Lynza
Lynza
Lynza

Citric acid powder is a great thing to stock up on, too. You can get it in pretty bulky quantities for cheap.

Yeah, that happened to a bunch of people the second time I took the course. I failed the first time, and now I ride daily with joy in my heart.

They did this same thing to my grandpa. He had pains in his arm (like in the bone, not “having a heart attack” pains) for months, and was a super heavy smoker.

My grandma, probably one of the nicest people in the world, had a heart attack. She drove herself to the hospital, having a heart attack, and was told to wait in the waiting room at the ER. She waited for four hours until someone finally got to her.

Ah gotcha! When I was taking the MSF, we had something like 4 people fall over on the emergency stop test. You’re definitely not alone.

It’s totally not that bad! You got this!

Right? I grew up in a crappy little rural town of 500, where every teenage boy had a dirt bike. I did not. I never even knew I could, which chaps my hide when I think about it now. I would’ve loved it, and I’d have liked to have had the opportunity.

You know, it’s funny. Face to face, I haven’t met a single person (Ok, one guy, but I think maybe he was just joking badly) who has been any kind of a dick about me riding. In fact, most people don’t even bring it up. I’ve had awesome conversations with random people (men and women) about motorcycles and no one has

From what I understand, it’s less the seat height and more the seat width that causes trouble. Thinner/narrower seats = your feet closer to the ground.

I don’t know the answer, but I can tell you my experience.

You love bikes, I love bikes, we’re friends.

Hey! High-five for riding all year. I’m lucky that we don’t usually get snow, but man, riding in the rain and wind in the fall and winter is an experience.

Haha, yep! Fat women have no business leaving their homes, much less riding motorcycles. Ew. Gross. All that skin and fat just on display for some poor, innocent person to have to see.

Here’s a tip: don’t use the word “female” when you talk about women*. It makes you look like an A1 Reddit Creep.

An interesting thing about the origin of this song:

Target fixation and looking where you want to go are separate things.

I agree with most of this, but the drizzle thing, eh, not so much.

This is an awesome question, and they never cover it enough in the MSF, in my opinion.

Consider lighting yourself up, too. A lot of states have strict rules about bike/car lighting, but having lights on your gear or helmet? Not so much.

I generally just tap my front brake lightly a couple times if I’m slowing down suddenly; that is, I usually try to engine brake and keep a good even distance so I don’t have to slam on my brakes, but if I do, I flash them a couple times.