Comments on: MSF Military SportBike Rider Course

By: Navyman675

Navyman675 — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:34:10 +0000

I am stationed in Jacksonville FL and have seen my share of motorcycle accidents. I don’t think it’s just a sport bike problem I think I is more of a stupidity problem. Here is the brake down take Seaman Jones never been on a motorcycle he is 18 yrs old and decides he wants to get a bike due to gas prices. So he signs up for the BRC rents one of the 250 motorcycles and spends a whole two days on the bike makes it though and receives his little card. Well Seaman Jones takes that card to the DMV and gets his licenses. Seaman Jones then goes home and jumps on the computer and applies for a loan and gets preapproved for 14 grand. He starts to check out all the cool videos on-line and stars asking people what type of bike he should get. This is what he hears ” a 600 is a good bike but you get tired of it fast and for just a little more you can get the 1000″. Well he then goes to his local dealership and stars to look around and walks out the proud owner of a new GSX-R1000 and kills him shelf in a turn. What we should be doing is limiting the cc size for inexperienced riders and give temporary permits for learning and apply restrictions. There has to be a better way then how we are doing it now.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:34:35 +0000

this is like a $50, 1 day course. This isn’t a $1k weekend at a racing school.

By: Rayser

Rayser — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:12:21 +0000

Ok, pay or not,,The difference is in the civilian sector, is the students pay for the course, to pay the instructor. It is a business. On the government side, military specifically, the government contracts and pays a company to supply instructors. The instructor’s salary is already paid by that contract, why would the military member have to double up on that? Also the course is a requirement on base, not an option as it is in the civilian sector. If a company REQUIRES a certain uniform, or training to keep working in a location, they usually provide it to their employee. Same difference.
Derek, don’t complain about things you don’t know the specifics of.

By: FLK9cop

FLK9cop — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:35:34 +0000

To answer the original question of whether or not a Unit is going to pay for the class, I think it just depends on the base. Most Garrisons have funds set aside for this type of safety training. They also have a contract with the MSF, to teach these courses.

As for Derek, you want to complain about having to pay for the classes for us. I pose this question to you. Would you rather have to pay for the class or for all of the arrangements that come with burying a Service Member that crashed due to improper motorcycle training.

By: Chris Burns

Chris Burns — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:17:02 +0000

People don’t realize that military members are required to attend these courses. If I am killed while riding a motorcycle and I have not taken a MSF course my soldiers group life insurance is also denied. I don’t think the general public also realizes the stresses placed on our soldiers through multiple deployments. They come back with a chunk of cash, go out and buy their first sportbike to satisfy their adrenaline rush, then make poor choices with minimal riding skills. As an E-5 with eight years of service my base pay is $2600 a month. Soldiers should pay several hundred dollars for a course requird by command. Derek needs to WAKE UP and pull his head out!!