Hidden Gems: Meet Randolph Singleterry

Today we’d like to introduce you to Randolph Singleterry.

Hi Randolph, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today.
I graduated from Calhoun County High School in Port Lavaca, Texas in 2000. The next day I joined the United States Air Force (USAF) and began to tour the world. I started off in Colorado Springs, CO, then moved on to England, Mississippi, Texas, North Carolina, Hawaii, Virginia, and South Korea, and finally finished my career 22 years later in Italy. After Italy, I moved to Texas for a year… And then landed a job in the Ogden, Utah area. That’s how I landed in my current geographic area, but my business is a little different.

I grew up around cars my whole life. My dad is a mechanic who has semi-retired, and I had other male figures in my life who sold all types of vehicles or built cars. This drove my vehicular interest, and then I kind of moved from cool or fast 4-wheeled vehicles to motorcycles… which are just cool.

I had my first major accident where I totaled a motorcycle after about 5 years of riding. It didn’t stop me from riding, but it did change my perspective on things. I rode for another 6 years before being offered an opportunity to become a motorcycle safety foundation rider coach while I was still serving in the USAF.

When I retired to Texas, the only way to make money by coaching was to start my own business and sell this winning personality. I did that for about a year and realized that full-time coaching is rough on the body. So I began to transition to part-time. While transferring to part-time, I started to look for a full-time job and landed a gig in Ogden, Utah. This gave me an opportunity to coach in both Texas and Utah.

Can you talk to us about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back, would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Getting to where I am now from where I started wasn’t easy. There were 11 major life-altering moves in 23 years of my life. I was fortunate to have someone pay for them, but that didn’t mean I wouldn’t have to completely replace my belongings twice due to movers being careless or reckless. So Finances hit hard.

Also, there were 5 combat deployments during my time in service. Along with many many many hours of watching drone videos of us conducting combat operations. This affected me in my personal relationships and made me question what I would do after retiring from the military. However, the military gave me an opportunity to rediscover my passion for helping people, and doing it through motorcycling when they allowed me to become a riding coach. It doesn’t seem hard from the outside looking in.

However, it was a very intense 7 days of knowledge prep and riding on a motorcycle safety range outside. So it was mentally and physically exhausting during that time. After that, it was all about making connections and pursuing advanced training to get more people on the road using 2 or 3 wheels.

Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know?
I’m a small LLC business that specializes in motorcycle safety coaching. Through the MSF and state certifications, I am able to facilitate 2-day and 1-day licensing courses on 2 and 3-wheeled motorcycling.

Additionally, through the MSF I can proctor an introduction to motorcycling and an off-road beginners course. All of these courses teach the basic skills required to ride a motorcycle and build the confidence to go out and practice the required skills to ride safely.

Risk-taking is a topic that people have widely differing views on – we’d love to hear your thoughts.
Riding a motorcycle is inherently risky. To the uncredited author and to paraphrase the risk of riding a motorcycle, requires a complete nut to connect the gears of a motorcycle to the controls. It is quite possibly the most dangerous thing you can do on the road. We strip away all aspects of the safety of a car.

Then we take highly volatile explosive fluid and put it in a container, on top of a device that creates between 1000 and 10,000 explosions per minute, all while traveling on a vehicle that requires an equilibrium to maintain stability so that you can balance on two wheels that want to only go in a straight line, while in a curve….. oh and no one sees you so you assume everyone is out to run you over or kill you. However, I don’t think I’m a risk taker. After reading this you might think differently though.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/randy_moto_rider/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089987237346
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/randolph-singleterry/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@randolphsingleterry3460
• Other: https://shop.throttleaddikt.com/?ref=randy_rider

Image Credits:
Killboy129