Question on learning

[Sheresh07]

I was combing through Colorados options for the MSF course and I noticed that a few of the courses say they taught on "Older Models", while some of the others said they taught on "Newer Models".


Is there any advantage to learning on a "Newer Model" bike as opposed to an "Older Model" bike?

I was thinking it might because of throttle power and resposiveness of the clutch/engine, but I wanted to make sure here befor I chose on a place to take the course.

[speediva]

I honestly don't think it makes much of a difference. I am just glad to see that you are looking into the MSF. My experience with the MSF was such that I was on a "new" model, and many others were on "older" models. Being on this particular model hurt my learning due to it having "forward controls" and not being able to really stand up on pegs that were in front of the main bike. However, that just happened to be a quirk of that model. What I'm getting back to, again, is that I don't think it will make much of a difference.

[polacek]

I took the ABATE course at Front Range two weeks ago. They had Honda 250's, which were perfect. They all had ~200 miles on them. 20 miles per 3 day course = 10 classes. Not bad IMO.