Whats the one thing you wish they taught you at biker school?

I just wish there was a mandatory riding/driving school here, too many, TOO MANY assholes hogging the road.
Getting my "All cars including a trailer" and "Every motorcycle, doesn't matter displacement" license was far too easy, I even got to choose what category to be in, they refused to put me in the big motorcycle category at first, I complained and I got what I wanted. You are supposed to ride a 300cc or less for 1 year then step up your license. People get in trouble for things like that going out and getting a 600+cc bike.
I never drove a car or had a bike, that was my first time getting the license. I even failed the driving test because I just drove my dad's car 2 times. We don't have a riding test and got my license anyways. This happened about this month, last year.
Of course I got better at both things and I take it responsibly, not doing things I'm not supposed to but many people don't do this and there's plenty of riders on the streets with no license or insurance.
 
I took an MSF Basic Rider's Course. To get a motorcycle license if you are under 21 years old in California, you have to take the course. It was just in a parking lot. It wasn't the ones where you ride around with the isntructor. They just set up cones and have you do maneuvers. There's also a class portion. The one thing I wish they taught was down shifting and rev matching. I had to learn that on my own once I was riding on the streets. In the class, I'm guessing we didn't pass 20 mph. We were on little Kawasaki Eliminator's. We only went up to 3rd gear, and the max speed on that bike is 55 mph. So you can imagine there isn't much room to learn how to down shift and rev match.
 
I wish they would have taught you how to handle a bigger bike. Lets be honest, MOST people arnt going to stick with the gutless little 250cc Honda Rebels. I wish after the class was over, you had a chance to ride an old Goldwing or something that was dedicated to the class (So if you dropped it, it would be ok).
 
R1Warrior said:
I took an MSF Basic Rider's Course. To get a motorcycle license if you are under 21 years old in California, you have to take the course. It was just in a parking lot. It wasn't the ones where you ride around with the isntructor. They just set up cones and have you do maneuvers. There's also a class portion. The one thing I wish they taught was down shifting and rev matching. I had to learn that on my own once I was riding on the streets. In the class, I'm guessing we didn't pass 20 mph. We were on little Kawasaki Eliminator's. We only went up to 3rd gear, and the max speed on that bike is 55 mph. So you can imagine there isn't much room to learn how to down shift and rev match.
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Thats funny, here in Iowa at my MSF course, they taught us downshifting and rev matching (just from 3rd to 2nd gear). You would think it would be the other way around since California is generally more strict than any other state when it comes to laws.
 
Teen Rider said:
Thats funny, here in Iowa at my MSF course, they taught us downshifting and rev matching (just from 3rd to 2nd gear). You would think it would be the other way around since California is generally more strict than any other state when it comes to laws.
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maybe they did teach us rev matching, but I was so focused on not messing up that I forgot haha. I was scared the whole time in my class. And ya, the laws confuse me. at least California lets us lane split. Thats the one cool thing lol.
 
Teen rider.. Awww no dude!! .. It's like you know ... California has all those laws an stuff man! ... But rev matching? Like totally what for?! ... They just wanna hit top gear and just cruuuuuuise the freeways ... Like you know!!? ... Or down on the strip? ... It's all laid back and chillin! ... A whole heap of hectic gear changing will just totally harsh your buzz man! ...

;);):D:D:cool::cool:
 
janx101 said:
Teen rider.. Awww no dude!! .. It's like you know ... California has all those laws an stuff man! ... But rev matching? Like totally what for?! ... They just wanna hit top gear and just cruuuuuuise the freeways ... Like you know!!? ... Or down on the strip? ... It's all laid back and chillin! ... A whole heap of hectic gear changing will just totally harsh your buzz man! ...

;);):D:D:cool::cool:
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Are you trying to talk like someone from southern california? lol
 
Errr not quite, :D ... trying to talk like a cliched hollywood/cartoon hippie surfer type dude that may have been in california? ... think chicken joe from surfs up kinda thing ;):p
 
Had to Google that one: "Sorry mate, I didn′t see you". By biker school, I'm sure you are referring to motorcycle riding school of sorts. When I hear biker, I think of 16 in ape hangers on a sofa-cruiser. But RobsRacingMotoVLOG was correct. Learning some roadside how-tos would have been a good thing to know. I sometimes wished I started on dirt bikes. Great platform to learn sliding and on the fly repair.
 
The thing I think helped me the most on the MSF course was learning about proper riding position, the u-turn test, friction zone and going up into a couple of higher gears.

The things I wished would have been covered... well, wish we could have learned on bigger bikes than the tiny ones, stopping at higher speeds (above 25mph) and riding in higher speeds (above third gear). I also wish we wouldn't have flown through the book so fast, but I guess experience is better than memorization in some cases ;) ......

it was a great class, though... totally worth $200 - priceless :) !
 
I think everything essential was covered in training lessons, things like the ability to do a feet-up U-turn are essential for everyday city riders. To be honest, I can't think of anything at all apart from how much more awesome large capacity bikes are ;-)
 
CBRHoonigan said:
Knee down ;)
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like this?! :D

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