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I live in Brooklyn, NY if that helps at all.

Anyway, I'm looking for a place to learn how to ride a motorcycle. Problem is , I don't know what schools are good, how much it costs to pay for the course, etc etc. Can anyone help?

And as far as equipment goes, I have a German helmet and a pair of Timberlands that just goes up to my ankles. I'm probably going to have to get a new helmet because the one have is feels like a single piece of stamped sheet metal wrapped around the tip of my head.

I'm not sure how things work in NY, but I do know that they have several MSF schools in the state. Have you tried asking this question at any of your local bike dealers?

Take the Motorcycle Safety Foundation's Beginning Riders Course. These courses are designed to take someone with no experience (You have to be able to ride a bike though!) And teach you how to be street legal. They start off slow and build up from there.

Check it out here ... (looks like it will cost you about $375, which is cheap when you consider the course is designed to teach you how to save your life on the street ...)

http://www.magpie.com/nycmoto/newrider.html

I don't know the exact location where you live but I am sure one of these MSF locations must be reasonably close

BAYSIDE - QUEENS BAYSIDE-QUEENS 11364 (917) 434-8194
BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY LONG ISLAND 11973 (718) 847-2015
SOUTHERN TIER HARLEY-DAVIDSON BINGHAMTON 13905 BROOME (607) 773-0264
SUNY Plattsburgh Field House/DETI Inc. View PLATTSBURGH 12901 CLINTON Click Here (518) 562-8675
COLUMBIA-GREENE COMMUNITY COLLEGE HUDSON 12534 COLUMBIA (518) 828-4181 x3342
FIRST MSP CORTLAND 130458835 CORTLAND (607) 758-1111
SMART RIDER MOTORCYCLE SAFETY PROGRAM View POUGHKEEPSIE 12603 DUTCHESS (845) 471-5800
BEAVER ISLAND STATE PARK GRAND ISLAND 14072 ERIE (716) 667-7655
STREETRIDER RANGE #2 ORCHARD PARK 14127 ERIE (716) 667-7655
Ride with P.R.I.D.E. View WILLIAMSVILLE 14221 ERIE (716) 542-3808
JEFFERSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE WATERTOWN 13601 JEFFERSON (315) 858-3321
MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE View ROCHESTER 14623 MONROE (585) 615-7433
FARMINGDALE STATE UNIVERSITY OF FARMINGDALE 11735 NASSAU (718) 847-2015
NASSAU COLISEUM UNIONDALE 11553-1200 NASSAU (718) 847-2015
MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE-ROME ROME 13440 ONEIDA (315) 858-3321
MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE UTICA 13501 ONEIDA (315) 858-3321
ONONDAGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE View SYRACUSE 13215 ONONDAGA (315) 498-6003
NOW JR., Inc. View NEW WINDSOR 12553 ORANGE Click Here (845) 567-3337
HUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE TROY 12180 RENSSELAER (518) 629-7339
SmartRider Motorcycle Safety Program, Inc. View SUFFERN 10901-3699 ROCKLAND Click Here (845) 471-5800
SUNY CANTON View CANTON 13617 ST. LAWRENCE (315) 386-7102
SmartRider Motorcycle Safety Program, Inc. View MONTICELLO 12701 SULLIVAN Click Here (845) 471-5800
FIRST MSP - GROTON GROTON 13073 TOMPKINS (607) 758-1111
ULSTER-COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE STONE RIDGE 12484 ULSTER (845) 339-2025
ADIRONDACK COMMUNITY COLLEGE View QUEENSBURY 12801 WARREN (518) 668-5589
YONKERS RACEWAY YONKERS 10704 WESTCHESTER (718) 599-1079

Motorcycle Safety School
809 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211

718-599-1079
www.mssnyc.com

Okay, doc... i looked back into your profile to get some more info. You're only 17. And want to learn to ride...

My first recommendation (though you probably arent' gonna like it much), is to spend some time in a car, learning how traffic behaves. It will greatly improve your chances of NOT getting killed by some idiot in an SUV, or even another 17 year old who just wasn't looking for a motorcycle, so didn't see it before pulling out.

Pam

I guess I'll go get a car first then. The only reason why I got my Class D license was to get the road test waiver for my motorcycle