MSF

[roscosmom]

So, me and Monkey Fist took the MSF course this week. We had fun and the instructor said we should have taken the advanced course....he did however show us a few advanced skills. I'm glad I took it! We were rained on the whole day...which was a good thing! Of course this is south Louisiana, it rains all the time. Taking this course in the rain and slick course was really good.....We learned a great deal about slick surfaces! (braking and swerving)
Fun Class!

[Sarris]

Congrats!! (I'm assuming you passed) Have you gone to the DMV to get you license yet??

You're now legal, so be careful out there!

:chop:

[Water Warrior 2]

Good for you. There is no such thing as too much training.

[music man]

Not that this is a good thing, but here in hot springs you literally only have to take a ten question test that a monkey wouldn't have to study for and... thats it. you have a motorcycle drivers license. Well you also have to go to the DMV and get a new copy of your license with a motorcycle endorsement on it.

[roscosmom]

I'm not sure how many questions are on the test here? Taking it this week...will let you know. I know the driving part is riding the bike out of the exit and then turning in the entrance! LOL....The MSF was really good and makes me feel a lot safer...but still very cautious!!!! My main focus is on all the other people on the road.

[patrick_777]

My main focus is on all the other people on the road.

As it should be.

[cconleyjr]

I rode for months without a license and in fact i'm the only person at my place of employment or even lives nearby that has one we went for a ride not to long back with the sheriff here and he joked that if he wrote tickets to everyone on the ride that didn't have one he could retire but im not so sure it was really funny because it was probably true there are probably 50 people that i work with that ride and not a one with a license or anyone that will admit it anyway

[roscosmom]

Thats a bit scary...not to mention they probably didnt take the safety course!

[Jenny]

I rode for months without a license and in fact i'm the only person at my place of employment or even lives nearby that has one we went for a ride not to long back with the sheriff here and he joked that if he wrote tickets to everyone on the ride that didn't have one he could retire but im not so sure it was really funny because it was probably true there are probably 50 people that i work with that ride and not a one with a license or anyone that will admit it anyway

Heck, the Governor of CA has been riding for years without a license and didn't get ticketed when he got caught.

[BigIron]

Does anyone ever fail the MSF course?
I took it last year and everyone passed. I rode out and watched them this year because I had a friend taking it. Everyone passed. One lady dropped the bike during the test and she got to do it over and passed. I suppose thats still better than her riding on a permit and never getting any training. I was just curious about whether anyone ever fails.

[Magnar Infectus]

Does anyone ever fail the MSF course?

When I took it too weekends ago there was one guy that failed. I didn't get to see what he did wrong as he was in line right behind me. I was always riding to the next part of the test when it was his turn, so I couldn't watch. I know it wasn't because he dropped it. No one dropped thier bike in the class. He did as well as I did during the practices, so I don't understand what happened.

*edited for content.

[Jenny]

Does anyone ever fail the MSF course?
I took it last year and everyone passed. I rode out and watched them this year because I had a friend taking it. Everyone passed. One lady dropped the bike during the test and she got to do it over and passed. I suppose thats still better than her riding on a permit and never getting any training. I was just curious about whether anyone ever fails.

Yes, people do. They almost dropped me from the class. They held me over lunch on the first day and had me re-do two things. When I was done they said, "Ok, you can stay in the class." I was freaked. I hadn't realized I'd been close to being dropped. They told me that they have dropped people from the class and they have also failed people and let them practice at home then come back and re-test at no additional charge a few weeks later. I chat regularly with a woman online who was flunked from the class and had to re-take it.

[Easy Rider]

Does anyone ever fail the MSF course?


I would imagine that depends on several things:
1) Where the course is given.
2) Who the instructor is.
3) Whether or not "passing" really means anything. I would hope that places where it allows you to skip tests at the DMV, they would be a little more strict.

[alanmcorcoran]

...you have to be pretty bad. We had two people fail. One guy dumped the bike o the swerve (OUT!) and the other was a gal who had dropped the bike numerous times, didn't do the "box" well an didn't do the stop. If you're halfway decent you should pass. So 2 out of 12 in our group failed. A few in the other 12 were asked to leave or left on their own. I think one had nevr ridden a bicycle.

[Jenny]

...you have to be pretty bad. We had two people fail. One guy dumped the bike o the swerve (OUT!) and the other was a gal who had dropped the bike numerous times, didn't do the "box" well an didn't do the stop. If you're halfway decent you should pass. So 2 out of 12 in our group failed. A few in the other 12 were asked to leave or left on their own. I think one had nevr ridden a bicycle.

Only one person in your class had never ridden a bike? The class is advertised as being for people who haven't ever ridden or people who want to hone their skills (or people who had so many tickets they need it to help lower their insurance). At least the one here in northern New York and the one I looked at in Tucson were. There were a few of us that hadn't ever ridden a bike, and it's planned starting from, here's how you turn a bike on.

[alanmcorcoran]

...she had never ridden a *bicycle*. About half our group, maybe more, had never ridden a motorcycle. (And some of us had less than 500 miles.) We started from scratch "Here's how you sit on it."

[Jenny]

...she had never ridden a *bicycle*. About half our group, maybe more, had never ridden a motorcycle. (And some of us had less than 500 miles.) We started from scratch "Here's how you sit on it."

Whoops! My brain froze right over the *bicycle* part and changed it to bike which changed it to motorcycle!