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Lothire posted:Had a three hour book and movie class last Thursday, nice group of people. I'm now four hours away from the first riding portion and I can't get a wink of sleep. Mostly excited. Where are you taking the class in WA? The simulators have got me curious.
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Lothire posted:My legs feel like paper, but I'm so happy to have done this. Motorcycles were such a mystery to me. It feels crazy to have gone from so little knowledge to full on motorcycle endorsement in just two days. TheNothingNew posted:Fellows, I want to thank you. I just finished day 3 of a four-day MSF, I am doing generally quite well, and most of that is thanks to lurking here for the last year or so. These are the best kind of posts. 
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Captain Crunk posted:Thanks for some perspective, you're right - it's been on my mind like a drat breakup! Drop me an email: matthewkmayer at gmail.com
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Skreemer posted:What state are you in (Oregon?) In the MSF they purposely don't use the tall cones except as range edge markers (not the end of the area we use as the range but the EDGE OF THE RANGE as in you're off in the weeds/whatever next) so people don't clip them. That and the cones being huge people tend to fixate on them. At least in Wisconsin they only use the tall cones in the "ultimate bike bonding course", and that's because a lot of folks forget on sport touring bikes the bags tend to stick out beyond the front fairing. I teach for the two states using Team Oregon's curriculum and we don't swerve around big cones in our Basic and Intermediate courses. They're mostly used as pivot cones which students go around in a big arc.
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It will greatly vary by state. Some states, such as Washington, use contractors to provide training facilities and bikes. Some of those run on shoestring budgets so their bikes may be in rougher shape than state-funded and state-run programs. I spent a year maintaining the bikes at a training site in Idaho. They were all in better mechanical condition and cleaner than my personal bikes.
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Razzled posted:It sounds like you're just trying to do the MSF drills on your SV. Stop doing that. Don't waste anymore time doing the MSF drills. You're trying to replicate drills that were designed with 250cc motorcycles in mind when instead you should be familiarizing yourself with what is an intermediate level bike's characteristics. Go to a parking lot and figure out how to do the following on your bike: 1) Turn at speed (countersteering) 2) Brake reasonably quickly 3) Launch without stalling (learn that friction point and gas that bitch) The listed drills are all included in motorcycle education classes. Takeaway point should be "practice the fundamentals."
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