I HATE riding 2up, motos is a solo sport for me. The GF (long timer) knows I hate it so is working to get trained up. She got her permit, signed up for an MSF course and quit in tears on the 2nd day. I reached out to Jim Moore for some advice as he is the MSF trainer to the stars (probably). He gave the solid, rational and reasonable advice you'd expect to get from a pro. She wasn't having any of it. She wanted me to work with her. We got a 2021 MT03 with no miles and in showroom condition for this duty. Brilliant! She is also 5ft 0. I put a T-Rex lowering kit which took about 1.5" out, lifted the forks to compensate and off we go. She can tip toe either side, ill take it.
Couple of hours learning best way to get on and off the bike, moving it around. She was very anxious about this, so got that sorted. Next was coming to a stop (which is what caused her to quit MSF.) We found an empty lot at a community college to practice in. Perfect. I could feel the anxiety she had just practising finding the clutch engagement point. UGH. She needed a win here. So engine off, I would tell her where to stop and push her until she was going fast enough to coast and use brakes to the spot. A few hours of that, shes feeling pretty comfortable with how to gauge stopping distance.
Next was same exercise but bike running in 1st, clutch pulled in. Running push, let out clutch and then stop on the spot. All good so far. We are up to loops around the median strips, shifting into 2nd and gauging speed, shifting and stopping. Lots of wins for a day. she dropped it twice (poor bike) bent up brake lever and bro.errr shortened clutch lever. We were both pretty happy and towards the end of that lesson she was begining to have fun with it
I need some suggestions about the next spoonfed lesson. Im thinking 2nd gear wheelies and knee down at the apex.
Couple of hours learning best way to get on and off the bike, moving it around. She was very anxious about this, so got that sorted. Next was coming to a stop (which is what caused her to quit MSF.) We found an empty lot at a community college to practice in. Perfect. I could feel the anxiety she had just practising finding the clutch engagement point. UGH. She needed a win here. So engine off, I would tell her where to stop and push her until she was going fast enough to coast and use brakes to the spot. A few hours of that, shes feeling pretty comfortable with how to gauge stopping distance.
Next was same exercise but bike running in 1st, clutch pulled in. Running push, let out clutch and then stop on the spot. All good so far. We are up to loops around the median strips, shifting into 2nd and gauging speed, shifting and stopping. Lots of wins for a day. she dropped it twice (poor bike) bent up brake lever and bro.errr shortened clutch lever. We were both pretty happy and towards the end of that lesson she was begining to have fun with it
I need some suggestions about the next spoonfed lesson. Im thinking 2nd gear wheelies and knee down at the apex.
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