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Offline cb750fbomb

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Just signed up for...............
« on: March 09, 2009, 08:54:27 AM »
.......my local beginners bike course this weekend!!! I can't wait to have a license and be a more capable rider. I'm stoked.  :) :D :) :D :) :D :)

http://www.learntoride.org/
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Re: Just signed up for...............
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2009, 09:54:32 AM »
Good call!

I did mine last year. It was probably the best $120 bucks I had ever spent.

I just signed up for an African drumming class.

I'm stoked for that!

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« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2009, 10:33:20 AM »
$120?? This one is $195. I need a coupon or somethin'.
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Re: Just signed up for...............
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2009, 10:41:59 AM »
$208.54  now where I took it; I remember it being $90 when I took it 4 years ago.
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« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2009, 11:30:47 AM »
Minnesota is good for something.
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Re: Just signed up for...............
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2009, 06:45:22 PM »
In Illinois, I believe it's like $20, but the classes fill up the instant they're posted on the internet.  Most, if not all the funding comes from licensing of motorcycles, and is state funded.  8)
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« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2009, 07:00:13 PM »
If it was 20 bux everywhere, there would probably be better riders..
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Re: Just signed up for...............
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2009, 10:05:05 PM »
This is licensed and all that good stuff, but I think it's run independently from the government. The person I talked to implied that they had gone through rough times with the program and it's really taken off at this point. They run classes
every weekend and the advanced course every 3rd weekend. It's awesome being able to take this class, get your cert., take it to the DMV and walk out with a M on your license without testing. I understand scheduling a motorcycle drivers test around here is hellish.
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Re: Just signed up for...............
« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2009, 10:37:21 PM »
Quote from: Steve F on March 09, 2009, 06:45:22 PM
In Illinois, I believe it's like $20, but the classes fill up the instant they're posted on the internet.  Most, if not all the funding comes from licensing of motorcycles, and is state funded.  8)

That is run by the NIU MSF if it's what you're thinking.

NIU= Northern Illinois University
MSF= Motorcycle Safety Foundation

For those who don't live in IL.

If you time it right, you can sneak in with the lottery system and take your course for free. People travel from all over the state looking to take these classes and some cannot get out or work or the like. So almost every weekend there are open seats. At least in my area there are. All of the bikes are donated by local dealers or private individuals, and if you choose to donate your $20 it goes toward updating the course equipment. (cones, helmets, etc.)

Plus it helps to know some of the instructors. Or be related to them.....  ;D

Otherwise there's Kutter Harley Davidson in Janesville for around $350 I think? and then the new Kegels Harley Davidson in Rockford for about $275. Oh cannot forget you still have to take the DMV course with these options.  ;D ;D That might have changed after this year though.
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Re: Just signed up for...............
« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2009, 04:28:59 AM »
have to admit i went to the school of hard knocks
in 72 i don't even think you had to get a endorsement
now adays these courses are a good thing
two things
the bike is always smarter than you, it knows when it will lay down
on a bike your a fly, cars are all considered fly swatters
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