New MSF advocate.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by lauralynne

I went from MSF straight to racing - I put about 200 miles on my 'street' bike - all neighborhood stuff to get the basics down. And then my street bike became a race only bike.

It can be done.

Heck, you can skip street riding and MSF. It's possible to learn on your own and go straight to track schools/racing. Most racing leagues require a school, so it's hard to get into most series without the school license.

[Porkchop]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

Dude this really makes no sense for what the MSF is supposed to teach you which is how to ride a motorcycle. You don't go to a track to learn how to ride, you go to learn how to ride fast. Put a new rider at a trackday out here and he is gonna crash.

MSF also teaches you how to survive on the street. It's a good course, but people need further training. ERC what Derf suggested is the next step.



How old are you? If you wanna club race, start young. This way when you crash (and you will) you will heal faster.

I'm 22. I have been riding on and off for 3 years, when finances permit me to have a bike. The R6 was my first bike. The reason I bought the smaller VF was to save some money for a "decent" track bike. And its comfortable as shit.

If I get a job in ohio by next march, I hope to be racing by summer. If i get a job in LA... im not so sure. I probably wont have the money.

Mid-Ohio has a 2-day race school for beginner/intermediate/experts that runs all year long. A 2 day school with 9 hours of track time instruction is $365

[101lifts2]

Originally Posted by Porkchop

I'm 22. I have been riding on and off for 3 years, when finances permit me to have a bike. The R6 was my first bike. The reason I bought the smaller VF was to save some money for a "decent" track bike. And its comfortable as shit.

If I get a job in ohio by next march, I hope to be racing by summer. If i get a job in LA... im not so sure. I probably wont have the money.

Mid-Ohio has a 2-day race school for beginner/intermediate/experts that runs all year long. A 2 day school with 9 hours of track time instruction is $365

Well....three years riding in OHIO doesn't allow for the best cornering experience does it. But....I'm guessing in the midwest the range of racer talent is much more broad than say in CA because we can ride year round and in canyons.

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

Well....three years riding in OHIO doesn't allow for the best cornering experience does it. But....I'm guessing in the midwest the range of racer talent is much more broad than say in CA because we can ride year round and in canyons.

Yeah, Texans have just natural talent.... Polen, Schwantz, Spies, Edwards, etc etc etc



As far as the msf is concerned, I'm a big fan of education. I'm a bigger fan of practicing that education in a controlled environment.

[fnfalman]

Originally Posted by azoomm

Yeah, Texans have just natural talent.... Polen, Schwantz, Spies, Edwards, etc etc etc

Wayne Rainey, Randy Mamola, Eddie Lawson, Jake Zemke, etc. Californian racers rules!!!

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by fnfalman

Wayne Rainey, Randy Mamola, Eddie Lawson, Jake Zemke, etc. Californian racers rules!!!

My point, canyons aren't what built racers....

[fnfalman]

Originally Posted by azoomm

My point, canyons aren't what built racers....

My point is that Texas doesn't have a monopoly on turning out racers...

[Trip]

Originally Posted by azoomm

Yeah, Texans have just natural talent.... Polen, Schwantz, Spies, Edwards, etc etc etc

I am not a Tennessean, therefore, Spies is not a Texan. No matter what he might think.

[Porkchop]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

Well....three years riding in OHIO doesn't allow for the best cornering experience does it. But....I'm guessing in the midwest the range of racer talent is much more broad than say in CA because we can ride year round and in canyons.

You'd be surprised... get in the southeastern part of Ohio and you are getting into the foothills of the appalatians....

When I lived in Newark in the eastern half of the state there were already some monster backroads.