MSF gets serious about motorcycle safety

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Although I am happy to see the MSF pulling their heads out of the sand, I can't help but wonder what these changes will cost and what the goobermint will use the data from the studies for, since they have a track record of slanting data for their own idealogical benefit. I also don't like the fact that the goobermint relies only on the monopoly created by the MSF, instead of supporting currently in use advanced mtorcycle training such as Lee Parks course among others, which would lower the costs associated with developing this massive new MSF overhaul.

They can only think so far outta the box. They are usually way inside the lines. At least they are trying something.

How to put it gently? It ain't much but it's something.

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Cool packages, too bad they weren't around when I went to MSF... Though these kinds of changes rarely come with a small price tag, so I can imagine the courses fee's will jump... considerably. If they don't however I'd be inclined to go check out some of their advanced courses, like those for the sportbikes.

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Here's the details on the new MSF courses:

Essential CORE
Basic RiderCourse: The recommended first ride aboard a smaller, training-size motorcycle on a closed range.
Street RiderCourse 1: The recommended first public-road ride for students with their own motorcycles (or training motorcycles), and the first MSF course taken beyond traditional, closed riding ranges. In a standard SRC 1, three students are linked by radios to one specially certified MSF RiderCoach.
Basic Bike-Bonding RiderCourse: Skill drills to help students handle their own motorcycles.

Expanded CORE
Basic RiderCourse
Street Smart - Rider Perception: A host-an-event kit with a compact disc containing perception tests relating to real-world situations.
Street RiderCourse 1
Basic Bike-Bonding RiderCourse
Advanced RiderCourse - Sportbike Techniques: For sport and other style motorcycles, this includes three classroom hours focusing on rider awareness and risk management, and four hours of riding on a closed range with exercises that aim to develop both technique and judgment.
Street RiderCourse 2: Adding time and mileage to that in Street RiderCourse 1, focused on improving the perceptual strategies of street riding.

Recommended CORE
Basic RiderCourse
Street Smart - Rider Perception
Street RiderCourse 1
Basic Bike-Bonding RiderCourse
Advanced RiderCourse - Sportbike Techniques
Street RiderCourse 2
KS-RiderCourse: Developed with Grand Prix road racing champion Kevin Schwantz, this circuit-type, fine-skills course uses a much larger riding range, permitting speeds closer to that on public roads.

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It should be mandatory for all riders to pass a road test before they get their license. Some people do great when isolated in a parking lot, but can't ride on the street for shit.

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