Thanks MSF!
#11
01-24-2011, 06:48 PM
yup that class helps alot but dang those are some close misses i dropped my ride already back rear tire no tread and some oil at a stop but lesson learned now i check everything before i get on. only been on it for a month glad i listened to this guys a got a metric.
#12
01-24-2011, 06:51 PM
I had been riding for over 40 years when my wife wanted to learn. I signed her up for the course and she wanted me to go with her so I signed me up as well. I learned a few things I never knew and reminded me of some things long forgotten
#13
01-24-2011, 08:01 PM
Road Captain
Vooney,
when its warmer we should hit Skyline. I work weekends but would certainly take a vacation day for a Saturday trip. Hit me up, I am in Leesburg.
Dave O.
when its warmer we should hit Skyline. I work weekends but would certainly take a vacation day for a Saturday trip. Hit me up, I am in Leesburg.
Dave O.
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01-24-2011, 09:03 PM
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I'd been riding for about 25 years when I decided to take the MSF course. I thought I knew it all but realized I still had a few things to learn. I'll probably take another course here soon just to keep myself honest.
Ed
Ed
#15
01-24-2011, 09:26 PM
I just started riding again and took the Rider's Edge course and don't regret it at all ... but MSF course or not, those traffic circles are dangerous in a car! Glad you're OK.
#16
01-24-2011, 11:12 PM
"I slammed the brakes, my rear wheel started to skid (I had another "how sh#t" moment) and remembered to let go of the brakes to stop the skidding and reapplied the brakes and managed to stop, "
Gotta disagree with you here. If you review your manual, you will find that when incurring a rear wheel skid you should have ridden it out. It is only a front wheel skid that you release and reapply.
If you had slid sideways (which you apparently didn't), at the moment you released the rear wheel skid, you could likely have "high sided" as the rear of the bike would have instantly gone back to its single track, possibly throwing you from the bike, i.e., a "high side."
Gotta disagree with you here. If you review your manual, you will find that when incurring a rear wheel skid you should have ridden it out. It is only a front wheel skid that you release and reapply.
If you had slid sideways (which you apparently didn't), at the moment you released the rear wheel skid, you could likely have "high sided" as the rear of the bike would have instantly gone back to its single track, possibly throwing you from the bike, i.e., a "high side."
#17
01-24-2011, 11:14 PM
The round about I was telling about is particularly famous in DC for its numerous car accidents...
#19
01-24-2011, 11:21 PM
Vinny, a great report and glad the skills you learned "saved" you from any harm. The MSF courses (Team Oregon, here) are classes as you noted that, IMO, every rider should take. We have taken the intermediate and advanced curriculum and it does not hurt to keep updating those and refreshing our skills.
