Maybe you got hooked up with a bad outfit...-Curly- wrote:The MSF is just a scam. I paid $195 for a 2 1/2 days. 6 hours class room and 10 hours waiting in line to do a couple of runs on there course. The state doesn't have to test you, so they save money and some small company gets some work, and your money.
But since I never rode before, I took it. I failed the figure 8 misurably, the swerve was a joke, I had no problem with the quik stop, hit two cones on the curve thingy, and passed.
I got my license, used the exercises in a parking lot when I bought my bike, and 1400 miles later I am better off now that I took it.
The MSF is a scam, a helpful scam, but still a scam.
#1 It was raining cats and dogs on both our course days... and we still had at least 12 hours on the bikes. A whole lot more riding than waiting.
#2 I don't think you'd have passed our class. Points off for the figure 8 of course... and if I remember correctly they told us we failed automatically if we went outside the lines on the curve thing - which was admittedly pretty easy. Sounds like they just wanted to get out of there and didn't want to bother with a re-test.
- Like any other class, it is all about the teacher. Our teacher was a career Navy man who took his job very seriously. He told you the parameters and graded according to them. If you passed, you passed, if you failed, you failed. He was nice about it, but a couple people didn't make it.
Anyway - I thought the local Seattle class was great and I'd recommend it to anyone. Definitely learned a ton and it certainly wasn't a scam or a waste of time. It would be a pretty simple job to flog though, if that's the kind of person you were... 'That's great... you all pass! I'm outta here. Oh wow, we finished 2 and a half hours early!"