Teaching newbies to ride.

[azoomm]

This thread is why I want to develop a new class at the track....

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Originally Posted by azoomm

This thread is why I want to develop a new class at the track....

OOh details! Will you provide bikes? I would totally fly in to take your class.

[racedoll]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

Let me rephrase...the DMV test is harder because if you touch a foot down, you fail. In the MSF class, you can score a 16 outta 20 and still pass.

I put a foot down, got 5 points knocked off which allowed me to pass with a 95. It was the only thing I did wrong.

Originally Posted by wildchild

The idea is it's better to have your partner behind you, usually at a bit of a distance, rather then some idiot in his toyota who thinks all bikers are asshats and deserve to be pushed when possible.

I know why he did it, this and to watch me. But it is like azoomm says below about women not like being watched. This is me, plus Erik is known to make a person feel about "yeah big" even if unintentional.

Originally Posted by Trip

plus people in front of you make you want to keep up with them.

I never felt like I needed to keep up but I'm probably one of the few. Erik would slow down if he saw me not "keeping up".

Originally Posted by azoomm

Right. And, you and I know it makes sense... because we have experience. But, I've found that women [especially] have problems with being "watched." They feel they are being critiqued at every move. It might make it a bit easier if you let them know WHY you ride behind them, and that you might be watching - but we usually forget what you did after riding 100ft

Exactly.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by racedoll

I never felt like I needed to keep up but I'm probably one of the few. Erik would slow down if he saw me not "keeping up".

That's the correct thing to do, ride your ride, unfortunately not everyone does that.

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Originally Posted by Trip

That's the correct thing to do, ride your ride, unfortunately not everyone does that.

And not everyone wants to slow down for newbies. Its hard to ride your own ride when everyone is zooming past you. I don't get why guys leave their newbie SO's behind.

When I used to ride with the ex husband he would ride painfully slow in front of me to make sure I don't ride over my head. And when our riding group got bigger, the more experience ones will get together for more "spirited" rides but the same ones would at times just want to take it easy as well as ones that just like riding slower in general which were newbie friendly rides. Everyone kept each other in view of their mirrors so no one gets left behind. Nothing sucks more than to have a newbie push themselves too hard trying to keep up so you have to wait around later on for an ambulance or a tow truck.

[RACER X]

recent (as in last yr) brit transplant
seasoned rider/seasoned racer

posted today.

Originally Posted by Grinchy

so I took my MSF course at San Jac Central, Pasadena over the weekend.
I can't recommend them highly enough,
great team of instructors and Rick the head honcho is one of the funniest guys you could ever meet.
Learnt a lot about slow speed bike control and was pretty shocked at how many bad habbits I'd picked up over the years!!

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by RACER X

recent (as in last yr) brit transplant
seasoned rider/seasoned racer

posted today.

Also from today:

Originally Posted by Lester

I took my MSF course this weekend. It was awful. I went to the one in Richmond Texas, and my instructor was some fat dude named "Ed". He kept grabbing my ass, and whispering "start small" in my ear . It made me very uncomfortable.

JC

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Originally Posted by askmrjesus

Also from today:




JC

[Trip]

hahhahahahahahhahaha, awesome

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