LEVEL 1

Andrei Danilă

Andrei Dănilă is also a very experienced rider, with tens of thousands of kilometres ridden throughout Europe, both on and off-road. He’s graduated from Level 3 of Simon Pavey’s Off-Road Skills School in Wales and he’s finished a seven-day rally in Greece, so he knows a thing or two about riding off-road. Andrei is also a successful entrepreneur, founding a successful IT company in his native city of Iași. That is why Andrei is the team’s visionary member, with the mission of making Rider Academy develop and grow in new and interesting ways.

Marius Băcilă

Marius Băcilă is a BMW International Instructors Academy certified trainer, so he can teach riders all about bike control and safe riding on public roads. Riding motorcycles is his biggest passion, so, when he’s not teaching riders, he’s editor-in-chief for the only motorcycling magazine in Romania, MotoBikes. He’s been riding for over 10 years and has done more than 200.000 km of road riding, at temperatures varying between -10 and +40 degrees Celsius, on hundreds of motorcycles and scooters of all brands and types. He also has some racetrack experience, as he participated in several Romanian Superbike rounds, as an amateur rider. He’s also done quite a bit of off-road riding, both on adventure bikes and on motocross and enduro bikes.

Marius believes that the number 1 priority for anyone riding on public roads should be to return home unharmed. In order to make sure of this, first you should keep a clear head and always anticipate other drivers’ mistakes, always leaving room to manoeuvre, but you should also learn to control your bike as well as possible in all situations, from a simple U-turn in a parking lot to important manoeuvres such as emergency and avoidance. That is why the courses that teach you how to perform these manoeuvres as efficiently as possible are very important.

Mihai Ionescu

Mihai Ionescu is probably the first person you will come into contact with when you sign up for Rider Academy rider training courses. Mihai is also passionate about riding, but, because his wife and two children are waiting for him at home, he knows how important it is to always be safe and ride so that you can reduce the inherent risks of riding as much as possible.

A natural born organizer, Mihai is all about punctuality, seriousness and professionalism, and, as logistics manager at Rider Academy, will take care of all the needs and wants of the participants and will clear up any questions you might have before you sign up.