hello and welcome i just finished with my msf course this past weekend and had a blast. ive been riding for over a year now but i still found that what they teach helps to improve what i already know.

were in sac do you work ?

 

I have 3 different building that I work at. One is in Rancho Cordova and the other two are just down the street from Arco.

Should I go and get my temp liscense or wait until I have the certificate from class? I only ask because the certificate could take up to two weeks to arrive and I really don't want to wait that long to ride.

 

deffinetly get your permit 1st . that way you can still ride while waiting for the cert in the mail (which hella pisses me off i want to go get my licence now!) so yea go down to dmv get that outta the way and the msf course is pretty damn easy and the instructors are great ! i had scott and john both former military , they really are there to make sure you learn .

 

whats up kinkead26?i live in plumas lake and work in sac.when u get you l hit me up.there are no riders up our way.im from sac so im use to riding in big groups,and when i go to yuba city there is never any one out riding..whats up havoc u have my vote on rotm,sac town baby repesenting the 929 love..sunday early im getting a ride together for ice house if u guys want to hit some twysty this sunday...

 

Havoc---thanks for the advice. I'm going in tomorrow morning.

1Fast929--I agree, I have not noticed many riders in YC/Marysville. Do you commute your bike to work? I am a new rider and I plan to not push myself too fast too early. How much experience do you have working on the CBRs? Mineis an '89 which I just bought Sat. and it would be nice to know someone locally that could help me troubleshoot when the need comes up.

 

i ride to work on a ocasion like a friday or saturday.i do not recomend the comute to sac untill u get some more time on your bike.riding in rush hour traffic
espicially the comute from y/c to sac,is tiring and tough.you have to be on your tippy toes with how some people drive in the morning,one hand on the phone the other holding coffee and steering with a leg or two not. paying any atention to the guy on the side on two wheels.i have some mechanical skills with bikes,i have been working and riding on dirt and street bikes for years.i recomend getting your permit and doing some easy riding for a month and get signed up for the coarse.it ussally takes a couple weeks for a spot to open up..i rode for 3 years before i took the msf coarse and thought i knew everything about riding the streets,but i learned so many skills that i use every time i ride..good luck on the permit test its heka easy 15 questions and u can miss like 5 and still pass...

 

I got my permit today. Took the test, it was really easy--100%. My bike is registered, got my insurance and I am taking the msf coarse this weekend.

Anyone that needs the class should call up Yuba College. The lady told me that she can not remember the last time the class was full. When I called on Monday, they had 6 Morning opennings and my Nephew called yesterday and the morning was full, but 8 spots left in the afternoon.

Can't wait to ride.

 

congrats ! now get out there and ride safe. tip for the msf class: always remember to look where you want to go.

 

MSF class was great. Had two great instructors and one really bad one. I was in the afternoon session---I would advise you to try and get into the morning, the sun and heat was bad. There was a big accident in the morning session though.

A lady, whom I had met in the Friday classroom session, mashed on the front brake and never released it and went flying. She broke her wrist, broke her nose (open face helmet) and lost two teeth. Lucky for her that one of her class mates was a military dentist. The instructors took us (the afternoon class) over to a big stain in the pavement. It was her left behind blood puddle.
Also another guy in the morning began to dump his bike in the 135 degree turn and tried to save it and ended up dumping the bike on himself, breaking his ankle. The real crappy part is that it was in the final evaluation and part of the rules state that if you dump the bike during the final Eval you do not pass. So this guy leaves with a broken ankle and no DL389.

In my session, not one person dumped a bike. The experience was great and you meet some great people.

 

where are the sac riders,i posted a ride for sunday which was yesterday,and no one even replied.whats up with that.it was a nice ride bout 25 deep went from calvine starbucks to ice house to foresthill.about 600 of beatifull turns.there was only two hondas including myself,all freking gxrs.