11-29-2016, 10:31 PM
As a teenager in the 50's when I started with a 650 BSA, all you did was take a simple riding test while an observer watched.
There was no instruction or training of any kind. You learned through the school of hard knocks.
34 years later, when I came back to bikes upon retirement in 1992, I immediately signed up for a riders course. I did it mainly to quell the fears of my wife who saw herself becoming a widow in short order.
But the more I thought about it, the more it seemed like a good idea.
It was time and money well spent. I learned things that I would probably never even thought about until something bad happened.
It's been a great and safe 25 years since then.
There was no instruction or training of any kind. You learned through the school of hard knocks.
34 years later, when I came back to bikes upon retirement in 1992, I immediately signed up for a riders course. I did it mainly to quell the fears of my wife who saw herself becoming a widow in short order.
But the more I thought about it, the more it seemed like a good idea.
It was time and money well spent. I learned things that I would probably never even thought about until something bad happened.
It's been a great and safe 25 years since then.