Twysted Throttle

Fantastic experience: Amazing experience the instructors are so nice and welcoming. It is a bit hard if you don't have experience but just have fun and accept their teaching. Whatever they tell you just do it don't fight it on your head. I passed with a perfect score today felt great.

Negative experience: First, I did not pass my final road test but not for the lack of great training and do plan to retest. If you are a senior rider looking to get back to riding I would not recommend. Each day is 10 hours minimum. At least 5 of these are on the course. This is after 5 hours each day of classroom. I am a 60plus year old rider who drives a 150 Vespa. All bikes require you to shift which I had no issue with. However, the bike I was given was the largest in terms of overall size. Most of my classmates were exhausted (mentally and physically) by the second day. The ride test began around 5 on the last day. By then, my strength was exhausted and balance challenged at low speeded. I recognize that a motorcycle license approves you to drive any motorcycle. If you are an older rider looking to learn on what you will drive I do not recommend this course. Younger riders wishing to ride larger bikes this could be great. I do think the final road test on the final day is also difficult physically and mentally. The course is held in Sa Marcos so hot weather is a factor.

Fantastic experience: Just finished my beginner CMSP course with Twisted Throttle and I absolutely loved it. Sav and Joshua were the main instructors I had and they both were excellent. Of course they were very knowledgeable but above all else, they were approachable and professional. I genuinely felt their passion for not just riding but instructing and the stoke became contagious from day one. I know I'm a better rider now having had these guys in my corner early on.

Positive experience: I am giving (3) stars because the course is not bad, however just some advice to future students. I was told if you had no experience that this would be a beginner friendly course, however now I would advise If you have absolutely 0 experience on a motorcycle I would not recommend this course as your first time handling a motorcycle. I would practice for awhile and get the hang of it. The instructors have limited time and have to work through multiple exercises, if you aren’t getting the hang of it and stalling, not maintaining a fast enough speed, etc they will drop you without hesitation, further there are some great instructors and some impatient ones. There was one instructor in particular who was putting much unneeded pressure on beginners. This pressure does not create a safe setting for a beginner to practice. I witnessed one student brake too suddenly, fall off the bike and injure herself because she wasn’t picking up enough speed for the emergency stop portion and gunned it on her final attempt. Just a courtesy to anyone spending $400 on this course, which is not refundable. I would advise taking practice lessons or just buying a cheap bike to practice on if you have no experience. The course classroom instruction is great. But with the limited time on the field course you may feel rushed and under pressure just to keep up. I’ll say this finally, my time throughout the course some of the instructors had me feeling like this was not for me and had me feel somewhat stupid making mistakes that normal beginners make, I almost put down the idea of owning a motorcycle all together until I just decided to purchase one and practice on my own, I now have my license and ride everyday, you can’t get me off my bike. It’s a passion for me now - which would not have been the case if I let some of the verbal comments endured throughout this course get to me.

Fantastic experience: Overall my experience was great , instructors were very informative, even though I have been riding a motorcycle for 8 years I learned a lot of skills in the course , I feel even more confident about my riding skills now ! Thanks