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1-Day Civilian Motorcycle Class at Alameda County Sheriff's training center

Nice to see you got a little taste of what we have to go through. Did you get to play chase/follow the leader. 2 bikes in the clover leaf and first one to miss a turn or hit a cone is the loser.

Did you get the bikes out of the shed in the rear lot? We had to take those 1000's up that little ridge at the bottom of the hill, ride the trail to the left, then straight down the drop at the far left. And it sounds like you missed the back hill and one-lane u-turn.
 
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masameet[/i] [B]Did they feed you lunch? :laughing [/B][/QUOTE] no but armadillo willy's and red tractor are close by. :teeth [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by JPM said:
Nice to see you got a little taste of what we have to go through. Did you get to play chase/follow the leader. 2 bikes in the clover leaf and first one to miss a turn or hit a cone it the loser.

Did you get the bikes out of the shed in the rear lot? We had to take those 1000's up that little ridge at the bottom of the hill, ride the trail to the left, then straight down the drop at the far left. And it sounds like you missed the back hill and one-lane u-turn.
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on break with the instructors, one said "you should hear about the adanced class, civillians haven't graduated to the advanced class yet." sounds like...

we did some of that stuff. my clutch arm is sore.
 
Thanks for posting the pics, rubba! T'was good to meet you and the other folks there.

I signed up for the intermediate class June 3rd--on one of the trainer KZ1000s, this time. Good stuff.

I took a ride out on Redwood and Palomares to the Sunol Water Temple on Sunday--and noticed a distinct and immediate improvement in my smoothness, sensation of control, and cornering speed. I was surprised at that at first, since I'd never gotten above 2nd gear all day at the training. All that stuff about wheel placement, clutch control and eye positioning seems to be relevant no matter what speed you're going, though.:teeth
 
Nope--$150 for each class with your own bike, $200 with one of their old KZ1000s (which I'd recommend). Worth it, and according to the instructors, some insurance companies will give you a discount afterwards.
 
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This should look familiar to you then. The back dirt trail is fun; did you get to take the ride up the steep embankment, along the hill, and down again along the back lot where they keep the training bikes? That was interesting on a KZ 1000.

Did you get to ride any of the cone patterns? The eliminator or the box?

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is that photo department approved..LOL
 
I ended up writing an article for this month's Urban Moto on the class, with rubba's photos. Check it out!
 
Man i wish i could take it but there is a certain reason i wouldn't feel to comfortable there......
 
I have signed up for the basic class on June 2 and got a "registration confirmed" email but no further info. I emailed and left a message for Vickie Swenson but have not received a reply. I guess I'll just show up with my money and hope for the best.

For anyone that has taken this class, did you get more info than a confirmation email?
 
Same with me. I haven't received anything since April, so I'm not sure if I should just go or not.

:(

EDIT: I guess I'll just head there in the morning, and end up taking the course or enjoying a morning ride. :)
 
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FWIW I called Vickie recently. She said the $150 is collected before the start of class (cash or check, no credit cards). And it's 8 a.m. sharp!

I'm signed up for tomorrow too but I'm not a morning person. So maybe (or maybe not!) I'll see you guys there.
 
Wow what an amazing class... I learned so much about riding in just one day and I had so much fun too.

I used to just practice in a parking lot, but I sure learned that you really can't improve unless you know what you are doing wrong and you find out how you can get better.

It was great meeting masameet, adidas, and three other non-Barf'ers there as well.

I highly recommend taking the course, and unless you don't mind dropping your bikes, rent theirs. :)

Now, let's see if i recover enough to take the intermediate course tomorrow, but I most likely won't go. I think I'll go ahead and take the 1-day EVOC training (yay!) in June, and the intermediate course in August though.

Whew.
 
Yea, the class was awesome! I had a great time and got a little sunburnt!

I did drop my bike once but I've done that before and there's no damage.

I am definately going to take the intermediate and maybe the advanced course. Heck I might just apply to be a cop!
 
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Nozzle and gmcsid, you guys did great! And now I can say I witnessed a full-dressed Harley do a bunch of "donuts." :laughing

And E, as a motocop, you'll probably take top cop honors at Pacific Grove a whole bunch of times! You're that good.
 
Oh, you are on Barf too! Yeah, you were definitely really great on that harley... seriously, if you see our bikes in the future as a cop, let us slide. :):)

Yeah, and I didn't notice until late night that I look like a racoon with sunburn all over my face (and some on my wrist) hahaha.
 
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Heck I might just apply to be a cop!
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+1...like nike says, "just do it!" :mm4l

the class was awesome and the instructors were great. nice meeting all you barfers!
 
I'm glad y'all took the course and got something good out of it. Did any of you see my Urban Moto writeup?

I was out there again yesterday for the intermediate course--there was only one other student, so the two of us got, essentially, a private, hard-core motorcycle drill session from Jack! I can hardly unclaw my clutch hand today, and my ass is bruised from falling over; but oh, man, the stuff we were able to do!

I finally (after what seemed like 30 tries) got throught the Eliminator, both directions, learned to do brake-evasion swerves up past 30 mph, and did max-effort braking up to 35--and learned to recover from both front and rear-wheel lockups while doing so. Those dinosaur KZ1000s are somethin' else.

All that, and a sunburn...
 
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