Well I just failed my MFC lol

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I dropped the bike twice when I took the course. Doing the first straight-line-across-the-parking-lot exercise. I had never ridden a motorcycle before and pulled the front brake when the front wheel was turned. I freaked out and was like "OMG did I fail!?" The instructors were really nice and made me keep going. After that I did fine on everything else and passed the class. I felt so embarrassed and stupid though, everyone else in the class had prior experience and I was the only one starting fresh. Somehow I still did better than the older, more "experienced" guys on the riding test - I got a 6 and one guy with 40+ years of experience got a 13! So maybe practicing on your own with no one to tell you what you're doing wrong isn't the best idea. Then you might build up some bad habits that they will have to correct when you go back to the class.

I say get back on the bike asap before you over-analyze it and start to freak yourself out. Remember "look down go down?" I think they should add something about "think down go down." When I first started riding around I would talk to myself inside my head like "clutch in. downshift. light braking. front wheel straight! brake harder to stop." and now it's automatic.