Simon Hayes
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A full-time instructor since 1991, Simon Hayes is a veteran motorcycle training instructor and well known within the industry. Simon’s first six years as an instructor, were spent teaching military personnel, where he enjoyed a 100% success rate and earned a reputation for pre-DAS excellence in training high powered motorcycles skills.
Since 1996, Simon has operated a respected multi-site motorcycle training business covering Birmingham and the West Midlands. Twenty years of dedication to the highest possible standards of motorcycle training has forged a reputation for excellence and whilst Simon has seen many changes and challenges effecting the industry; his own training school has continued to thrive and grow.

Simon Hayes
Enhancing rider training and safety
Over these two decades, Simon has covered over two million training miles and personally delivered basic to advanced training to many thousands of bikers. Simon is also sought after UK-wide as an accomplished Instructor Trainer and has introduced countless new motorcycle trainers to the sector. In addition, Simon runs a busy diary of advanced riding European tours, along with regular track-day training, local club and charity rides.
Some years ago, Simon began to improve his students motorcycle training experience through complimentary video based training programs. Through pre-course, learning, students are able to visualise and experience motorcycle skills training – such that their ‘on-bike’ training experience is greatly enhanced. Over a five-year period, these video training resources were further refined, resulting in a ‘first-edition’ being formally published and more widely marketed.
From this early training DVD was born VideoBiker, the UK’s first 100% video based motorcycle training resource. As the founder of VideoBiker, Simon’s vision is to enhance rider training and safety across the UK, whilst empowering both new and experienced riders to continually invest in their own program of skills improvement (through qualified local training providers). Resources include over 100 training enhancement videos, along with a wealth of other resources.
Keep it on the black stuff
Simon constantly seeks to enforce that VideoBiker resources should not be used in isolation and must not be viewed as a substitute for professional motorcycle training. Such is his commitment to this philosophy that it is difficult to access VideoBiker resources unless referred through a local motorcycle training school.
VideoBiker is now supported by a further two full-time instructors, a newly appointed video producer/director and a full-time marketing director – all working with an ethos of ‘Keep it on the black stuff’. And whilst for Simon, VideoBiker continues as a major endeavour, his commitment to motorcycle training continues with a full and ongoing schedule of motorcycle training courses.
Articles & updates by Simon Hayes
- Advanced motorcycle skills
- Advanced motorcycle training
- affiliates
- Approaching junctions
- ATB
- ATB information
- Basic Controls
- Basic counter steering
- Be Safe
- Being Positive
- bikesafe
- Brake road safety
- CBT
- Chaz Davies
- City road ride
- Claire Flatt
- Compulsory basic training
- Controlled braking
- daily motorcycle checks
- DAS
- DEKRA
- delivery riders
- Diamond Advanced
- Drift Ghost 4k
- Drift Ghost 4K review
- Drift Ghost 4k specs
- Drift Ghost 4K UK
- Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
- DSA
- Ducati 999
- DVSA learning to ride guide
- DVSA motorcycle books
- Emergency stop
- Enhanced Rider Scheme
- ERS
- Factsheet
- female motorcycle rider
- Figure-of-eight
- first road ride
- Focus MultiMedia Ltd
- further motorcycle training
- Hazard perception test
- Holding the bars
- IAM
- IAM Roadsmart
- Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust
- Karen Cole
- Keep it on the black stuff
- Learners academy
- Learning to ride a motorcycle
- legal
- Life
- Marcus McCormick
- Maria Costello
- Mark Winn
- MASTER Security Scheme
- MCIA
- MCIAC
- Metropolitan Police
- MOD 1
- MOD 1 test
- MOD 2
- Module one
- module one motorcycle test
- module one motorcycle training
- Module Two
- Moira Day
- Motorcycle action camera
- Motorcycle books
- Motorcycle boots
- Motorcycle clothing
- motorcycle crash test
- motorcycle expo
- motorcycle eyesight test
- motorcycle fun
- Motorcycle gloves
- Motorcycle hazard perception
- Motorcycle helmet safety
- Motorcycle helmets
- Motorcycle jackets
- Motorcycle jeans
- Motorcycle learner
- motorcycle lifesavers
- motorcycle live
- motorcycle observations
- Motorcycle safety
- motorcycle security
- Motorcycle theory test
- motorcycle touring
- motorcycle training
- Motorcycle training school
- Motorcycle training video
- Motorcycle trousers
- Motorcyclist accident statistics
- Motorcyclist casualties
- MP3
- neutral & 1st gear
- Never too good
- O2W
- Official highway code
- On Two Wheels
- Operating gears
- osmpsl
- Other motorcycle controls
- Perfect Day
- police motorcycle training
- policies
- poor stopping at junctions
- Post-test motorcycle training
- Preparing for training
- privacy
- promotional video
- Pulling away
- rider faults
- rider responsibility
- Rider safety
- Riding in the snow
- Riding on ice
- RMT Motorcycle Training
- road casualties
- roadside eyesight test
- RoSPA
- rural road ride
- Sadiq Khan
- Safety position
- scooter theft
- sharp helmet safety scheme
- Simon Hayes
- Slow control
- smidsy
- Snowdonia
- Speed limits
- Speeding fines
- Speeding penalties
- Straight on at roundabouts
- terms
- TfL
- theory test explained
- Think
- think bike
- Transport for London
- Turn right side road
- turn right t junction
- turning left roundabouts
- turning left side road
- turning left T junction
- turning right roundabouts
- U-turn
- Urban road ride
- video production
- VideoBiker
- Vision Express
- Weekly motorcycle checks
- West Mercia Police
- Winter riding
- Women Only Motorcycle Training
- women's motorcycle training
- WOMT
- Yamaha off-road
Yamaha off-road motorcycle experience (Llanidloes Wales)

Getting ready for the Yamaha off-road experience I travelled down to Llanidloes the day before to ensure a good night’s sleep before attending the Yamaha Off-Road (motorcycle) Experience. I’d recommend doing this unless you live close by because it is a demanding days off-road riding and getting up at 5am to get there on time […]
Are you ready for winter riding?

1. layer up This may seem like an obvious tip, but even experienced bikers are at risk! The cold winter air, compounded by wind-chill easily leads to rider fatigue, loss of concentration and safety issues. Avoid being caught-out by the cold – invest in thermal base layers and wear another thin layer over the top […]
Speed, sparks & knee-down – routes to advanced motorcycle training

Just as academic students often leave formal education to never read a book again – so new riders, on gaining their full motorcycle licence, will all too often make the mistake of not continuing to advanced levels of rider training. At VideoBiker we strongly suggest that this is an error in judgement. In most cases, […]
Police roadside crackdown on standards of vision

When was your last eyesight test? Despite changes in legislation five years ago when ‘Cassie’s Law’ came into place, it is estimated that over 50,000 UK motorcycle riders are still failing to meet the minimum legally required ‘standards of vision for driving’ as laid down by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). Looking then […]