MSF Experienced Rider Course by Radmoto

[kbikerider]

The club has scheduled a private MSF Experienced Rider Course at Hillsborough Community College on October 6th. The course will be taught by Doug and Becky of Radmoto. A group of riders will depart Eurocycles immediately after the Club meeting for HCC. A second class will be held at HCC on October 20th.

There is a maximum of 12 openings per class. If you would like to attend, please reply via [e-mail] at your earliest convenience ( unless you already have sent an email to me).

A deposit will be required and payment in full prior to the day of the course. We have more than 12 riders interested already. I am in the process of securing a second training day. The course cost is $ 75.00. This is a valuable asset to have in your arsenal, even if you took the course before.

Please send any requests to our VP Mike Neal. [e-mail] I will be in Nova Scotia until October. I hope to be back in time for the Oct 20 class. Ride Safe and enjoy.

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if we signed up on the prior "discussion board" do we sign up in the "Forum" as well?
thanks

[kbikerider]

Jun 25, 2012 16:01:08 GMT -5 @fastbill said:

if we signed up on the prior "discussion board" do we sign up in the "Forum" as well?
thanks

Bill, If you signed up once, you are in. We are up to two classes and the second is almost full. We will not be running a third as we used up the available dates

[Dennis and Vicki Anderson]

are we signed up already? if not, please do sign us both up as we will definitely be in florida vicki and dennis

[kbikerider]

Jul 5, 2012 8:41:26 GMT -5 Dennis and Vicki Anderson said:

are we signed up already? vicki and dennis

Number one and two on the list. I remember when I sent out the initial email, I got one back from you a minute or two later. Has the weather cooled off in Michigan a bit?

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Thanks for the call today October 20 is fine with me to reschedule
Ride far and ride safe Bill

[kbikerider]

No Problem Bill. Mike Neal will set you up. Harold

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As of today there are two openings for the 10/7 session and three for the 10/20 session. Send your checks to me following Harold's directions (make you check out to Hillsboro Community College). There are several members that have not paid so the first to get me their check with the date of their choice gets one of the training slots. Your $75 check confirms your reservation.

Mike Neal

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Mike - is there anyway I can change my class day from Oct. 6 to Oct. 20? I should already be paid.

thanks, Joan Rodgers

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Joan I can trade and go the 6th

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Aug 30, 2012 10:11:27 GMT -5 @joan said:

Mike - is there anyway I can change my class day from Oct. 6 to Oct. 20? I should already be paid.

thanks, Joan Rodgers

Joan,

You are moved to the 20th.

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Aug 30, 2012 17:54:45 GMT -5 @buyrdawg said:

Joan I can trade and go the 6th

No need to move unless you want to. Let me know.

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Thanks, Mike! I'll mark it down as the 20th on my calendar.
Hope to see everyone at breakfast tomorrow.

Joan

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Update:

As of today both classes are full and will be confirmed once I get the three checks that are in the mail. For those of you that are signed up, the following is some additional detail:

We will meet at the Tampa Bay BMW dealer for the normal free pancake breakfast (8-9AM), have a short club meeting at 9AM and leave as a group for the training location around 9:30 AM. If you want to meet us at the trainng site, the location is:

HCC Police/Fire/Motorcycle Training Range
5610 E. Columbus Drive
Tampa, FL

This is the training site east of HW 41
SE of exit 3 off I-4

Estimated schedule: Based on the above, the training will start at 10 AM and be completed around 4 PM. The typical required gear and bike condition still applies like any other advance MC training classes.

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This from Dennis and Vicki Anderson who will not be able to make it back to Florida by October 6th:

Please post that there is one opening for the Experienced Rider class on October 6th because Dennis and I can't make it down in time to take the class that day and only one of us has found someone to switch places in us to attend the later class. We would love to have someone sign up who hasn't already registered for one of the classes or failing that, to switch with one of us for the October 20 class and to please get back to us if they can help us out asap. Call us at [phone] or [phone].[/i][/size]

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In additon to the Andersons we have a second opening on the 6th if anyone is interested.

[kbikerider]

How about some feedback from the 6th. The rest of us would like to know how it went.

