What a great read! Thanks STRO for your effort in journalizing this event.Your enthusiasm and attitude for riding was more than evident. I'll echo previous comments in saying I learned a few things and most definitely will be practicing some of these drills/maneuvers to improve my skills. Thanks again for your posts.

 

so thaaaats the proper way to jump a curb!

 

What a great read! Congrats

 

I have enjoyed this thread tremendously. I have followed every post, and can only beging to imagine what you went through. It is better for a man (or woman!) to challenge himself than for someone else to do it. I am so glad you made Top Gun, maybe someday you will be the trainer of this course! Sounds like you have earned the respect that you are now given. I hope that ankle settles down, a hairline crack can haunt you for a long time. You took a lot of time and wrote each summary of the day as professional as a journalist. I have learned from it, and I have no doubts that others did as well. I hope you retire from your career healthy and without serious injury.

Congratulations on your hard-earned achievement. You deserve it!

P.S. we need more LEOs to chime in on the Tweeters drug reform thread, lmfao!

RD

 

Great post.

It brought back a lot of memories for me from my days at motor school. I used to think I knew how to ride a motorcycle. Then I went to motor school in 1991, and after that I could honestly say I knew how to ride. Everything before that was just my guardian angels working overtime.

Every now and then I get someone who wants to take the motor officer prep course BEFORE the Ride Like A Pro course. If they aren't a motor officer candidate, I usually tell them I have to see them ride or take the Ride Like A Pro Course first.

Congrats on the Top Gun Award!

Ride Safe. Be Safe.

Mark

 

You guys are the greatest! I enjoy this forum so much that I'm glad I was able to give something back!

 

Stro,

This has to be one of the finest, well written segments I have ever read on any forum. You told the story so well and made event the small things very interesting.

Congrats on finishing, passing and your Top Gun award.

Also, thanks for doing what you do

 

:icon_beerch ug:

 

I am always a little worried about coming off a curb (or sidewalk) and catching the bottom of the front fender.

 

That one is easy: shoot off at normal take-off speed; don't try to "climb down". That way the fender clears due to the forward trajectory of the wheel, same for the back. You also have more balance because you're moving. I do it all the time in places I can park on the sidewalk in front of stores, gyms, etc.
Funny part is, even with my SE II's, it can sometimes set off car alarms passing by the front of cars, so you leave the lot with a ruckus behind you.