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Thanks for making this thread! It has been sorely lacking from here for awhile. When I was beginning I needed a place to ask about the test but couldn't find a good venue. Now we have one!  I am a RiderCoach Candidate for the PA MSP program. I just finished the interview process (including a BRC2 which I killed) and am awaiting training in September. I can't tell you how excited I am to make $19/hr to teach people to ride, especially since I'm becoming disillusioned with my IT career. I'm ultimately hoping that I can move up within the MSF to a full-time job. So yeah, feel free to ask me about becoming a RiderCoach!
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metallicaeg posted:Man, how do you get a position like that? I'm stuck in a disillusioning job, also in PA, haha A regional manager emailed previous students indicating a need for RiderCoaches in the Philadelphia area. I filled out an online app and it was gravy from there, although the interview was in a group setting and focused on a discussion of general teaching skills rather than specifics of motorcycle safety. Also, there were roughly 150 online applicants, and about 40 made it to the group interview sessions. From that, 13 made it to the BRC2 expo. I'm assuming that about three candidates will drop out, fail to complete the application, or fail training. So that is a big funnel but I think anybody with a good head and a pittance of riding skills can make it There is a link on the PAMSP website for the application. I'd apply now and keep applying every season!
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Jul 26, 2012 23:16
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Guinness posted:This looks like a good thread to ask this question in, since it appears there's a few resident MSF instructors in CA! Fixed Gear Guy fucked around with this message at 23:31 on Jul 30, 2012 |
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Jul 30, 2012 23:28
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Guinness posted:I didn't get mad or make any snide remarks in the course. I made friends with the other riders and even the instructors while I was there. But I was still frustrated (to myself) by the painfully slow pace while waiting my turn in the hot sun. I still had fun and learned a lot, i just wish the pace was like 3x faster.
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Jul 30, 2012 23:47
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Jabs posted:I'm pretty sure that the comment was made by the lead instructor at the end of her second go-round. I know she said she had a lot of trouble with finding the friction zone on the 125ÃÂù. She also said that when she lost the bike, it was to the outside of the turn when turning around. Please please please oh lord please do not buy a bike from Walmart. By doing so you are just continuing the cycle of waste by buying a bike made out of poo poo components that will break in a month, whereafter you'll let it rot in the garage until your girlfriend makes you throw it out. There are SO many 70s bike boom cycles that you can get from garage sales or Craigslist for next to nothing, slap new tires and a chain on, and ride without killing mother earth. Or if you need brand new bikes, spend the money on real machines from real bicycle shops who sell products that won't rust and fall apart in a month and who will provide support. In the worst case your girlfriend and you now have a healthy hobby to bond over. Fake edit, have you considered hiring an instructor with a small bike for private lessons? Your girl may may just be the type that needs to be alone in a parking lot to slowly get the feel for the bike. And I hate to support them but maybe you could call a HD dealership and see if they can arrange a special Riders Edge session? Dunno what the smallest bike they'd have is, though. Fixed Gear Guy fucked around with this message at 03:43 on Aug 2, 2012 |
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Aug 2, 2012 03:35
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Snowdens Secret posted:go all greeny froo-froo like Fixie Guy It's "frou frou." i know that because frou frou is my favorite electronic collaboration 
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Aug 2, 2012 05:07
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Safety Dance posted:Now I know what I'm going to listen to today at work! Thanks!
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Aug 2, 2012 13:54
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Skreemer posted:Anyone else on here instruct and noticed the drop off? Every year when August rolls around it's the same thing, we hardly get any students. But drat do they clamor for classes April, May and June. March is pretty much a crap shoot weather wise this far north. Although I must say that those taking the class in the Fall seem to be more dedicated beginners and not fairweather wannabees. Maybe if you are a bad enough dude you will even have your BRC level 1 range in the snow like I did
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Aug 9, 2012 00:50
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Being able to pop a U turn in about 14 feet is pretty important in my opinion. It's my favorite thing to practice. Try doing one from a complete stop with counterweighting and all -- tons of fun!!
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Aug 11, 2012 14:03
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JollyRancher posted:But...if you're at a stop light and need to escape is rolling into the intersection of cross traffic a better idea? I wasn't there to argue, so they say shift to 1st I try to shift to 1st. Well the second part is you should find an escape route. Usually you will have room to pull up into a crosswalk or split lanes and ride between traffic if you think someone behind you won't stop in time. Keep in mind that the percentage of accidents occurring from behind is something like 3% so it sucks when it happens, and you can get royally hosed up, but you should really worry much more about your own skills and the things that cause single-person motorcycle accidents (target fixation, going too fast, poor cornering skills, etc) and left-turners.
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Aug 11, 2012 14:07
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Yes this is so totally a thing. On normal radius turns it doesn't matter but doing tight u-turns and figure of eights I am better turning left than right, and I'm left-handed. I had problems with my throttle hand binding when twisted but I have mostly fixed this now.
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Aug 15, 2012 03:51
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The U-turn box is probably the best way to judge one's ability to balance, clutch, throttle, and "look where you want to go" at low speed. That said it takes a LOT of extracurricular parking lot practice to do full lock turns. No newbie does it flawlessly on the BRC and the RiderCoaches know it.
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Aug 18, 2012 20:54
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Haha the gymkhana dudes are insane. So much speed and precision. I always recommend that MSF grads buy cones and practice the drills for a couple days before beginning side streets. It's a good environment to learn your bike.
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