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you can't use that excuse, there are two fat guys that run with us and do it very successfully. They make suspension for these bikes for fat people.
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Oh man do I want to go to a track school. I told my instructors that I want to get into club racing after graduation. During the drill where you do a straight into a sweeping corner, I was trying my hardest to get my knee to the ground without touching, cause I just had jeans on. They just shook their heads and waved me by.
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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. Quote:
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MSF doesn't do a good job of teaching you how to survive on the street, it barely teaches you the basics. It's a weak course limited by many things. |
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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.
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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.
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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
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That's a decent price in my book.
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