This was an interesting thread. I ended up having my bike delivered a little early so that I could practice up before I took the BRC. I had a friend that didn’t make it through the first day’s riding because everyone in her class had riding experience (like riding dirt bikes or motorcycles) and she was the only one who had never sat on a bike before so her instructor didn’t let her continue through the first day because she was too far behind everyone. Being cheep I was not willing to let my $200 class end before I got my moneys worth!
So the day my bike arrived I spent most of the day on the bike practicing every article, every youtube driving instructors practice excersize, and everything that was in the MSF saftey manual that came with my bike. I even took a short back roads trip to the next town over and back.
One thing I will say above all else is resist the pressure from your friends who already ride, as they will insistantly want to come along with you for your first rides. You have enought to think about when the controls of a bike still aren’t second nature, and the rest of your attention should be focused the SEE principals (Search Evaluate Execute), and not on looking around to see where your friends are, or foolishly trying to keep up with more experienced riders.
I’m going to see if any of the boards are getting a group buy going as i need to get a double bubble wind screen for my bike. The fz6r has a really low one. Hopefully it doesn’t look too goofy either.