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From: chip@vaxwaller.UUCP (Chip Kozy)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: request for guidance in purchasing a first bike
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Date: Mon, 25-Mar-85 13:59:17 EST
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> {for the line-eater?}
> 
> A good way, my wife and I found, to learn everything you (n)ever
> wanted to know about motorcycle riding and saftey was to take the
> "Motorcycle Rider Course" as given by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation.
> I'm sure its changed since we took it, but it consisted of 8 hours
> classroom and 16 hours on-bike instruction with the bikes and helmets
> supplied by the instructor.  The bikes were 75 to 175cc enduro-types.
> By the end of the course, they had us doing quick-stops, emergency
> avoidance, and riding over railroad ties (4x4).  We also found that
> as a result of taking the course, we only had to take the written
> test and not the practical when getting the MC validation on our
> licenses.  I strongly recommend the course (and am not connected to
> it in any way).  Their address is:
> 	Motorcycle Safety Foundation
> 	780 Elkridge Landing Road
> 	Linthicum, Maryland  21090
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	I couldn't agree more!

	My wife and I found the MSF course (12 hrs classroom and 12 hrs
"range") to be a cheap (as opposed to buying a bike) way to find out
if we would enjoy riding.  The info put out in the class was really well
put together and presented in easy to understand terms.  The "range"
practice introduces you to just about anything you would find on the
street, and then some.  

	The course we took was run through our school districts' Adult
Education program.  I would suspect that other areas handle this in the
same manner.  

	BTW, MSF also (in our area) sponsors an "Advanced" course 
(recommended that you have 2K to 3K miles on your bike) as well as a
maintainance course.  Both of which we have not yet taken, but plan
to ASAP.

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		Chip Kozy   (415) 939-2400 x-2048
		Varian Inst. Grp.  2700 Mitchell Dr.  
		Walnut Creek, Calif.  94598
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