Originally Posted by
Spindrift
No harm in pointers at all, but thats not what he's asking for. I dont know anyone(if you do by all means let him know) who will ride with someone else who only has one days experience and failed the MSF. I also saw some people there get their licenses I wouldn't be comfortable with, it takes ALOT to fail it.
Now, if he wants someone to meet him in say a court in his neighborhood, or an empty parking lot im sure many people would.
He talked about 2 points and putting his foot down was an automatic fail. That is not the MSF coarse... he is referring to the DMV coarse...
It is not actually a coarse.. it is a test... which I can guarantee that a lot of the people that are licensed and have commented in this thread... could not do they slalom-double U-turn on their sport bike. It is actually rather difficult (on a sport bike). Now if you have a dirt bike or a Reble 250.. it is pretty simple.
I can tell you what he is saying. He went to DMV... got his permit. Held it for 30 days. Bought a bike... has riden about the equivelant of 1 days worth of riding (probably off and on over a period of time). Then he went to take his test at DMV and tried to do the coarse. When doing the slalom with the double right hand U-turns without going over the yellow lines, he put his foot down. Which is an automatic falure. Now he is wanting to get a little more ride time in before taking his test again.
But in order to legally do so. You have to have a license rider accompany you while you ride on a permit. And you cannot do so after dark.
I am pretty sure that he is not talking about going out and hitting the corners or anything. I think he just wants somebody else around that knows what they are doing. You can learn alot from watching somebody ride.
EDIT:... In fact.. I would go as far as to say... that I would like to meet a couple people at the DMV on Princessanne and Independance. And see who can do the tests on their sport bikes. I would put money on about 75%-80% of the people that try it. Will not be able to do it the first time (which is required by DMV).
So... Lets do this!