Failed my MN DMV road test today
Road Warrior
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From: Holly Springs, North Carolina
Got my license in Spring of '77. Took the written test...passed, then walked out side, Got on my Honda 175 Enduro (LOL)...examiner says "do me some figure eights", did that and then he said "go around the block". I came back and he handed me my license. I had been racing a 125 Elsinore for two years. Figure eights weren't too difficult.
Last edited by BigDawgQC; Jun 8, 2013 at 09:02 AM.
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From: Southern Maryland
i got mine in 2005, i bought a big yamaha 1600 road star. i practiced with that, but took the test on a little honda and failed it. took it again in two weeks with my road star and passed with flying colors. i got a ride like a pro video to learn with which teaches a previous posters comments about friction zone, rear brake techniques and such. the new video is really good....i've got three. i took a franchised class a month ago. well worth the price even though i have about 55000 miles under my butt now after my yamaha that i still have, and a traded 2010 and a new 2013 ultra classic limited.
Took my Texas test before the MC Class was started. The license inspector (civilian) was new on the job, had to bring a friend with a 4 wheeler to follow me with her observing. One horn blast for turn right, two for turn left. She got turned around giving me directions and we wound up in a park that was under construction with gravel all over the concrete. Made it thru with one complaint from her. I pulled up to a top sign, looked both ways and went across, she said I should have pulled up to the sign, looked both ways, pulled forward a few feet and looked again. Sounds like a good way to get rear ended by the 4 wheeler behind you !
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Buying it only took the amount of time necessary to earn the money to pay for it. Learning how to ride it, REALLY ride it, takes a lifetime.
If you get that; get some real training ala MSF, Ride Like A Pro, etc. If not, take the test on a borrowed tiddler and let the motorcycle handle you.
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state of Wa used to require you take the test on a bike in one of 3 engine capacity ranges and the endorsement restricted you to a bike no larger than the level of your endorsement. Don't know if they still do that but it seemed like a good idea to me.
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At low speeds countersteering is equally necessary, but the countersteering is then so subtle that it is hidden by the continuous corrections that are made in balancing the bike, often falling below a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_noticeable_difference or threshold of perception of the rider. Countersteering at low speed may be further concealed by the ensuing much larger steering angle possible in the direction of the turn.
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It was a good idea. They stopped doing that and I dont know why
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From: Woodinville, WA
I think the M3 was 500cc and above. Realistically it would have made more sense to have been weight based.
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