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Shoes for MSF

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GreeneMachine

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Joined
Mar 24, 2008
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San Francisco
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Yamaha FZ6
I will be taking my MSF course in a couple of weeks, and I was wondering if high-top basketball shoes are acceptable footwear?
 
you should be fine with those. but personally, I'd use a more sturdier pair of hiking boots for good measure.

good luck on the MSF :ride
 
I remember asking the MSF Rider Coach during the classroom session, and she said high-top basketball shoes were not okay. Ended up buying a very cheap pair of hiking boots at Kohl's (~$20).
 
Your footwear needs to completely cover your ankles.
 
Several folks in my class in Alameda last year wore hi-tops during the range sessions without issue from any of the coaches. Basically, almost anything that covers your ankles is :thumbup for the class. But I agree that a hiking or even work boot would be a better choice.
 
Depends on the instructor. My gf wore high top hiking boots she wears on the ATV. FULLY covering her ankle, they said they were perfect but the next day the lady instructor sent her home. She was pissed to say the least.
 
According to MSF you are required to wear "over the ankle footwear". Basically the entire ankle bone needs to be covered.
 
I went to PayLess and got some construction boots for like $20. I actually wear those around outside of MSF too. Who knew PayLess had decent shoes...go fig :p
 
GreeneMachine said:
I will be taking my MSF course in a couple of weeks, and I was wondering if high-top basketball shoes are acceptable footwear?
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I wore an old pair of high-top AF1's. The instructors were perfectly fine with it
 
Yup, as long as it covers the ankle its ok, but the recommend something a bit more beefy than that. I got some $18 work boots from costco but they actually really suck for riding, communication with the foot levers and pegs is shitty

I can now see why riding boots are designed the way they are
 
When I took my MSF course in Vallejo, I was rocking hiking boots. There were some people that I noticed had hi-top bball sneakers with no issue. The only issue that the instructors had was with me wearing no-show socks.
 
h4ven said:
I went to PayLess and got some construction boots for like $20. I actually wear those around outside of MSF too. Who knew PayLess had decent shoes...go fig :p
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a couple of people from my msf class did the same thing. i just wore an old pair of hiking boots.

basketball shoes are a bit tricky since most of the ones that are out now are mid-tops which probably wouldn't be cool by instructors standards. the only true high top sneakers ive seen are usually the retro nikes, converse, and adidas.
 
converse canvas shoes aka chuck taylors are not allowed.

if you can point to and touch your ankle bone, it does not pass. at the classroom in mountain view, there are pictures and examples of what passes and what doesn't

FWIW, i wear hiking boots i got @ big5 for $20 or so.
 
big 5 always has some on sale for 20-25 dollars.

either itasca or RG. my itaasca boos held up longer then my RG..
 
i wore hiking boots at Vallejo, they were fine with the instructors. Except since it was soft tip, it was harder for me to shift :|
 
I wore Setup Sunrise boots which have a little better cankle protection than hiking boots. I could have bought some cheap $20 boots but I figured the extra $50 towards some motorcycle specific boots would serve me better if I had a mishap in class. The Sunrise boots have nowhere near the full cankle protection of race boots but their slight flexibility helped me to learn how to shift.
 
brickdriver said:
I wore Setup Sunrise boots which have a little better cankle protection than hiking boots. I could have bought some cheap $20 boots but I figured the extra $50 towards some motorcycle specific boots would serve me better if I had a mishap in class. The Sunrise boots have nowhere near the full cankle protection of race boots but their slight flexibility helped me to learn how to shift.
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i have some set up boots as well. just didnt wear them to class... how do u like urs? they holding up good?
 
I don't like the small thin zipper pulls. I broke one of them after two weeks. It was either my manhandling of them or they were just cheap. They were pretty tight around the toes for the first 5-6 hours of riding but have broken in nicely since then. Other than that they feel good on the pegs and allow easier shifting with the stiff toe. I do worry that they don't have much ankle protection compared to race boots but for someone who just started riding and learning how to shift they have been great.

I'll be getting boots with better ankle protection this summer. :teeth
 
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