A fun ride...

[Grahamm]

the basic tone of the thread once you get past the "iams are gods / iams are rubbish" crap is that most of us are in the i want to seek more knowlage type but are in the blinkered sub cat of but im picky where and who i learn it from

Well I never said they were "gods", but I agree with the "seek more knowledge" point.

There's nothing wrong with being picky about who you learn from (when I did my DAS I phoned around various places until I found someone who wanted to teach me to ride a motorcycle rather than pass a test) and whilst there may be people out there who think they're better/ faster/ cooler than an advanced rider, I'd take anything they say with a pinch of salt until I see some proof.

But the point is it boils down to two questions:

1) Is getting advanced training a good thing?

2) If you read others slagging off advanced trainers, might that put you off getting advanced training?

If the answer to both of these is "Yes", there's a problem.