And it was fun. Hot,but fun.
Ended up scoring highest in the class.
10 hours over 2 days of course training. Set up's of differant obstacles, turns, turn back's u-turns, ETC.
Of course the toughest one was the fiqure eight. You have to make a complete fiqure eight with out putting your foot down or stoppping with in an area, I swear, no bigger than a king size bed, or so it seemed.
The trick is to "trailbrake" through it. You accelerate and drag the rear brake as you do. Thus you eliminate the gear and chain lash.
I thought it was gonna be stupid and boring but it was really fun. Plus I learned a few things too.
I highly recommend it no matter how long you've ridden. Now I can't wait to take the advanced course.

 

I took it once many years ago. I am scheduled to take it agina Oct 4-5 as a refresher. I am looking forward to it now that I have several years of experience.

 

i thought the same thing when i took my class. thought it was gonna be super gay but it wasnt that bad at all. except it ended up pouring rain so that added a little challenge. one middle aged lady crashed pretty good. kinda funny but also flet bad.

 

Yeah i took it a few years ago and thought it would be stupid but it was pretty good. Took the advanced one too that one is also good to take.

 

I had a blast at my class. Will do the advanced in the spring.

 

They had a bunch of little 250 night hawks and such. Small bikes. Here I get there 20 minutes before class is to start and everyone is already there and standing next to the bike they picked.
So guess what I get....a yahmaha(haha) 250 trailbike.
You should of seen my 270 pound ars on that.
"Born to be wildddd....." LOL

 

I bet you looked as good as my 6'10" 270lbs **** looked on a Buell Blast. Damn I looked good.

 

haha, I'm 5'6" 170 and my blast feels to small under me

 

I'm a MSF RiderCoach. I'm glad you enjoyed the class. No matter how long the person's been riding, everyone always learns at least something new or re-learns something they forget.

Ride Safe

KC-10 FE out...

 

I had a blast on my course even though i have been riding since the late 80's. A novice rider made us all laugh when she flew off the parking lot into the creek. she and the bike were ok, just a little wet. When it happened all i herd was " pull in the clutch, PULL IN THE CLUTCH" when i looked over my shoulder i saw her fly off the lot through the grass and then disappear. We all had a good time and everyone learned something.

 

The instructor showed us a bent portion of fencing... I guess the class or so before us did the same thing... over the curb, through a lot of brush and into the fence while the instructors yelled about the clutch. If it wasn't for the fence it was going to be trees.

I need a beater for the advanced course, don't want to dump mine!

 

I thought the advanced course was a refresher of the basic course but using your own bike and condensed into a few hours.
I would have taken the advanced but they only offer about 1 a month and it fills up fast.

Are the MSF courses free in your state? there are free here to residents of PA.

 

The ERC is just that, a course for more experienced riders. It does offer much of the same material but the speeds of all the exercises are higher and there is less time to practice for them. While the BRC has almost an even 50/50 split of riding/class time, the ERC is 85% riding. The skill test at the end of the ERC is also shorter than the BRC.

One of the things that amazed me when I went thru the RiderCoach class was the difference in handling abilities of different bikes. Naturally, 99.9% of people would assume that a sportbike will out-handle a cruiser any day of the week & twice on Sundays. I thought the same until I did the RiderCoach class. I went thru the class no sweat but I fully admit the "figure 8" was a challenge. This retired AF MSgt, now CE civilian flew thru that box on his Victory V92C as easily as leaning back in a recliner. I asked him how he does it & he looked me straight in the eye & said his Victory outhandles my Honda. Naturally I responded something to the effect of "GET THE ***** OUTTA HERE!". He tossed me the keys to the Victory & I too flew thru the box like nothing doing. How? A large displacement cruiser sits so much lower to the ground & therefore has a much low center of gravity making it much, much easier to accomplish low speed maneuvers. Once the speed rises above 15 MPH, the tables are turned & there isn't a cruiser on the planet that can hang with even a mediocre sport bike.

After 20 years of safe riding, I learned that in less than 5 minutes.

KC-10 FE out...

 

I've never seen them for free in MI. Pretty cheap at the local community college ($50 or $75 bucks if I recall). I took the Harley Rider's Edge program... a whopping $300+ but worth every penny. No shared bikes, a butt-load (pun intended) of riding time and small class sizes. Lots of personal attention.

 

I should really get my motocycle license