I was HORRIBLE out there the first day. I dropped the bike on myself, I couldn’t figure out the friction zone and let’s not even discuss shifting gears! And in the back of my mind I felt like all the guys in my class just pitied me and wrote me off that I should go home because I was just going to fail anyway.

After going home and crying a river that night (and with a LOT of encouragement from my then boyfriend) I changed my attitude and decided that I was not going to quit. The next morning I went in like a different person. Even my instructors didn’t recognize me while I was on the course and I ended up passing the class just fine.

So I guess that was a long story to get my point across but the idea of an all-female class would appeal to women who don’t want FEEL judged or pitied by their male counterparts in the class-even though everyone’s in the same boat.

I personally don’t support the idea. I think if you’re going to be a woman who rides a motorcycle you have to be a motorcycle rider, not just a FEMALE motorcycle rider. You should learn how to use a clutch instead of relying on an automatic, you should learn how to park your own bike and how to pick it up if you drop it.

Tell me this – Time after time I hear women ask if we have “All female” MSF classes. Well, ummm, No – we don’t. I’ve explained to them that there’s no yelling, no “Pickin’ on”, we don’t let students cut each other up, etc. etc. But they still want all female classes. At the end of a class I told one lady “There are a few female instructors, but we could probably set something up”, and she said “No, you were great, guy teachers are fine, I’d just be more comfortable in a class with just female students”.

Ok, I’m stumped. What’s up with that?

C