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Finished/Passed my MSF! (40 degrees and pouring rain)
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 1:32 am
by AlleyOops
1st lesson learned... if I need to wear my snowboarding gear to go outside, its not a good day for riding.
The written test was easy, got a 100%. The riding test, I totally choked on "the box". Did it perfect while practicing, but during the actual "test" I went way out of the box, put my foot down, and ended up doing two left turns somehow. I thought for sure they were going to fail me... I was thisclose to bursting into tears afterwards. I would have been a mess had they failed me.
Oh, and we are supposed to get SNOW tonight/tomorrow... so I guess I don't need to rush down to the DMV to get my license, sigh. I won't have my coat until Tues or Wed anyways, so its probably better I wait for my gear.
I'm SO glad I decided to take the course, I learned a TON and am making my fiance take the course if he wants to ride my scooter
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:40 am
by Drum Pro
Right on! Good for you! I missed 1 on my written portion and I too had trouble with the box. I went out of it but I didn't put my foot down at any time. Anyways, Well done
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:57 am
by ryder1
Congrats! Well done.
It was pouring rain the day I took my field test, but I had my frogg toggs (highly recommend) on & it stopped raining just before we tested.
It would be nice if it/MSF was setup once you paid and passed, you would be entitled to a refresher course every two years free of charge.
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:37 pm
by skully93
Good job!
+1 on the refresher course
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 4:57 pm
by mrandmrslindholm
Congratulations! I didn't do well with the box either but I try to avoid riding in boxes when I am out anyway!
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:46 pm
by jmazza
Congrats! And way to stick with it in those weather conditions!
Re: Finished/Passed my MSF! (40 degrees and pouring rain)
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:30 pm
by AWinn6889
Congrats!
AlleyOops wrote:Oh, and we are supposed to get SNOW tonight/tomorrow...
Don't you dare say the "S" word! They're saying we might get some tomorrow night... or we won't.... they aren't sure yet. Of course, they said it was going to rain all day today, and it hasn't rained at all and the chance for rain is only going up to 30% by midnight. Lame-os.
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:59 pm
by AlleyOops
No snow! Just lots and lots of rain and really cold. Supposed to be a bit nicer tomorrow hopefully. Got my new coat in the mail.. so I'm ready to ride.
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 3:00 am
by velobuff
Ally - congrats! Did you take the course & test on a scooter or motorcycle? My gf is taking the class in a few weeks & requested the scooter.
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 1:07 pm
by AlleyOops
velobuff wrote:Ally - congrats! Did you take the course & test on a scooter or motorcycle? My gf is taking the class in a few weeks & requested the scooter.
The entire class (12 of us) were all on scooters
I got to ride a 50cc Vino, which funnily enough was what I originally wanted to get when I was looking at scooters. After riding it, I like the look of the buddy better... although the low seat on the Vino was really nice (Im 5'0 tall). Didn't help that it stalled every couple min if I wasn't actually riding it.
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:08 pm
by mike_cor
Congrats!!
When I passed mine it was high 80's and sunny out here in Santa , which was bad because they require you to wear long sleeves/pants and boots so we were all sweating like mad!
But great experience, learned a lot.
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:10 pm
by JHScoot
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 1:13 pm
by velobuff
My gf takes her msf class in 3 weeks! I'm trying to teach her the msf drills ahead of time on a little Vino 125 since she's real nervous because shes the least coordinated person ever
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:32 pm
by JHScoot
Well hopefully she does well. Lack of coordination and riding a bike can be strange bedfellows, but not unheard of.
It's nice she is doing it, yes? So you two can ride together, maybe? If riding is for her. I guess she will find out.
Boy, I am glad I am past that whole beginners process of "do I really want to do this? I must be CRAZY!"
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:43 pm
by velobuff
JHScoot wrote:Well hopefully she does well. Lack of coordination and riding a bike can be strange bedfellows, but not unheard of.
It's nice she is doing it, yes? So you two can ride together, maybe? If riding is for her. I guess she will find out.
Boy, I am glad I am past that whole beginners process of "do I really want to do this? I must be CRAZY!"
It would be cool if we can do scooter rallies and such together - her on her own scoot. If she doesn't want to ride her own scoot then at least she'll have a heightened sense of awareness and more knowledge of being a good passenger. When I rode a motorcycle a long time ago we always said "to be a good passenger you have to be a good rider."
Plus, on long trips she can share the driver duties while I photograph tour-de-france-photographer-style hanging off the scoot to get good pics of things
