 1 Training -
“I have attended many other trainings in the past and feel that the value is incredible compared to others.”
D. Shein Level 1 Training -
Level 1 Adventure Rider Training
In BlackSwanMoto Level 1 Adventure Rider Training, we increase your confidence by combining classroom discussion with practical application. Your training begins with instruction in proper clutch, brake, and throttle control. Our Instructors guide you through body positioning, posture and balance, moving into techniques in starting, stopping, and skid management.
This is the foundation on which we will build your confidence, allowing you to learn and practice effective momentum and slow speed control, as well as turns and directional changes using these core techniques. Practical application exercises of these fundamentals will include trail riding, traversing hills and sand, in addition to techniques for recovery from stalled hill climbs. This training will provide you with the essential set of skills to get you comfortable in the dirt and off on your next adventure.
INCLUDES
- Arrive Friday evening or Saturday morning.
- 2-Day course – Saturday & Sunday instruction.
- Multiple trail rides.
- SoCal classes: Accommodations are on-site tent and RV camping. Please contact us for local hotel options.
Sacramento classes: Accommodations are hotel based only. Please contact us for local hotel options. - SoCal classes: Lunch and non-alcohol beverages included. BYOB is OK after riding is complete for the day.
Sacramento classes: Breakfast and dinner are restaurant based and not included. Lunch will be included. - Super-cool BlackSwanMoto Kit, includes T-Shirt and Medallion Decals.
Level 1 Adventure Rider Training focuses on:
- Body position
- Clutch control
- Braking
- Throttle control
- Terrain & traction – hills, dirt & gravel, sand, etc
- Motorcycle pitch and attitude management
- Picking up your bike
- Balance
- Proper motorcycle setup
Level 2 Adventure Rider Training
By now you’ve been on many adventures off-road either on your own, or better yet, with a group of your fellow riders. Chances are your confidence and skill levels are such that you can enjoy the ride more and take in your surroundings without having to concentrate on every action and reaction the bike is translating from the ground to your body. You are more present in the moment but there is still a part of you that doesn’t quite feel in-tune with everything, especially when speeds begin to increase or when negotiating more complicated obstacles.
If you have taken our Level 1 Adventure Rider Training class, mastered the fundamentals through practice and experience, and you’re looking to take on some serious ground, longer excursions, and more adventurous riding, it’s time for Level 2. In our Level 2 class you will progressively learn how to pick up speed and conquer more difficult environments, and push the limits of what’s possible on an adventure motorcycle. We will provide an intensive and comprehensive breakdown of body position, controls, and how to get the power to the ground.
“Instructor to student ratio was great. I felt like I was the most important person taking the class.” … “…instructors listened to the students and worked with each of them so we could continue to improve.”
T. Rolsen Level 2 Training-
It was listening to countless scenarios from fellow riders and customers that motivated BlackSwanMoto’s Instructors to develop a Level 2 curriculum. In our Level 2 class, BlackSwanMoto addresses some of the more nuanced aspects of riding technique and technical know-how that is rarely seen and/or experienced in a closed training course environment.
Level 2 begins with a quick refresher of the skills honed from the our Level 1 course. We then build upon them by introducing added techniques such as skidding into and powering out of turns, lofting over obstacles, ascending and descending steps, etc., situations that steadily become more challenging with each successful repetition. Taking those newly added skills we apply them to real-world situations outside of a closed course environment where unpredictability reigns. As speed increases, reading the trail becomes reinforced through amplified obstacle difficulty. Precision is reinforced through combinations of successive obstacles. Endurance and agility sharpens through this heightened rider intensive format.
INCLUDES
- Arrive Friday evening or Saturday morning.
- 2-Day course – Saturday & Sunday instruction.
- Multiple trail rides.
- SoCal classes: Accommodations are on-site tent and RV camping. Please contact us for local hotel options.
Sacramento classes: Accommodations are hotel based only. Please contact us for local hotel options. - SoCal classes: Lunch and non-alcohol beverages included. BYOB is OK after riding is complete for the day.
Sacramento classes: Breakfast and dinner are restaurant based and not included. Lunch will be included. - Super-cool BlackSwanMoto Kit, includes T-Shirt and Medallion Decals.
Level 2 focuses on:
- Hard on the gas and brakes
- Navigating Ruts
- Skidding into turns
- Powering through turns
- Lofting up ledges
- Mastering sand and gravel
“It was a pleasure meeting everyone and training with your team, it’s clear that you and all trainers truly love what you do. Thanks”
M. Lust Level 2 Training -
“A great way to reactivate body and mind as well as learn and reinforce skills.”
S. Bushong Level 1 Training -