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Old 06-11-2008, 02:34 PM   #11 (permalink)
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But they will issue you a permit to drive on base until you get a class. Might be a time limit, not sure. I rode on one for about three months before getting in a class. Hey, didn't you just do the MSF one?
they give you a temp pass for the duration of the class
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Old 06-11-2008, 02:38 PM   #12 (permalink)
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But they will issue you a permit to drive on base until you get a class. Might be a time limit, not sure. I rode on one for about three months before getting in a class. Hey, didn't you just do the MSF one?
Not anymore, no temp permits and when the instruction is done rewrite a MSF course is going to be required every 3 years.

Yea I took the Advanced class Monday.
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Old 06-11-2008, 02:39 PM   #13 (permalink)
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its actually not difficult - show up the morning of the class even if its supposed ot be full. pretty much guaranteed that not everyone will show up. when I took it there were supposed to be 8 people and we only had 3.
Class size is 12. Active duty and GS can sing up everyone else has to show up as a standby. You might get in, you might have to go 3 times before you can get in.
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Not anymore, no temp permits and when the instruction is done rewrite a MSF course is going to be required every 3 years.

Yea I took the Advanced class Monday.
Argh!
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Old 06-11-2008, 02:43 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Class size is 12..
unless Bruce has an assitant, then he can take more. I did have to go twice. the first one was canceled because not enough people showed up.
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Not anymore, no temp permits and when the instruction is done rewrite a MSF course is going to be required every 3 years.

Yea I took the Advanced class Monday.
really? wonder when that changed, took mine last summer.
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unless Bruce has an assitant, then he can take more. I did have to go twice. the first one was canceled because not enough people showed up.
We had 14 and he agreed to let us all go. He had an assistant.
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We had 14 and he agreed to let us all go. He had an assistant.
Did anyone not pass?

One of our guys dropped his new Triumph on the panic stop part. Automatic fail.
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Did anyone not pass?

One of our guys dropped his new Triumph on the panic stop part. Automatic fail.
nobody failed in my class - we had 2 sportbikes and one dual sport.
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