Karel Pavich
Founder, Director and Instructor
Karel is the founder of Pro Rider and has been riding motorcycles on the road, racetrack and off road for over 35 years. She has ridden around NZ extensively over the last few decades, operated trail bike tours in Thailand in the 80’s, raced in America in the 90’s as she has successfully combined motorcycling into many facets of her business. In 2006 Karel became NZs first woman to win a NZ Road Racing championship and has successfully.
Howard Mansell
Director and Instructor
Howard’s experience with motorcycling started at around age eight with a ride on the back of his uncle’s scooter. His first riding experience started with an MA50 Suzuki scooter at age 14, since then there has been a large range of different bikes and different experiences from commuting, touring, bush-bashing in the hills and forestry, to riding the freeways of America. Howard has been involved in many motorcycle organisations and major.