[Victor1239]

This is a fantastic website!!
By far the best advice from all the posters and a generally fun place to lurk. I got my Learners permit last week and start my MSF on Monday,6 days of training! I think $800 is a very small amount to pay for a solid foundation before hitting the roads on my new bike.
My whole life I have wanted a sport bike, Ninja or Suzuki, they look so awesome. Funny thing is, after sitting on a bunch of cruisers I see why people love them. So much more comfy!!! It will be hard to decide, I will have to try a few flavours at the training before deciding on a purchase.
Thanks again to all for your sage advice and mature comments.

See you on Route66

Kevin

[eon]

Glad you’ve been enjoying this forum. It’s by far the best one I’ve come across.

What kind of MSF class are you taking? I’ve never heard of one that lasts 6 days or costs $800. Average cost is around $100~$200 but that is only for roughly 2 days of training. Whatever you are taking it sounds like a great way to get started. Hope you have fun!

[IBA270]

Hey Kevin,

Where do you live? I have’t heard of a course lasting six days…not saying there isn’t one, just haven’t heard of it. That would only be about two hours a day to complete it at that rate.

[Victor1239]

Hi guys,

I live in Victoria, BC, Canada, so technically it is not an MSF course as I dont think they have that designation up here. But it looks like it is our equivalent, and very thorough.

It comprises of..

Day 1 4 hrs riding, 4 hrs classroom
Day 2 4 hrs riding
Day 3 4 hrs riding, 4 hrs classroom
Day 4 4 hrs riding and Skills Assessment
Day5 7 hrs Traffic
Day 6 7 hrs traffic

That should keep me busy, I had to take a week off work to do it. Of course I could have done weekends instead but I wanted to do it all at once instead of over the course of a month.

Kevin

[eon]

That looks like a comprehensive training class there and a fantastic way to get you started. Much more so than the basic class offered by the MSF. Great as it is, it is a basic class.

You also live in a great area for biking (I’m not too far away in Seattle). I hope to get up into BC sometime soon and go exploring.

[Victor1239]

I go to Bellevue quite often for traiing. Is the I-5 a bad place for a bike? I might take the car until my skills are a little better developed. The Cascades must be a great place to ride!

[eon]

I don’t commute on it in rush hour and in fact am rarely on it at all. Not my favorite road but sometimes it’s good to get some miles in just to get to the good areas or to get home at the end of long days riding. The Cascades are great for riding in, maybe even better than BC as there are lots of gentle rolling hills with twisty roads. In BC it looks like you are straight into the serious mountains with one main road through them. I could be wrong of course, this is just me looking at maps. I do plan on going up through Whistler at one point and then loop back around. Depending on how much time I have I may go as far east as Jasper and then down into the North Cascades. Too many excellent roads around here and not enough vacation time!

[gitchy42]

That sounds like some things that I have heard about Euro courses. That is a MUCH more in depth program than I’ve heard of anywhere down here. Sounds like a great training.

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