Start riding without MSF or not ride?

[dannylightning]

i never took the course, the course is personal preference and its basically for a person that has never seen a motorcycle before, at least that is the impression i get from a few people i know that did take it.

if you dont know any thing about a bike the course would be good, but it is not a necessity how ever i am sure it would even teach me a thing or two if i did take it. if ther is no course on your island and you really want to ride a motorcycle go for it, stay away from traffic as much as you can and take it really easy at first..

[Sarris]

It's the law in Florida. No takee, no ridee.

Ride without it and you can go to jail.

[dannylightning]

Florida is not Hawaii lol

[IceBreaker]

and Hawaii ain't Florida either....LOL!

[frempath]

Though Florida will give you a motorcycle endorsement if you are trading in your out of state license that has one without asking any questions. I had a harder time coming up with enough proof of who I was because they would not accept my out of state drivers license as proof of identification.

[megocode3]

Everything taught in the MSF course can be found on YouTube. I'm sure you could ride without it but I wouldn't want to have my first time doing a swerve, hard stop or other evasive maneuver to be when my life depended on it. I'd checkout the videos then find a big empty parking lot to practice.

[Water Warrior 2]

The basis for 90% of all rider training courses is in written form. Pick up a copy of Profficient Motorcycling by David Hough. The book is an absolute wealth of knowledge. If riding a bike was a religion then Profficient Motorcycling would be it's Bible.
You can ride without training but you risk developing bad habits. Bad habits are dangerous. Reading and a real training course made me a much better rider after years of pure luck on the street. Now I actually have riding skills and experience in doing things right.

[waya]

Originally Posted by Water Warrior

The basis for 90% of all rider training courses is in written form. Pick up a copy of Profficient Motorcycling by David Hough. The book is an absolute wealth of knowledge. If riding a bike was a religion then Profficient Motorcycling would be it's Bible.
You can ride without training but you risk developing bad habits. Bad habits are dangerous. Reading and a real training course made me a much better rider after years of pure luck on the street. Now I actually have riding skills and experience in doing things right.

This is the one?


Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well

[Water Warrior 2]

Yes !! That is a nice price too. Hough also has a 2nd book "More Proficient Motorcycling". Also a 3rd with an entirely different name that I can't remember right now.

[waya]

This is an interesting quote from one of the reviews off of Amazon:

My brother had a motorcycle accident that may of been avoidable. When he went to the doctor, amoung other things, the doctor took out his RX pad and wrote the name of this book on it and said read it.