[GSXR1000DJ]

:iagree: :iagree: I'm with the 2 of you on this one. Where am I going to need to do a figure 8 in the middle of the road??? No where. The MSF course would be the best and easiest way to go about it. :thumbs:

 

[GSXR1000DJ]

The purpose of the figure 8 test is to see if you can dip quickly from left side to right to swerve to miss an obstacle. In the real world, most of the time when you have to swerve to miss an obstacle such as old blue-hair pulling out in front of you, the figure 8 maneuver will come in very handy. I practice mine in a parking lot where two cars can pull in grill to grill. I start at the back of the space and use the divider between the spaces as the middle and I execute fig 8's passing over the divider each time I go from left side to right side, and making your circle within the lines of the space. It is much harder than it sounds. It teaches you how to make deep dips, 1 lane u-turns and use your back brake to control speed so you don't buck twisting the throttle. I practice my parking lot drills 2 to 3 times per week

I don't know about doing all that. Who cares if I can do a figure 8 or not. If a car pulls out infront of me(which its happen before a few times) I know how to lean hard to the right or the left to miss the car. Hit the twistys. I do. That helps you learn to lean to the left and or the right or not. I have np doing the figure 8 at all. I do it all the time when I take my 3yr old for a ride cause he likes to lean with the bike as well. I was just saying that with time a person will gain more experience riding and trying to get someone who is just learning or never riden before like a lot of ppl who take the test to try a figure 8 is stupid. Thats to small of an area that they make you do it in for someone new to the sport. Just my :2cents: