Reply To: Questions about licence riding test
January 3, 2009 at 1:02 am
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SantaCruzRider
Participant
There are plenty of advantages to the MSF, and I certainly don’t want to undercut that.
These include:
1) Right-sized bikes (as you mentioned)
2) Bikes with proper insurance (which avoids the no-insured-bike-to-test-on dilemma)
3) Lots of practice time and chances to learn from fellow students (some of us learn well by seeing others — both from their successes and mistakes)
4) Coaching that is individualized to your own skills. When I was practicing for the test, I was coaching myself with reminders to “get your eyes off the front wheel”, “look down the turn idiot”… “keep your head level” … “clutch.., not brake!” I recall my MSF coach was much kinder