Originally Posted by Guitarosaur
I rode motocross in West Texas in the late 70s, Street bikes in NC in the 80s, and rode a Kawi 750, Virago, Hurricane, and a V-65 Magna in the late 80s here in VA. I rode too fast, too wild, and too carelessly on all of them, but the only time I laid one down was when I took a wrong turn on a MX trail, hit a jump, and came down in a barbed-wire fence. I was fortunate to come away with just a burned caf and some abrasions. The Magna was the last bike to go away in 1986, and now, 22 years later, I've GOTTA have a bike again. I'm shopping for the right one, but in the meantime, I've signed up for the MSF class at the local community college, and will be practicing in an abandoned grocery store parking lot to be sure my skills are up to snuff before I begin riding the bike regularly. I just think it's a great opportunity: pay $80 to spend two days riding someone else's bike that doesn't matter if I drop it, while they pick up the tab for fuel, do all the maintenance, and then watch me with a critical eye and give me valuable feedback on what I'm doing! Taking the MSF course is a no-brainer! In what way could it possibly NOT benefit someone, even someone who has a fair amount of riding experience? Laugh is you wanna, but doctors have to continuously update their education, pilots have to be re-evaluated and "qualify" regularly, and cops & firemen have to do practice drills as long as they're on the force. Why wouldn't one of us sign up for the MSF class, just to set the example for other riders? Who among us is "educated enough?" Knott eye!
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