HOG Safety Rider Training Seminar

Event date: 
Sun, 04/06/2025 - 8:30am

 

Group Riding and Safety Seminar

At Top Cats – Illinois, our primary goal is to provide a safe riding environment for each and every member and guest.  Our Group Riding and Safety Seminar (G.R.A.S.S.) is an effective way to meet our goal.  G.R.A.S.S. sessions are offered are offered multiple times each year and are required for all new members during their first year of membership, every 3 years thereafter and strongly recommended as a refresher course to maintain good membership standing.  This 3-hour seminar is a classroom presentation with no riding exercises and is taught by our Senior Road Captains.

Location: Keller Williams

600 Hart Rd.

Ste 105

Barrington, IL 60010

Located in: Barrington Corporate Center

Time: Meet at 8:30am

 

*McHenry HOG requires All Road Captains to attend!

 

Activity/Session duration: 9:00am to 12:00pm (Total 4hrs)

Limited to 30 participants. 1st come, first serve

Register on HOG Scan. Just click on going. However if you’re unsure of attending, please don’t click on going. This space is limited.

Open to any McHenry HOG member.

For convenience, G.R.A.S.S. seminars are held at multiple locations.  All classes generally begin at 8am with coffee, doughnuts and bagels, followed by the educational presentation, which starts promptly at 8:30am.   Generally, classes end by noon.  Please note: this seminar does NOT teach how to ride a motorcycle: it teaches new members how our Club rides. 

G.R.A.S.S. consists of lecture and video presentations within five (5) modules:

  1. Top Cats Group Riding Protocol – this includes proper hand signals, formations and parking.
  2. Riding with a co-rider (passenger) – this module also explains motorcycle club dynamics, adjustments, duties and responsibilities.
  3. Road Captain Responsibilities – from planning to ride execution and follow-up.
  4. Accident Scene Management – Although we hope we never, ever need to put this into practice, this module starts with the incident and includes necessary skills, requirements and responsibilities, including hand-off to emergency personnel.
  5. Road Captain Training – a module of instruction for Top Cats Rides, from activity planning to the logistics of the actual ride. It includes instruction in ride day responsibilities and mentoring future Road Captains.

As a public service, Top Cats-Illinois presents G.R.A.S.S. to other local Motorcycle Club Organizations upon request at no cost.  Guests are always welcome to attend unless exclusivity is specifically requested. 

Event location:
600 Hart Rd
Barrington IL 60010

Closed Event: Chapter activities are conducted primarily for the benefit of H.O.G. Chapter members. Closed Events are those events open to Chapter members and one guest per member.

Photography Policy: Photographing, filming, recording and videotaping of activities and events will be occurring McHenry County IL Chapter events. By entering the H.O.G.® event area, you irrevocably grant permission to the Harley-Davidson Motor Company® and its agents to photograph, film, record and/or videotape you and use (and authorize the use of) your name, image, likeness, voice, and/or biographical or other information in any and all media now known or hereinafter developed in perpetuity for any and all purposes.

Event Coordinator: 
Tom Z
Road Captain