My friend had a spill on the MSF course!

[Chopper41463]

I just finished the MSF course this week in New York, and had the pleasure of passing. The course cost $350, and well worth it. The figure 8 is definitely the hardest part of the riding test. There were 6 of us in the class, unfortunately one of rider in our group fell off the bike when he rolled the throttle really hard. He was was asked to leave the training area by the rider coach without a refund. I felt bad the poor guy.

[TheWiccanDragon]

Took the course this past weekend. Definitely agree the figure 8 or double u turn is not easy. I barely passed but I did learn alot and honed afew skills.

[ZetaPunk]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahaha

[ownz690]

if i had to take a guess, he locked his front brake, or had the wheel angled while braking, if it wasn't answered in the comments.

notice how his wheel looks completely turned as it flips and he goes right over the side.

[montoyaohboya1]

I dropped the bike doing the box(in practice not on the test)...that figure 8 is not easy.

[SalDotDotDot]

ummm, for you pros out there. how does this happen? Dx

[bendystix]

@SalDotDotDot He didn't straighten out before braking, you want the bike vertical not in a lean if you are to be doing any heavy breaking.

[SalDotDotDot]

@bendystix thanks

[ianconradbogle]

nice

lol

[Vasinsha]

It's better to drop a bike in practice than on the roads; you can always retake the course!

[Goodness250]

@cocktailmunky1 Huh?

[pancakeessss]

when i took the MSF course a newbie girl in my class throughout the 2 days popped the clutch on 3 separate occasions and rode into our instructor's leg.....everybody in my class passed hah

[cantryss]

I hated the E Brake part of the test it just seemed like it wasn't practiced enough so I did it good enough to get a pass and then practiced on my own.

[ntrudr800]

Don't feel bad, I'll be honest:

I was sleep deprived, excited, and never even driven a manual tranny car b4.

I nearly dropped bike twice when coming to a stop while front wheel was turned. I barely managed to catch the bike with my legs and this is with the bike *barely* leaning over! It was heavy as heck! Any faster and I would've dropped it!

I even made a mistake on the driven test (figure 8). I did perfect in practice but got nervous.

All I wanted afterwards was a bike to practice on...

[Bloodsport7]

i thought you weren't allowed back into the range for the day if you crash...?

[nauticaboy25]

don't fee; bad..i did the same thing at that time of the class..and chick in my class..broke her wrist doing this also...damn near the entire classes crashed doing this exercise...

[xxxSnooze]

Ha! Easy thing to do as a newbie.

[SoldierCyfix]

umm, is you drop your bike do they charge you for it?

[xxxSnooze]

No but if you drop it during the test you fail.

[bigdperry85]

Motorcycling only *looks* easy

[dodgerider26]

Indeed... it looks and feels easy to go straight but once maneuvering is involved it only *looks* easy.... it's actually a lot more skill involved than riding a bicycle and most people don't realize that. I suppose that's why car drivers follow to closely to us.

[BooSFla]

A guy in my class did the same thing, sad part is he was an experienced rider.

[Arvak777]

woah.. the way it happiend was a bit un expected, had a good lol tho

[Manawski]

This is definitely the easiest exercise on the range at MSF in which to drop a bike. The idea they're trying to impart with the exercise is that you absolutely must have the handlebars dead straight to do any reasonable braking in a corner, let alone a quick stop.

That said, it looks like he grabbed a lot of front brake and wasn't straightened out before he did it. You can see the bars just whoosh out of his hands while the front end went down in a hurry.

[wammiewoo2]

DUMB MOFO!!

[TheLostCat2000]

66% of riders in their first 2 years have a spill, fact. Guess 66% of these riders are dumb mofos, huh?

[unsunghero18]

did you have a spill? lol..

[EddyHil]

I spilled on myself once!

[Goodness250]

@TheLostCat2000 I did it too. At least I know I'm not alone :)

[TheLostCat2000]

@Goodness250 I think anyone who doesn't have some kind of spill, even a small one in their first 2 years must be very lucky, or doesn't ride much at all. 7 months ago I took part in a documentary following an instructor during his days teaching CBT (a bit like your MSF course but nowadays a lot harder). Nearly all the first time riders who never touched a motorcycle before almost dropped the bike at least once.

[Goodness250]

@TheLostCat2000 I actually did it on a street, before I took the MSF class! I had ridden dirtbikes before, but that's obviously a lot different. I was surprised at how much I learned in the class. Do you have a link to the documentary you took part in?