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Originally Posted by Mrs. Colleen
When I took the course that is exactly what I was thinking. Then I get there and there are only two other people with leather jackets and I am the only one in real riding boots.
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We actually tell students to check the weather and wear appropriate riding gear. Sometimes we'll even tell them just to wear a long sleeve shirt and no jacket.
During the summer, we've had temps of 107 on the range with no wind. So if you're cruising around at 15 mph with a jacket on and on the verge of heatstroke, you're not learning anything.
There comes a point where your mind goes into shutdown. We would rather prevent that and have the students be in approved riding gear, but comfortable.
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Originally Posted by neebelung
ABSOLUTELY. The helmet thing pisses me off, too...
The state budgets X amount of dollars to motorcycle training, safety and education - a large portion of that goes to ABATE, who was a big player in the rescinding of the helmet law here.  |
We could all go on and on for days about that
