[HRAB]

What we need to educate are the 4 wheelers.
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[oldsalt]

I took the course.  I'd been riding since the mid 50s [half a century] and thought I knew what I was doing.  I had the 'been there done that' attitude.  I LEARNED A LOT!  There were a lot of things I was doing wrong and, of course, a lot I didn't know or even thought was an issue.  By the end of the course I had to face up to the fact that, even with all those years with motorcycles, I was a poor rider.  I'm pushing 70 so my reaction time and motor skills are not all they might once have been.  I feel that taking the basic course has been a great benifit in making up for the years. 

My advice?  Don't let anyone you care about ride a bike without them first doing the training. 

By the way.  I think this is the first thread, that I've witnessed, where everyone agreed with the first post.  I wonder if everone would agree that even one beer can make a motorcyle a lot motre dangerous than it would if, instead, a car was being operated?   

[HRAB]

I took the course. [snip]  I LEARNED A LOT! 

My advice?  Don't let anyone you care about ride a bike without them first doing the training. 
[Snip]
  I wonder if everone would agree that even one beer can make a motorcyle a lot motre dangerous than it would if, instead, a car was being operated?   

Agreed!
Agreed!
and  Agreed!
My aren't we all an agreeable groop!

jim

[Anon]

Yeah, I think the MSF riders course I took was invaluable.  I would also like to do an intermediate course and a sidecar course one of these days.

Eamon