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The first Saturday training session went well and those who attended all said they learned something new. I saw a number of riders improve during the day. Even the big K1600 bikes were moving along the curves and turns well. Riding through the cones using one hand was something I've never done and that was my greatest challenge. We almost got all of our field training done before the rain and lightning started around 2 PM. The facilities are excellent for training with a covered area for in-field instruction, perfect pavement and an air conditioned training room for more detailed in-class training. Both Doug and Becky are excellent riders and were very encouraging during the rider critiques. Lunch was as close as across the road or a short ride down the road. It did get warm around noon so thankfully there was cold water available.

Training Area:



Classrooms and a few of the bikes:



For those of you attending the 20th make sure you get the right address. It is listed above on this forum site. The training does not take place at the HCC Campus in Brandon.

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For those attending on the 20th, the address again is:

HCC Police/Fire/Motorcycle Training Range
5610 E. Columbus Drive
Tampa, FL

The session will start at 8:30AM and will be finished between 2 to 3 PM depending on the skills of the riders. I will continue to help with the organization of this second session.

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Mike Neal

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Mike
Dose the OCT 20th class start at 10 am

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Oct 14, 2012 17:16:24 GMT -5 @buyrdawg said:

Mike
Dose the OCT 20th class start at 10 am

Look at the details in the reply above yours. The class starts at 8:30 AM.

Mike

[kbikerider]

Great job running the MSF classes Mike. Thanks for the help.

[Deleted]

Thanks, Mike for your efforts. The course is a valuable experience for our membership.

D

[silver]

I recently completed the MSF Experienced Rider Course. I paid $75 and spent five hours, most of it on a hot parking lot where my motorcycle reached a temp of over 200 degrees. I feel the exercises and education has made me a better and safer rider. I am glad I took the course.
I am disappointed that Progressive is only giving me a premium discount of $4.15 on a $450 policy. I recently took a $20 5-hour classroom course to improve my automotive skills. Upon completion Geico gave me a $60 per year premium discount, good for three years. That is a total of $180 for a classroom-only course with a bunch of "blue hairs" who probably should not even be driving!
I have written the CEO of Progressive asking "Can't you do better than this?".

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You go girl!

D

[Roger Edwards]

Oct 19, 2012 19:04:03 GMT -5 silver said:

I recently completed the MSF Experienced Rider Course. I paid $75 and spent five hours, most of it on a hot parking lot where my motorcycle reached a temp of over 200 degrees. I feel the exercises and education has made me a better and safer rider. I am glad I took the course.
I am disappointed that Progressive is only giving me a premium discount of $4.15 on a $450 policy. I recently took a $20 5-hour classroom course to improve my automotive skills. Upon completion Geico gave me a $60 per year premium discount, good for three years. That is a total of $180 for a classroom-only course with a bunch of "blue hairs" who probably should not even be driving!
I have written the CEO of Progressive asking "Can't you do better than this?".

Progressive gave me a $15.20 refund for mine, but it was my first MSF course ever, I got grandfathered in from when I got my motorcycle endorsement when I was 16 here in Florida. And don't forget the 15% discount this month at Cycle Gear on your first purchase when showing your card from the class. Great class by the way. Thanks Harold, Mike and RadMoto!

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Great riding experience today,practiced skills that were new ans some that were old.
I would encourage everyone to attend one of these classes and pick up a new set of tools for your skill's tool box.

[Dennis and Vicki Anderson]

Great class, great day, great instructors great experience!learned my anti-lock brakes do work! and some other very useful stuff. vicki

[kbikerider]

Oct 20 MSF BRC2

Doug and Becky were absolutely the best. Lots of fun and laughter along with a good solid day of training. Both the roadwork and the class room were excellent.

Joan received her new title as " peg scraper", being the first person to scrape a peg in a turn. She did great on that Victory.

Dennis and Vicki did great on the Bergs. All of the rest of us just had a good time. Lots of RTs there today. Doug and Becky will most likely be doing some more seminars for our club this year. Stay tuned.

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Awesome class. It was good to review the basics and also get the feel,of the ABS with those emergency stops. The final exercise was also a lot of fun and the grin could be seen on everyone's visor carving the corners and "s" turns. Hats off to Doug and Becky, very informative and professionally orchestrated. They're going to make us look good !
Thanks BMWROTB for making this happen,

Anthony (Devildog69)