Stayin’ Safe Motorcycle Training pioneered on-street rider training in the U.S. and was developed to teach advanced "road reading" techniques in real-world environments. Refined over more than two decades, the Stayin’ Safe method combines proven street strategies with real-time coaching techniques for an incomparable learning experience. Running continuously since 1993, Stayin’ Safe has trained hundreds of riders, many of whom have described the Stayin’ Safe experience as nothing short of revolutionary to their riding.
It all began with "Mr. Safety"
Larry Grodsky was widely recognized as the leading motorcycle safety expert in the country. A long-term MSF instructor and site coordinator, Larry had been involved in motorcycle safety instruction since 1980 and trained an estimated 5,000 riders. Much of his work was devoted to creating the Stayin' Safe Motorcycle Training program. Larry’s unique program set the standard for on-street, real-world training and continues to be recognized as the premier on-street training program in the United States. His incisive column,
"Stayin’ Safe", was a mainstay in
Rider Magazine since 1988. Unfortunately, the riding world lost Larry Grodsky in the Spring of 2006. His legacy survives in today’s Stayin’ Safe program and in a compilation of his select works from 18+ years with Rider Magazine. Entitled “
Stayin’ Safe: The Art and Science of Riding Really Well” this long-anticipated book was assembled and edited by our own Pete Tamblyn and released in 2007 by Whitehorse Press (
available at www.whitehorsepress.com ).
Today's Stayin' Safe
Today, Stayin' Safe is owned by
Eric Trow,
veteran Stayin' Safe instructor and author of Rider Magazine's new "
Riding Well"
motorcycling proficiency column. The Stayin' Safe program is operated by Trow and long-time senior instructors
Pete Tamblyn,
Randy Kuklis--each having trained under Larry Grodsky--along with a growing number of other highly-qualified on-street instructors. Stayin' Safe's program, now running for 17 consecutive years, remains true to Grodsky's vision while also introducing expanded offerings designed to benefit even more riders in more locations around the country and around the world.
