Im taking my MSP course tmrw.. Should i be expecting a hard class that is going to be very hard to pass? what is it like? any info would be nice. thanks

 

I'm going to assume that's the same thing as the MSF course.

It shouldn't be that hard, but if it is 'hard' for you then it might be a sign. A sign that either you need more practice, or that riding is uncomfortable for you.

If it's anything like mine and most that i've heard about, you do class work for the first day. Learning rules of the road, maybe some riding related stuff. Then the second day you'll do some classwork and some riding in a parking lot. It's all very slow speed stuff, and these bikes are tiny, so it's pretty easy to be comfortable.

Then the third day you do some more riding, take the written test (very easy) and then they'll run you through some drills and basically give you the riding test which is pretty simple since you spend the whole class training for it.

The trickiest part for most people is the figure 8 inside of a small box. You really have push that bike down and shift your weight to the outside to get this done. One of our instructors road a goldwing and was able to do it with that, so if he can do it, anyone can.

Good luck

 

thanks for the info dude. Pretty much like driving school (car). in california i guess its called CMSP (California Motorcycle Safety Program).

 

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my instructor was practicing it on his harley roadking durring our lunch break. he scraped the floorboards a cupple times but he did it with about 2 feet to spare.

the key is just dont be afraid to lean, and LOOK to the exit of the turn, it helps an amazing amount just to turn your head where you want to go.

other than that no, msf isnt hard, just pay attention to the instructors, they generally know their ****.

 

i just got back from my first day of msf and yeah.. instructors know theyre **** and have some crazy stories of crashes but school seems pretty easy and riding those little 250's they have make it easier. Looking where you want to go makes it waaaaaay easier