Hello from TX

[sunschild57]

Originally Posted by V2K_CCTX

I'm half bad for sure, Dave..he's more

See what I mean

[anarkust]

Greetings from Corpus as well. My name is Gabriel and I'm a civilian employee and ride to work at NAS-CC.

I am from SA originally and my cousin works there at Lackland.

Welcome to the forum. Maybe we can take a short ride together whenever I get back that way.

[BrianTSmith99]

Everyone is very positive on the MSF class and I VERY HIGHLY RECOMMEND it also. It is a VERY GOOD choice to take it. But as you are going thru it, remember it is tough. At least the two I took were. In the first, I took it with my son. He was going to get a bike and I was just taking it to evaluate him. At the 3/4 mark both he and I were thinking "this is REALLY tough". At that point he figured out bikes were not for him. So he told he he was going to bail but I should continue on. OK. So he told the instructor and was told to *walk* it back, but he decided with 3/4 of the class complete he did not *need* to walk it, so went to ride it over, but it "got away from him" and he rode over the top of the fellow in front of him. Nice fellow too. That kinda rattled me (and the nice other fellow also) so I bailed and took my son for a milk shake. But in the next week I got to thinking... I loved riding. And bailing iin the middle did not feel right. So I retook the class (at a different facility) and at about the 3/4 mark, I was thinking "What am I doing here? This is TOUGH." Lots of FOCUS. CONCENTRATION. Physically exhausting. But I got to thinking I felt the same way in the first class and I just need to gut it out. After that it got easier. So it ain't a cake walk. Keep your eye on the target (but do not target fixate - I think that is what my son did

Brian

[Spanglerm2000]

Just a thought. I am in the Army and stationed here at Fort Sam. I took my MSF through the military and it was free. Not sure if you are active duty or not but it is offered through the military for government contractors, military and spouses/family as well. That is an expensive course and the military take great pride in offering a top notch course with simulators (every post that offers the course has one, and Fort Hood has five). Any ways. Check it out and save some money. I learned a lot from the MSF and really gained the confidence to ride.

[Banuvan]

Originally Posted by Spanglerm2000

Just a thought. I am in the Army and stationed here at Fort Sam. I took my MSF through the military and it was free. Not sure if you are active duty or not but it is offered through the military for government contractors, military and spouses/family as well. That is an expensive course and the military take great pride in offering a top notch course with simulators (every post that offers the course has one, and Fort Hood has five). Any ways. Check it out and save some money. I learned a lot from the MSF and really gained the confidence to ride.

They offer it for free on base and it's a requirement to be able to ride on base BUT, you have to supply your own motorcycle and the hours they run te course do not conform to my hours. I would take the course even if it wasn't required as I'm just one of those kind of guys that does everything possible to prepare for something as big as owning and riding a motorcycle.

To the poster that said him and his son had a problem with the course. I can promise that it cannot be tougher than what I went through for my current job or what I go through on a daily basis. Thank you for the heads up though. I have been reading these forums for months as a guest and love the atmosphere and the positive attitudes of everybody on these forums. It's why I signed up here.

[txspike]

Welcome and hello from DFW.

[V2K_CCTX]

Originally Posted by anarkust

Greetings from Corpus as well. My name is Gabriel and I'm a civilian employee and ride to work at NAS-CC.

I am from SA originally and my cousin works there at Lackland.

Welcome to the forum. Maybe we can take a short ride together whenever I get back that way.

where do you work...i work on NAS-CC also! what do you ride?!

[anarkust]

Originally Posted by V2K_CCTX

where do you work...i work on NAS-CC also! what do you ride?!

Work the 3rd shift @ CCAD and my ride is in my sig.

[V2K_CCTX]

I used to work for CCAD as a tool engineer, work for AMRDEC now...let me know if your ever out at knuckleheads or want to ride

[06Vulc500]

Welcome to the forum. One of my cousins just graduated basic at Lackland a couple of weeks ago.

[Nav130]

Luther, howdy. I'm guessing you are what we called simply "TI" when I went through basic back in '68. Do you guys still wear the Smokey Bear hat? My instructor team was SSgt Oldham and SSgt McElrath. Still remember those two 41 years later.

Take good care of my Air Force, hear? We retired types are counting on you young guys now.

[sbc1320]

Welcome and good luck with it. I am just south of the Houston area actually closer to Kemah/Seabrook area.

[Banuvan]

First day of MSF is done! Was a great day. Spent all day out on the range other than some quick book work this evening. We will take our test tomorrow morning then be on the range the rest of the time.

I found that im pretty good at everything except using the clutch when turning. Keeping the RPM's up and remembering to pull the clutch in when in between cornering and letting it out during cornering gave me trouble. Otherwise it was a great day and everything went awesome.

[BrianTSmith99]

Using the clutch during cornering is not something you typically do on the road.

2nd day is what I found tough. Keep your focus tomorrow and enjoy

Brian