firdt question, what is a MSF course?

 

First question, How do you quit smoking??

 

the heat.....

i'm a fed ex delivery driver in tuscaloosa, AL. at 1 point this summer it was 115 degrees outside. i just got to the point where i said to myself... self......it's tooooo damnnnn haawwt. at 115 my smokes just tasted like ***, so i just sucked it up and quit. i got my first complaint because of it too. the second day i quit, this guy got in my face because i blocked him in a parking spot for a whole 45 secs. he was cursing at me (which i can handle), but then he dropped the N-bomb and i flipped.

 

http://www.msf-usa.org/ Here ya go.

 

Good plan. I believe the older bikes are heavier and quite a bit slower. That is definitley a plus in the beginning. Also don't really worry about cosmetics so much, many people drop/crash their bikes in the first few months.

 

Sound advice. Also, make sure you invest in some good, leather (preferrably) gear. If you do go down, you want to get back up, right? The gear will save your skin. I dropped mine on it's side in my drive while learning. It'll happen.

 

^ i think so too, i messed up and told my wife (that i'll prolly lay it down) and now she's having second thoughts. o well, if she doesn't get one for me, i'll get one for myself. i got $3500 sitting in a pair of old boots she doesn't know about

 

Defiantly take a MSF course. I did, and I learned a lot plus it reduces your motorcycle and car insurance, at least it did with me.

As far as laying a bike down, I have heard sayings, like you will lay it down with in the first 500 miles. I think that is bogus because I made it past the 500 mile mark on my first road bike but I didn’t make it to 600. I learned a very important lesson that day and that is road conditions change constantly. I remember that from the course I took but it still got the better of me. I lost it when I hit gravel in a corner, that gravel was not there a few hours ago when I passed by but it got me on the way home.

That’s my advice to you beware of road condition they are constantly changing. and leather is a must.

This sportis an addiction and I love it![sm=badbadbad.gif]

 

I laid her (don't get me wrong) twice in the 1st month because of some stupid reason; My jeans got stucked on the foot rest while I'm going to place my leg down to the road. From then onwards I'll bring my legs down even before I stop....

 

i'll have to remeber that, i tend to wear baggy jeans [/align]