thats what it was a suzuki not a honda i thought we used hondas but no they were suzukis and there was another one also a thunderbird or something i dunno?!

but over here in nj i paid 300 but i took it at a unniversity...

we have the state one wich is free but the waiting list is horrible..

i had to wait 6 months just to get in the one i went too!

 

So I went to the Dept. of Safety today and got my motorcycle license! I'm fully ready to go with my license, insurance, registration, and MSF endorsement. Feels good to be fully legit.

 

Ah yes another reason I suggest buying a new honda. I just mailed my coupon and papers in so in 4-6 weeks I'll have $75 to spend on strippers.

Back to the MSF though... I was riding for at most 1 month with my new bike before I got into the course. By the time I was in it those little crappy 250's I was just flying around the track scraping the bent up footpegs on the ground around the fast wide turns. I ended up passing with like 4 points off because I stopped too slow on the emergency stop (I couldn't stop any faster the brakes suck for a 230lb guy!) and a small mistake on the figure 8 I guess. Anyway, the point I'm getting at is for me even at only $75, after my reimbursment from Honda, the MSF course was useless. We spent more time in the classroom talking about and watching videos on no drinking and riding than anything else. The written test is all comon sense and super easy and the riding didn't teach me anything. I guess it is a beginners riding course but I thought I was a beginner having only ridden for about 1 month. It was kind of funny on one of the first exercises we were supposed to "power walk" our bikes across the course, which means just let out the clutch til it grabs and walk the bike while sitting on it. Well me and this other guy just took off across the track. It was freakin hilarious. The instructor came over with a smile on his face kind of laughing and asked us if we've ridden before and just to try to stay with the group so as to not conuse the other riders. Well I brought my bike every day and I wish I could have taken my bike to practice on I would have gotten more out of it. MSF was dumb in my opinion. If you have any knowledge even a month the beginner course just isn't worth it especially at freaking $350!!!!!!! I feel ripped off paying $75. =( I was also disappointed no one dumped it. =( One of the instructors also teaches at a harley dealership and he said atleast once a day someone drops a bike there and that we were a really good class. I just wish they had a stunting class now THAT I would pay $350 for. I'd rather learn on a beater bike how to wheelie and do endo's than on my own. Oh yea and next season I'm taking a track day and if I like it I guess all my money will be spent for track time. I know it's like $350 for an all day lesson at road america here by me.

My 2 cent

Mike

 

I had been riding for about a month too before I took the course, and I still think it was helpful. Sure, the classroom part sucks and the test is too easy, but you still learn valuable skills. I didn't know what to do if I was going to lose it because I came into a turn too fast. I also learned to perfect emergency braking and looking way ahead in a curve. The class is also a good confidence booster because you can really learn to lean a bike over without the fear of crashing your own bike.
On a lighter note, I got to see 3 wipeouts. One was in the first 10 minutes of being on the range. This 50 yr old Harley woman just fell over... no balance whatsoever. She quit right then and there. Later in the first day, a chick had the bike fell on her leg because she forgot to put the sidestand down when she dismounted the bike. That happened to a different girl (sidestand thing) DURING THE RIDING EXAM!!! LOL dropping your bike or crashing is supposed to be an automatic failure, but the instructors "looked the other way since she wasn't actually performing an exercise."

 

[sm=icon_rofl.gif],thats pretty funny
i guess msf was worth passing[sm=smiley20.gif]