Pat Hahn - Maximum Control. Mastering Your Heavyweight Bike

Pat Hahn is a motorcycle rider with over 20 years of experience and the author of Ride Hard, Ride Smart and How to Ride a Motorcycle. For 12 years he has been an MSF-certified instructor/rider coach for the state of Minnesota teaching basic and experienced rider courses. Since 1999, Pat has managed public relations for the Minnesota Motorcycle Safety Center, an award-winning program known nationwide for its informational and educational campaigns. He also works as a consultant for other states and has conducted technical assessments of motorcycle safety programs in Colorado, Ohio, Florida, and California.

With volunteer help from the Central Roadracing Association, Pat also conducts advanced cornering and safety seminars for Minnesota sportbike enthusiasts (www.hedonistic-enthusiasm.com). He is a freelance editor and writer, contributing to Evans Brasfields 101 Sportbike Performance Projects and Kent Larsons Track Day Handbook, as well as writing numerous articles for Minnesota Motorcycle Monthly and other enthusiast publications. Pat uses his bike (currently a Honda VFR800FI) to commute to work, run errands, entertain friends, burn off steam on twisty roads on the weekends, and take long trips. He lives with his wife and two-year-old son in south Minneapolis.

Steve Guderian is a retired motorcycle police officer, court-recognized expert in collision reconstruction, and crash investigator who now works as a government motorcycle safety expert. He is also an MSF-certified rider coach in the state of California. In the spring of 2009, Steve was one of the principal researchers in a cutting-edge research project on motorcycle rider human factors. Additionally, Steve is involved with numerous publications as a contributing writer, as well as being a member of many associations that further motorcycle safety awareness.

Steve has always had a passion for motorcycles and has ridden a wide variety of bikes, rain or shine, for more than 34 years. His greatest desire is to help educate the motorcycle community in all aspects of motorcycle safety and, more importantly, to apply that knowledge to everyday riding. Steve has a degree in physics with a minor in mathematics. He resides with his wife of 33 years in northern California, and together they have three adult daughters and three granddaughters. Steve most enjoys riding side-by-side with his wife on weekends, vacations, or whenever the opportunity arises.

Mark Brown is a North Carolina State Highway Patrolman of more than 23 years and a training coordinator within the Special Operations Motor Unit. Mark is the lead police motor instructor for all North Carolina State Highway motorcycle training and has provided training and oversight for the certification of hundreds of law enforcement motor officers in some of the most rigorous testing in the world on many types of police motorcycles. He is the president of MotoMark1 (www.motomark1.com), North Carolinas premier motorcycle training provider, and the only BikeSafe trainer in the United States.

Mark holds numerous certifications in police motor instruction, motor officer survival tactics, and combat military motorcycle training. His certifications in executive protection have afforded him the opportunities to provide presidential and vice-presidential motorcade escorts. As a marshal for numerous motor escorts, Mark has participated in events like the Kyle Petty Charity Ride across America, Olympic Torch Relay, Ultimate Drive Susan G. Koman Foundation, and Ironman Triathlon, as well as motorcycle manufacturer events. Mark lives with his wife and three children near Raleigh, North Carolina.