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Rider's Edge® Instructors
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Tim Goudy:
Where do you live: Bella Vista, AR
Hometown: Parkersburg, WV
Riding Experience: Started riding off-road in 1974 and street in 1984. Have raced (mostly off-road) off and on since 1980.
Current Motorcycle(s): 2005 Kawasaki ZZR-600 (yeah, I know it's metric), KTM 200 EXC
Motorcycle Safety Experience: Training NCO/Range Aid/Instructor's Assistant in USAF from 1988-1991 for the motorcycle and ATV safety programs Range Aid 2005 Certified BRC/ERC Instructor 2006
Work: I currently work for Verizon Business (formerly MCI) as a Technical Service Manager. I support the wide area networks for Wal-mart, JB Hunt and other large corporations in Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.
What do you like best about training? I like to see the satisfaction in someone's face after they have completed the course and knowing that I helped get them to that point. I also enjoy watching the determination of a rider with very little or no riding experience tackle an exercise that they feel is impossible initially and watching their eyes light up when they complete the exercise successfully.
Favorite Saying on the Range: "Where you're looking is where you're going so don't look down"
Funny Motorcycle Story:
I was riding to work a while back following a Tyson truck loaded with chickens. I kept a longer than usual following distance due to all of the feathers and smell of the truck. After following the truck for about 10 minutes, I got the surprise of my life when one of the chickens escaped from somewhere on the top of the truck. All I saw coming at me was a white mass of feathers furiously flapping its wings trying to learn to fly. The chicken was headed straight for me and I’m sure we had the same look of “OH MY GOD” on our faces while this was going on. All I could think of to do was duck and somehow the chicken learned to fly in a big hurry as it sailed off to my right and landed in a field.
Lessons learned:
Sometimes chickens DO escape from those trucks!
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Doug Gay
Where do you live: Bella Vista, AR.
Family: Wife; Pat (24 years) Daughter; Alicia, Grandkids; Bailey, Sophie
Hometown: Tulsa / Midwest City, Ok.
Riding Experience: Without telling my age my first motorcycle was a Cushman Eagle…………………………… a looooooooonnnnnnng time ago. Been riding ever since
Current Motorcycle: 2008 FLHTCU (H-D 105th Anniversary Ultra Classic # 1334 of 7000)
Motorcycle Safety Experience: Northwestern University Certified Police Motor Operator (8 years), NW University Certified Police Motor Instructor (2006), MSF Certified Rider Coach (2006) Certified Riders Edge Instructor (2006)
Work: I’m currently a Deputy for the Benton County Sheriff’s Office. My duties include: Public Information Officer (PIO), Motor Deputy/Instructor, & Crime Prevention Deputy for the Office.
What do you like best about training? My hope it to have some input on the futures of new / novice riders safety. That through this training riders will have a much better understanding of the dangers they face and the tool box (of skills) that will help them to navigate to a long and happy career of motorcycling.
Motorcycle Story: While out on patrol one night on my Motor, in the Eastern part of the County, and after making a traffic stop, my partner and I made contact with the driver. After all the information had been obtained and the driver released I returned to my Motor only to discover my partner missing. A moment later I heard faint sounds coming from the roadside ditch (about ten feet deep). Responding to the sounds I discovered my partner on a brier thicket at the bottom of the ditch. It seems when he returned to his Motor (before me) and backed up an inch too far and fell backwards on top of the briers. After I stopped laughing we were able to extricate him from his peril. Fortunate for him he was wearing his helmet and leather jacket at the time so no injuries other than bruised ego.
Lessons learned:
Always wear your personal protective equipment. Its better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it!
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Trey Hargus
Motorcycles have been in my family for many, many years. I began riding on my own when I was 5 years old. There are family pictures of me in diapers riding on the fuel tank holding onto the cross bar of a dirt bike. Not sure if Mom or Dad was the operator. Life has come a long ways since then. I now use a motorcycle for work. You may ask, what job allows you to work using a motorcycle. The answer is ? - Motor officer for the city of Fayetteville. I began this career in 1995 and became certified for motor patrol in 2000. The whole family rides and my father has a repair shop. Once motorcycling gets into your blood it becomes a part of your life forever. I encourage everyone who has an interest in motorcycling to get involved and give it a try. I always recommend a safety course. No matter what the outcome, you will be a much safer driver and more aware of motorcycles while on the roadways. Who knows, it may also get into your blood too.
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