Peter Greenwood had this to say about his experience with Skill for Life.

I have been a biker on and off for about 40 years but took it up more seriously when I reached my mid fifties. I was aware that when I went out I would have good and bad days with really satisfying rides only fairly rarely. I sometimes came back feeling lucky or even angry after a near miss and sometimes guilty if I had taken a few liberties or misjudged something and I was used to riding at really big speeds on my GSXR 1000. I am convinced now that I was an accident waiting to happen and I think that there are a lot of other bikers in the same position, sadly the statistics confirm it. I already knew Terry Towler, my IAM trainer, who persuaded me to take the Skills for Life training and it was excellent, sometime tiring but always enjoyable. I now have good rides pretty well all of the time, my confidence has grown and I now feel properly in control and it really makes all the difference. I cant think of any biker who wouldnt benefit from this very cost effective training and if it racks up the fun of their ride like it has mine, its actually priceless!

Russell Brand had this to say about the IAM experience

I have been riding motorbikes since 1982 in all their various forms from road and track to trails and motocross,from 50cc to 1400cc and thought I had a fairly good knowledge of motorcycles until the Skills for Life course. After riding on the roads with a group of mates for the past few years and seeing the amount of near misses (and statistics waiting to happen) I decided that this year I would undertake as much training as posible to improve not only my skill set but also my confidence. The IAM Skills for Life was one of these training programs that was always on my list but never got around to, until now. I am very glad that I did!

The whole course was a revelation and I would highly recommend it to anyonewho wants towhip their road riding skills into shape. As a predominately track rider I take corners in a different way whilst on track to that taken on the road and taught by the IAM and this has proved to be invaluable in making me a more confident, safer and certainly much smoother rider and I cannot thank David Gillan, my Observer enough for his time, instruction and most of all patience in preparing me for the test. Without a shadow of doubt it was challenging for David to get me out of the trackday mindset of cornering and into the IAM way but to his credit he persisted and the feedback from him was second to none. It was David's preseverence that undoubtly raised my game to test standard which I am pleased to say I passed on 18/07/10, under the watchful eye of examiner Dougie Jamieson.

Chris Wright had this to say

I passed my advanced test just 8 days after celebrating my 70^th birthday. The training was very worthwhile, and I would encourage anyone, whatever their age or type of bike, to sign up.

Phil Barrett had this to say

Obviously, the main benefit is that you will become a better, safer, more confident rider, but it's also possible to achieve better/cheaper insurance too. I personally saved a whopping 25% on my insurance premium after passing my advanced test. On top of the cash saving, business insurance was included in the new premium and my excess dropped from 500 to 250. Icalled a few different companies but settled with IAM's own insurance company - IAM Surety.'
I know that this may not work for everyone, but it really worked for me!