Here is an article of interest. I remember it being on the news but a member on another board posted the link to the story.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayof...pid/index.html

 

I made my husband drive over to this deserted industrial park on the bike and i took the car and my gear. He sat there for an hour each time while i went up and down the parking lot stopping, making right and left hand turns. Kinda silly to most people but it works.
Good luck

 

^^ thats exactly what i did! i never rode in traffic while i had my permit but i wanted to learn a little before my course so i rode for about 3 months before i took the msf. i already knew how to ride but im just so glad i took it- helped a lot! ride around a parking lot- and quiet roads before going on busy roads. i still get nervous even though ive been riding for 8 months but i just got a bigger bike so im kinda still gettin used to it. i dropped the bike once but just get up and get back on! learn from ur mistakes. no biggie just as long as ur ok.

 

Falling happens to everyone at some point. I put mine over while stopped within the first two weeks of ownership. Frame sliders and/or a cage can save your bike from a lot of damage.

 

**guys aren't allowed to post in the ladies only section**

 

(in a sweet burly girl voice)Adjust the clutch lever closer towards you so you can engage the "gas" quicker, (or just get new levers) and alwaysstopand take off with the wheel straight. if I wasn't so strong I would have dumped my bike a few times when I first learned.

 

Nutz,

Your NUTS! There are more and more women riders out there now and if you yourself are a rider you better have respect for us!Stay out of the women's lounge....didn't your mother ever tell you if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all???