I dropped my motorcycle three times today.
1. pause-and-go
2. offset weaving
3. parking after offset weaving
During the pause-and-go exercise, I was slowing down as I was coming towards a cone. The slower I went, the more I began to notice that the motorcycle's weight was being shifted to my right; immediately after that, I dropped my right foot to catch myself, but my leg wasn't strong enough to support the weight and I went down.
During the offset weaving exercise, I had a problem with leaning/turning right. I really wanted to force my body to learn how to lean/turn right so I pushed myself a little over my limit and I went down.
After the offset weaving exercise, the class was pulling into the safety zone to park and dismount. Again, when I began to slow down I began to feel the motorcycle's weight shifting to the right again. I pulled in the clutch and tried to power walk my way to my parking spot, but my hand unintentionally squeezed the front wheel brake and down I went again.
I was totally disappointed in myself and discouraged to continue, but I told myself, "This is why I'm taking the course, To learn." So I took a deep breath, got my head in the game, and finished the day without any further problems.
I just want to inform anyone still planning on taking the MSF course that if you fall, you need to get back up and pass the f*cking course.
PS. If I fail my test tomorrow, I'm going to hate everyone who read this thread and didn't pray for me.
1. pause-and-go
2. offset weaving
3. parking after offset weaving
During the pause-and-go exercise, I was slowing down as I was coming towards a cone. The slower I went, the more I began to notice that the motorcycle's weight was being shifted to my right; immediately after that, I dropped my right foot to catch myself, but my leg wasn't strong enough to support the weight and I went down.
During the offset weaving exercise, I had a problem with leaning/turning right. I really wanted to force my body to learn how to lean/turn right so I pushed myself a little over my limit and I went down.
After the offset weaving exercise, the class was pulling into the safety zone to park and dismount. Again, when I began to slow down I began to feel the motorcycle's weight shifting to the right again. I pulled in the clutch and tried to power walk my way to my parking spot, but my hand unintentionally squeezed the front wheel brake and down I went again.
I was totally disappointed in myself and discouraged to continue, but I told myself, "This is why I'm taking the course, To learn." So I took a deep breath, got my head in the game, and finished the day without any further problems.
I just want to inform anyone still planning on taking the MSF course that if you fall, you need to get back up and pass the f*cking course.
PS. If I fail my test tomorrow, I'm going to hate everyone who read this thread and didn't pray for me.