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Well I figured I'd post up on my MSF experience so far. Tom is the third day. First off I decided to ride my bike there on day two cause it was an awesome day and wanted to ride afterwards. So I get there like 15 minutes early, one instructor comes up and asked if I had a pop can to put under the stand and of course I forgot to put one in (had cleaned out under the seat). So she goes and finds me something. I was like sweet. So I get off set my helmet on my seat and walk in to go the restroom. I come back out and another instructor starts saying my name from 30ft away probably I was like "okay what do I need to turn in". Next thing I know, he's there telling me "in the motorcycle world we don't put helmets on the seats. And I get the whole speal on how a helmet is good for one impact and you need to buy a new one. I was like I know quite a few riders that set them on their seats and hang them off frame sliders/foot pegs. He proceeds to grab the helmet and put it on the ground.:upyours which made me a little upset, because it will scrape the bottom edge of the helmet if you aren't carefull. I was like geez, class hasn't even started and he's telling me how I should ride and where to put my gear and touching my shit. But anyway I shrug it off. So we start with all the basics and go through a lot of the exercises. The coaches give us tips and help us of course. But anyway this one time one of the coaches comes up and is like "USE THE FRONT BRAKE WHEN YOU DISMOUNT". I was like "O". He is like "yea you didn't do it"--all asshole like. I believe it had something to do with one of the other instructors there (there were 12 instructors and 12 students--the state guys were there seeing if they were qualified) But anyway, one of the instructors was probably 27 and she was fairly hot. All I can figure is he was pissed cause I was talking to her earlier, because as I was riding I see he is always trying to get close to her. I mean it would have been cool had he not been such an ass about it. Then later we get our lunch break and I put my helmet on and go to my bike to go to McD's. The guy who had came over and told me where to put my gear and grabbing my shit comes over. "He's like you not riding illegally are you Jason?" He said it in a demeaning tone. I was like "no" I have my endorcement. I said "you want to see it" (politely) as I reached for my wallet. He's like well "I'm not a cop". I just stood there like what the heck is going on. As I was thinking to myself "then why the hell are you asking?" He finally just walks off and I leave.
But anyway the riding part seem really easy on the bikes they had since they were Enduros, and I gret up riding on something very similar. I did take a younger kid (16-17 probably) under my wing. He was having all sorts of problems and I tried to keep him from getting frustrated--by the end he was pretty darn good. It was pretty fun leading the pack though :fiddy I got to lead on almost every excercise. In the "Friction zone" part they told us to go as slow as we could without putting our feet down. I was basically stoped through the whole thing (1mph) it was pretty funny the instructor at the end started laughing because everyone was lined up behind me-finally she had to wave me to go faster. The bike had a 180 rear tire and light as a feather it pretty much stayed upright on it's own.
Later when we get to some real excercises the guy who had harassed me on the helmet and my endorcement tells me "you a heck of a rider".
After class I went riding and for a while, for some reason all those excercises seemed to build cofindence and it felt easier on my bike. I was pleased with the results.
We'll see how tom goes.
But anyway the riding part seem really easy on the bikes they had since they were Enduros, and I gret up riding on something very similar. I did take a younger kid (16-17 probably) under my wing. He was having all sorts of problems and I tried to keep him from getting frustrated--by the end he was pretty darn good. It was pretty fun leading the pack though :fiddy I got to lead on almost every excercise. In the "Friction zone" part they told us to go as slow as we could without putting our feet down. I was basically stoped through the whole thing (1mph) it was pretty funny the instructor at the end started laughing because everyone was lined up behind me-finally she had to wave me to go faster. The bike had a 180 rear tire and light as a feather it pretty much stayed upright on it's own.
Later when we get to some real excercises the guy who had harassed me on the helmet and my endorcement tells me "you a heck of a rider".
After class I went riding and for a while, for some reason all those excercises seemed to build cofindence and it felt easier on my bike. I was pleased with the results.
We'll see how tom goes.