My first day as a MSF-RAT - Sportbike Addicts

High_Revs_17 · 07-08-2006, 08:06 PM

My friend is currently in the Sussex class this weekend and she asked me to go with her, so today I bumped myself up to RAT status. For those of you that don't know, I'm basically assisting the coaches in setting up the cones for each stage of the course and being an extra pair of eyes just to be sure everything is running smoothly.

Being I've taken the ERC I already had a general idea of what goes on, but it was a rewarding experience being on the other end even though I can't contribute a large amount of my time to the individual students until I become a certified coach.

Watching a rookie's development over the period of 3 days is awesome. First time on the bike and they can't even get the bike moving without stalling, then by the end of the first course day they're hitting tight figure eights and practicing emergency braking, something they never thought they could do.

We have a great class, everyone's performing the maneuvers very well with minimal errors and they always provide their full attention, I'm sure everyone will pass tomorrow.

Think I'll give coaching a shot as soon as I can throw a leg over, there's nothing better than doing what you love, giving something back to those eager to learn, and getting paid to do it.

Jake · 07-08-2006, 08:17 PM

Ron "Coneboy" Gimp

High_Revs_17 · 07-08-2006, 08:41 PM

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Ron "Coneboy" Gimp

Jake · 07-08-2006, 09:42 PM

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You must be tired from setting up all those little cones.

CBRBob · 07-08-2006, 10:37 PM

Sure, you finally rat and its not for me boohoo

LOL

Who were the coaches? Jerry(xracer264) and?

Student Driver · 07-08-2006, 11:21 PM

Why does all the northern sites get RAT's I never get shit down at Brookdale.

CBRBob · 07-09-2006, 05:10 PM

Too close to Lakehurst.

Hey, you hear banjos?

Student Driver · 07-09-2006, 07:31 PM

Not that close, our roads are paved

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Too close to Lakehurst.

Hey, you hear banjos?

High_Revs_17 · 07-09-2006, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by CBRBob

Sure, you finally rat and its not for me boohoo

LOL

Who were the coaches? Jerry(xracer264) and?

Rich & Audrey, they were great & the students really enjoyed the class. Everyone passed, there was one perfect score on the written and two perfect scores on the riding exam...and someone actually complained on the survey that there were too many breaks between exercises.

I should be putting my name on the list for next year, Rich said I'm gonna love "boot camp".

Let me know what your schedule is, if I have the time I'll give ya a hand.

Xracer264 · 07-09-2006, 10:01 PM

Ron,

I was there. I was teaching the class before. I saw someone on the right side of the range and asked my co-coach who you were. She said you were there accompaning a freind. You had a bandage around your left knee area right? I didn't ride cause I'm currently putting on braided lines and I wasn't finished yet. Small world.