Thursday, October 20, 2005
Taking Rider Course
Taking Basic Rider Course can be pretty exciting. They teach you the importance of driving smoothly, maturely and safely. They also impart to you the significance of protecting yourself by wearing helmet and motorcycle apparel to reduce the gravity of possible injuries.
Aside from being exciting, it can also be tough at times especially when you are required to do the tests continuously. Lack of sleep, exhaustion, being hungry and other causes like the penetrating heat of the sun will test how tough you can be. However, when you finish it all, whew - it’s overwhelming!
Andy Wismar said in his blog entry Learnin’, Learnin’,Learnin’, “Spending 16 hours in full-length shirts and pants, with a helmet on, sitting on a running bike, on a giant, shadeless slab of parking lot, in 95 degree heat, is a great recipe for the meanest back-of-the-neck sunburn you can imagine. And heatstroke, but I avoided that one. Other than that, I had an absolute blast, and feel tremendously better on a bike now. I had previously mastered going fast in a straight line, which I have to believe is the easiest of the motorcycle skills. Turning, braking, swerving, and about ten other things really needed work, and I think I got that this weekend. Things started a little slowly, but they do have to cater to the lowest common denominator. I'm glad I did it, it was worth the sunburn”.
Aside from being exciting, it can also be tough at times especially when you are required to do the tests continuously. Lack of sleep, exhaustion, being hungry and other causes like the penetrating heat of the sun will test how tough you can be. However, when you finish it all, whew - it’s overwhelming!
Andy Wismar said in his blog entry Learnin’, Learnin’,Learnin’, “Spending 16 hours in full-length shirts and pants, with a helmet on, sitting on a running bike, on a giant, shadeless slab of parking lot, in 95 degree heat, is a great recipe for the meanest back-of-the-neck sunburn you can imagine. And heatstroke, but I avoided that one. Other than that, I had an absolute blast, and feel tremendously better on a bike now. I had previously mastered going fast in a straight line, which I have to believe is the easiest of the motorcycle skills. Turning, braking, swerving, and about ten other things really needed work, and I think I got that this weekend. Things started a little slowly, but they do have to cater to the lowest common denominator. I'm glad I did it, it was worth the sunburn”.
# posted by j0hn @ 1:59 PM 
