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By Steve Smith
Most of us are thinking motorcycles during the winter, but cannot do much riding. This down time is a perfect opportunity to tune up your mental skills or, if you’re planning on getting into motorcycling, to prepare for a
hands-on course.
At the end of last summer, the Motorcycle Safety Foundation, the folks who developed much of the motorcycle training curriculums in use around the country today, announced their entrance into the world of web-based motorcycling training.
The MSF introduced a convenient online format designed to promote life-long learning and to help prospective riders decide whether or not motorcycling is appropriate for them by preparing them for their first ride in the formal training provided in the Basic Rider Course. Current riders can benefit by using it as a “safety renewal opportunity to refresh and improve their current riding strategies,” according to the MSF.
The MSF Basic eCourse costs a modest $19.99. It is a highly-interactive, three-hour program that uses a multimedia presentation to provide the basics of motorcycling with emphasis on personal safety and responsibility. Users can repeat material as needed and each section ends with a knowledge check quiz. Students receive a certificate for successful completion of the eCourse.
It is important to note that the MSF Basic eCourse is NOT a hands-on course and it is NOT endorsed by any state department of motor vehicles as a license waiver program, as a license to ride a motorcycle or as a learner’s permit. All state DMVs still require participation in a state-approved traditional hands-on course to qualify for the license waiver.
The curriculum of the eCourse is designed primarily to prepare you for the hands-on MSF Basic Rider Course, which includes in-depth classroom activities, learning assessments and application of concepts to riding exercises on a closed-course range.
To take the MSF Basic eCourse visit here.
