[megaspaz]

you only live once

Isn’t that the core of the issue with the missus? ;-P

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If there’s anything more important than my ego
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[megaspaz]

Dinga linga ling! I’ll +1 to that. ’bout time… ;-P

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If there’s anything more important than my ego
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[megaspaz]

hrm… I’m still seeing them… log out and log back in?

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If there’s anything more important than my ego
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[megaspaz]

Congrats on passing the MSF. Not sure where you’re at, but in the Bay Area, there are places to rent bikes, but they don’t have the same class of bikes that the MSF uses. AFAIK, they rent bikes for experienced riders.

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[megaspaz]

map looks fine to me.

Andrew, make sure you’re in “My Maps” mode.

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[megaspaz]

It’s harder to do right handed full lock turns on a sports bike. The reason being that the arm gets locked against the tank making it hard to open the throttle. It was suggested to me by a couple of experienced sports bike riders to not fully lock the bars to the right on right handed turns. This means you’ll have to use more bike lean and more counter balancing. Or if you still want to lock the handle bars, you’ll need to adjust your throttle position higher so you can open it up. But that’s just for sports bikes with the usual low sports bike handle bar position.

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Click the edit button and pic your pin on the left. In the balloon click the edit html link and add in the img tag to put your pic in there.

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[megaspaz]

Good idea. I added my location.

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[megaspaz]

Heya! Heard Oregon’s got some nice twisties. Be safe and have fun runnin’ them.

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[megaspaz]

Howdy and welcome! ‘Grats on getting a bike and starting up this great sport.

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[megaspaz]

heh. I had to retake the written drivers test and the motorcycle written test. At least I didn’t get charged $$$ for having to retake the written driver’s test…

in reply to: If you wanna know what getting ur 1st bike feels like……? #11246

[megaspaz]

If you want, I can tell you what getting your second bike’s gonna feel like…

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If there’s anything more important than my ego
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[megaspaz]

The MSF isn’t required for an endorsment here either. It’s a way to get basic skills and passing it means you bypass the riding portion of the DMV test. If someone isn’t gonna pay 200 bucks for the BRC due to economic restraints, what makes you think he/she is gonna pay for a helmet?

I’m gonna guess it’s fair to say in any case that you have to take a written motorcycle test no matter what state you’re in. In your case, I’m looking that the NC DMV motorcycle handbook and the front cover of it plastered with images of MC riders… All of them illustrated with helmets. Should be a big ol’ clue. Holy shiznet…. The first section of the handbook, “Wear the right gear” talks about guess what… helmets and choosing the right helmet with a note about increasing your chances of surviving a crash wearing the right gear.

I still postulate education isn’t the issue. People already know how gear is supposed to protect them. They just choose not to gear up. And MSF instructors are accomplished riders.

My personal opinion on the matter of helmet laws stands as woopty doo. If you wanna fight for helmet legislation, go right ahead. If not, just as fine. If it was really about rider protection, it’d be more than a helmet law and be a full rider gear law. Either way, such legislation doesn’t affect me because of my personal choice to gear up.

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[megaspaz]

I’m sorry. By the time you’re old enough to legally get your moto endorsement and if you’ve taken an MSF BRC course, you should already know what your bare head’s gonna look like hitting a pole, sign, pavement, etc. at speed and how a helmet could keep your egg from getting scrambled. When did common sense need to be educated further?

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[megaspaz]

I wore what I was planning on wearing for the riding portion to the 1st class day. I then asked the instructor if what I was wearing was fine. You don’t need to, but it doesn’t hurt to make sure before hand.

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