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| Name: |
Karl Batson |
| Hometown: |
Smyrna, TN |
| Year
I Started Riding: |
1971 |
| Year
I Started Coaching at Mid Tenn: |
1998 |
| First Motorcycle: |
1972 Yamaha 90cc Twin |
| Favorite Motorcycle: |
Goldwing 1800c |
| Current Motorcycle: |
2001 Suzuki GSX 1300R Hayabusa, 2001 Honda 1800 Goldwing ABS |
| Personal Riding Accomplishments: |
Have owned 18 motorcycles in my life. Ridden over 340,000 safe miles on a total of 4 GoldWings. Have covered 35 states on my Yellow Wing in 3 years. Currently have over 110,000 miles on my 2001 GoldWing. Have traveled to California twice in 18 months. Drove straight to San Bernardino, Cal. from Smyrna, TN in 32 clock hours and returned to Smyrna in 34 hours. I have also put 20,000 miles on my Hayabusa in less than 2 years. |
| MSF Accomplishments: |
2001 Tenn Rider Education Program BRC Implementation Team
2001 RiderCoach of the Year - Mid Tenn
2002 Attended SMSA Conference
2002 The Next Course Implementation Team
2002 State of Tennessee RiderCoach of the Year
2002 Set state record for teaching 44 MSF classes in one year
2002 MSF National RiderCoach of the Year representing Tennessee
2003 MSF Learning Center Support Team member
2003 Attended/graduated MSF Chief School (Colton, CA)
2003 Spring RiderCoach Prep Course Instructor
2003 National SMSA Conference Workshop facilitator
2003 Fall RiderCoach Prep Course Instructor
2004 National SMSA Conference Workshop facilitator
2004 Fall RiderCoach Prep Course Instructor
2005 Tennessee M.R.E.P. State Update Workshop facilitator
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| Type of Motorcycling you enjoy: |
I really enjoy tour riding. Mapping out a destination point and nothing else. When my wife and I do that we have an opportunity to stop and see things of interest that we did not know were there. Our Goldwing is quite the conversation piece when out on the open road. People are amazed that we have taken al of our vacations on a motorcycle since we've been together. |
| Favorite Stretch of Road: |
The pacific Coast Highway ( up the California coastline from Santa Monica to San Francisco) |
| Why
Did You Become a Rider Coach: |
I was amazed as to how much I learned from taking the class, especially since I had some 26 years of riding experience under my belt. I bearly passed the class and figured if I did not know what I thought I knew, there had to be tons of other riders like me out there that I could influence to take the class and perhaps teach them something that they did not know to save their life down the road. |
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