Going through police motor school
#221
05-07-2010, 10:58 PM
#227
05-08-2010, 08:37 AM
Sure, first, make darn sure you're 90 degrees to the curb, or close to it. Put your front tire right up against the curb, give yourself adequate rpm's and pop the clutch just enough to get the front tire up and over. Then bring the rear tire up to the curb until you bump it, roll back a few inches and do the exact same thing again. If you try it with your rear tire right against the curb you'll probably end up just spinning your tire. Don't worry about style points here, keep both feet down for stability.
#228
05-08-2010, 08:41 AM
Amazingly, no, but the weather was cool for most of the 2 weeks, I think we were in the 80's for just one day. All of the cop bikes have 103 ci engines and oil coolers stock. If we suspected that we were getting too hot we would do a "breeze out" by taking it on a low rpm 40 or 50 mph run for a mile or two.
#229
05-08-2010, 08:55 AM
Road Master
Congrats Stro !!!!
Like so many others, I've just loved reading this thread. It's great your the "top gun".. First, thanks for doing what your doing.. It's not riding but I'm involved with training and certifying police dogs so I get to meet a lot of LEO's and for the most part.. y'all rock.
The next thing is, I'd like thank you so much for sharing your experience.. again like other people here, I'm learning from reading your posts. I apologize talking so much about me.. but your thread is a great encouragement to inspire people to practice and train to be better riders.. I recently moved from a Road King to an Ultra Classic. I've been riding for years but I took the MSF ERC course just because I wanted the learning experience. I've also taken up practicing in the MSF lot where I can use all the lines and boxes and stuff. A friend and I are signed up to take the RLAP class in June, so I'm practicing for that, and lastly, I downloaded the motor lessons from Neil Harris file so I have lots to work on.
In the end Stro, I just want to say thanks for your posts. I very much appreciate you sharing your experience. On the America's 9/11 Ride last August, we got to see first hand the level of skill Motor Officers have.. it's nothing short of amazing. All the best Stro, thanks again for your service and hey man, you take care of yourself. All the best my friend.
Cheers
mavrick
Like so many others, I've just loved reading this thread. It's great your the "top gun".. First, thanks for doing what your doing.. It's not riding but I'm involved with training and certifying police dogs so I get to meet a lot of LEO's and for the most part.. y'all rock.
The next thing is, I'd like thank you so much for sharing your experience.. again like other people here, I'm learning from reading your posts. I apologize talking so much about me.. but your thread is a great encouragement to inspire people to practice and train to be better riders.. I recently moved from a Road King to an Ultra Classic. I've been riding for years but I took the MSF ERC course just because I wanted the learning experience. I've also taken up practicing in the MSF lot where I can use all the lines and boxes and stuff. A friend and I are signed up to take the RLAP class in June, so I'm practicing for that, and lastly, I downloaded the motor lessons from Neil Harris file so I have lots to work on.
In the end Stro, I just want to say thanks for your posts. I very much appreciate you sharing your experience. On the America's 9/11 Ride last August, we got to see first hand the level of skill Motor Officers have.. it's nothing short of amazing. All the best Stro, thanks again for your service and hey man, you take care of yourself. All the best my friend.
Cheers
mavrick
