Congrats on passing the course, Graffix!!!! It's a great feeling 
Take it easy on the 6 and just have fun getting to know it.
Take it easy on the 6 and just have fun getting to know it.
MSF Beginner Course...
Ok, so today was the first riding portion of the MSF Beginner Course that I'm taking this weekend. I was ok, having never ridden a bike before one instructor said I did well.
They did this thing of "Stopping on command" where the guy would throw his arms out when he wanted you to stop. The 'nice instructor' was very helpful as he would give good instruction on anything if you were like messing up or such.
The other guy, well, I guess it's a "good cop - bad cop" thing. He like threw his hands up in the middle of me shifting from 1st to 2nd, which was approximately 10' past the start point, I couldn't get my foot around to the gear shift to put it back into first and it hit the floor.
The 'nice instructor' was really cool about it, said that if you drop it on test day, you'd fail but he said that I did well other than that.
SO..........
After my ranting and raving, I guess I have a question as to this:
When you do the actual driving "test" of the MSF Beginner course, what does it entail?
I've been told that the DMV road test and (from friends who have taken the MSF Beginner Course) that the test is just a "figure 8". The guy that was the instructor at the in-class portion of the MSF Course said all you would have to do for the driving test portion was like go straight, left turn, go straigh, right turn, go strait and stop.
Is this true? What has been your experiences?
Thanks and sorry for the rambling,
G
They did this thing of "Stopping on command" where the guy would throw his arms out when he wanted you to stop. The 'nice instructor' was very helpful as he would give good instruction on anything if you were like messing up or such.
The other guy, well, I guess it's a "good cop - bad cop" thing. He like threw his hands up in the middle of me shifting from 1st to 2nd, which was approximately 10' past the start point, I couldn't get my foot around to the gear shift to put it back into first and it hit the floor.
The 'nice instructor' was really cool about it, said that if you drop it on test day, you'd fail but he said that I did well other than that.
SO..........
After my ranting and raving, I guess I have a question as to this:
When you do the actual driving "test" of the MSF Beginner course, what does it entail?
I've been told that the DMV road test and (from friends who have taken the MSF Beginner Course) that the test is just a "figure 8". The guy that was the instructor at the in-class portion of the MSF Course said all you would have to do for the driving test portion was like go straight, left turn, go straigh, right turn, go strait and stop.
Is this true? What has been your experiences?
Thanks and sorry for the rambling,
G
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I will take it safe on the R6 everyone, thanks for the advice and concern, it means a lot.
My score, for those who asked or wanted to know, was :
-10 points on the driving (foot down once on the "figure 8", braked in turn cause I went too fast in it, stopping in a "quick stop" too soon)
100 % on the written.
Not bad for a person who is newbie with no experience on bikes, huh?
G
:cheers: are on me if WOS comes to my area (depending on how many of you there are!)
My score, for those who asked or wanted to know, was :
-10 points on the driving (foot down once on the "figure 8", braked in turn cause I went too fast in it, stopping in a "quick stop" too soon)
100 % on the written.
Not bad for a person who is newbie with no experience on bikes, huh?
G
:cheers: are on me if WOS comes to my area (depending on how many of you there are!)
WTG, Grafix!
Whodid you take the test with? I went to RiderTraining at Chapel Hills
Whodid you take the test with? I went to RiderTraining at Chapel Hills
Congrats Dude!!
I remeber when I took the MSF class. There were 6 women there and 6 men and 3 of the guys failed the skill test. When we first started the class I was the slowest one there so the instructor worked with me the most. I think it was because I was on a 125 and still tipy toed..and we were on an incline.
:cheers:
I remeber when I took the MSF class. There were 6 women there and 6 men and 3 of the guys failed the skill test. When we first started the class I was the slowest one there so the instructor worked with me the most. I think it was because I was on a 125 and still tipy toed..and we were on an incline.
:cheers:
AirForceTeacher said:WTG, Grafix!
Whodid you take the test with? I went to RiderTraining at Chapel Hills
Rider Training Enterprises @ Chapel Hill Mall by the AirForce Academy. They were pretty cool.
Thanks everyone for the congrats on passing.
If you're ever back in there, tell Nat I said hi from Louisiana ...
I just passed the course this weekend!
I took it in Acworth, GA.
It was also my first time on a bike. Is it me, or was the figure 8 REAL tight?
I lost 6 points on the skills test. went outside 1 line on the figure 8, and missed one cone on the two right hand turn. (couldn't see the darn thing).
I hope to get a zx-6r late this year or early next.
I took it in Acworth, GA.
It was also my first time on a bike. Is it me, or was the figure 8 REAL tight?
I lost 6 points on the skills test. went outside 1 line on the figure 8, and missed one cone on the two right hand turn. (couldn't see the darn thing).
I hope to get a zx-6r late this year or early next.
That's good! :welcome: and its good to see new riders taking the coarse. Do you currently have a bike?
congrats, man. I hope I will be able to say the same thing about myself passing the MSF course in the next month! :dthumb:
Congrats. It is fairly easy, the only thing that many people in my class had difficulty with was the "Figure 8 in a box" cause it was tight. Most people put a foot down. I did that, lost 3 points, that was all I missed on the entire testing.
I watched this old guy do the figure 8 on a 1500cc full dresser... and he did it perfect! So it can be done. I did it on my old EX500R as well but that's not much to brag about...
Gas Man said:I watched this old guy do the figure 8 on a 1500cc full dresser... and he did it perfect! So it can be done. I did it on my old EX500R as well but that's not much to brag about...
I think it can be done with practice and experience. Like the one guy who didn't touch the ground in my class had been riding motocross since he was like 5 and took the test on an enduro so yeah, it was simple as snit for him. But if I practice on my R6, I am sure I'd be able to eventually do it.
Crap...I did it on the first attempt back in the day... and I had only been riding for like a month!
But you were still riding. I never got on a bike before I took my MSF course so yeah. Plus they put me on a 'zuki 250 cruiser. I don't remember the model, but the end of the tank by the seat was like 12" wide. Even one of the instructors said that the bike is not fair for the beginner course.Gas Man said:Crap...I did it on the first attempt back in the day... and I had only been riding for like a month!
Yeah but not for that long. I rode for that month so I had something to go on when I took the class!
I was thinking about doing that. But I wasn't really sure that I'd want to ride so I didn't want to invest the money in a bike. But like after the first day that I took the course, I was like , "HELL YEAH!". So that following Tuesday/Wednsday, I hit the dealers! (they are all closed on Sunday & Monday around in Colorado Springs)Gas Man said:Yeah but not for that long. I rode for that month so I had something to go on when I took the class!
Yeah I had a desent in with some local cops and they knew I didn't have my endorsement and didn't give me any problems. Plus I carried my enrolement papers for the class with me.
The figure 8 has to be the toughest thing.
I still would like to see your R6...any pics?
snadamo said:I still would like to see your R6...any pics?
Here you go Snadamo...
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