I just wanted to hear some funny stories about the people in your groups and funny things they did while out on the range.
I remember when I took my course we were weaving and then coming to a quick stop and a fellow rider jamed the front brake in the swerve! well he went down it was funny we all laughed and learned from his experience! And yes he was okay just like 2 scratches. The really funny part was the instructor had to jump over the bike as it was sliding at him.

 

There was this married couple in our group. The guy ended up getting dropped and the wife passed. Not the funniest thing but kinda sucks to be him.

 

Don't know if this one counts as funny either, but on the last day of my MSF class, just before the final exam, one of our instructors rode up on his YZF750. Unfortunately, a highway popo thought he was travelling too quickly on the highway, and cited him right there in front of us. I was pretty amused, but I definitely felt sorry for him.

 

we had a chick that would take her hands and feet off the controls whenever she would get herself going too fast or in a curve.

she would put her feet down and run/walk the bike to a stop. it looked painful, but she was a big woman and could manhandle that little rebel 250. she withdrew herself from the class after the 1st day of riding. i couldnt believe i was seeing someone stop a bike by putting their feet down at 10+mph. its damn near impossible at anything over 4mph for me.

her pencil thin boyfriend passed.

 

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her pencil thin boyfriend passed.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Lol, she will stop doing that once she brakes her ankle one of these days.

A guy that I work with is an MSF instructor and he has told me quite a few stories including the girl who went off the course, across 40 feet of grass and ran into the chain link fence. She was going perhaps 10mph the whole time. She didn't do anything the whole way except scream.

There was another one where one guy actually did a brake stand while while they were all lined up waiting for others to get their bikes started. He got tossed immediately, btw so don't try that, lol.

Cheers,
Roy

 

some lady ran off the course, jumped the curb and went right into the bushes... but then... i did hit a tree too =/

 

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A guy that I work with is an MSF instructor and he has told me quite a few stories including the girl who went off the course, across 40 feet of grass and ran into the chain link fence. She was going perhaps 10mph the whole time. She didn't do anything the whole way except scream.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Haha, stupid girl.

 

Last day of the rider course during the exam one of the guys in my class high-sided the little CB350 @ about 20-25MPH. Needless to say he failed.

 

there was some MTV Sports show on last nite, they put one of thier DJ host idiot guys or whatever on a dirtbike course, he took off went down the straight and kept going straight right off the course, arms waving like a little girl as he flew off the track. funny.

 

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hah i saw that too.. Dan Cortez

 

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How in the world do you hit a tree on an MSF range?

 

i took it when i was 13. passed it, but my dad failed because on his way back to park the bike after completing the final test he hit some gravel on a turn and went down.

 

some girl managed to completely loop a nighthawk 250...

 

Im up here in Fargo, most people dont take the course because up here its just a little class, sounds like a good idea though.

 

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hah.. its possible... i was riding a dual purpose Yamaha i think it was.. and it was kinda too tall for me so i couldnt flat foot it.. anyways starting off an exercise i roll the throttle a little and it gets stuck.. i know i shoulda pulled in the clutch and brake but it was my first day and i freaked out.. then not being able to get my feet on the ground scared me too.. then i ended up in a tree.. lesson learned.

*edit.. to explain the tree.. there were those island things, with trees in the middle of them scattered around the course.. kind of a bad idea for a MSF range!

 

at least you learned w/ tiny trees in a lot and not w/ a big oak coming out of a 70