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Originally Posted by vash
hmmm. i guess the instructor here i asked in CA could have been lying to me about the high student numbers.
your information about another State completely seems more plausible. i stand corrected.
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Everything is relative. "High student numbers" is likely in relation to available instructors.
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Originally Posted by gtc
Jeff,
I have a friend who took the class a year or two ago (down at Sand Point as I recall). There are apparently some subsidized spots in every course that fill up months in advance, but there is little to no wait if you pay the normal course fee.
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That's good news. Although I started riding on the street at the age of 16, way waaaay back in 1976, I never actually took the class until about 2000 or so. I only did so because it became a requirement to lead the group rides in the HOG chapter. It was a good three or four month wait when I tried to get in. A couple of years later, when I was teaching it, the students complained about the wait, which was still about the same. It's good to hear that it sounds like they have found a way to speed things up a bit.
There is no escaping the fact, however, that ridership is down. The industry is really hurting because of it. Sales are way, way down, in spite of our economic prosperity and increased disposable incomes. Lots of talk about how to get new folks interested in the sport. There is a lot of concern.