Bandit Alley
GENERAL MOTORCYCLE FORUMS => GENERAL MOTORCYCLE => Topic started by: sportbikechic on August 31, 2005, 05:18:20 PM
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Just wanted to share my exciting news! I took my road course test today and passed! This was my first time attempt and with that, in the pouring rain. YUK! I nailed it!
I love my Bandit 600 S. It Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :banana:
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:congrats: good job
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Congratulations!
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:congrats: Way to go!! We're proud of you! :beers:
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That deserves more than one dancin' nanner!!!!!
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CONGRATS! You done good! :congrats: Have a long, healthy life in motorcycling! It's only beginning! Happy for you, kiddo!
Cheers :beers:
Billster
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Way to go SBchic :congrats: Time tout on some miles :motorsmile:
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:banana: Woo hoo! Ya done good! Take it easy and let your skills grow (while having a damn good time), or you'll be buying lots of mirrors and clutch/brake levers! Oh, did I mention "have a damn good time"?
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Nice one mate
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:thanks: Everyone! I am glad to have that part over!!! I agree, being a newbie I have alot of learning to do. Having total respect for the bike and what it is capable of.
I love riding my bandit!
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Well done! :beers:
Not too sure what the road test is like in Maine but here in the great state of California most riders opt out of taking the test administered by the DMV, and instead sign up for the four week MSF course. I, like you, braved the storm and took the road test on my Bandit 1200 at the DMV. I take great pride in knowing that the bike I ride is the bike I passed the test on and that the test I tool was the "real" one.
Again, congratulations!
The Big B
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Way to go! Just take it easier than you think you need to. First couple of years is when you have your "unfun" experiences to learn from.
Careful!
Hope you can afford the gas! :motorsmile:
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I've accompanied some buddies to help them take the test. Here in Wash. state its a slalom course around cones. I think the test should be more like the auto driving test where you have to demonstrate skills in the real world but hey, the course is not easy. Congrats and ride safe. My words of wisdom to newbies is ride like you're invisible and no one sees you (which many times they don't). The majority of bike accidents happen in intersections. Good job and ride safe.
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... I think the test should be more like the auto driving test where you have to demonstrate skills in the real world...
I didn't actually know that it wasn't? :shock: My test in Texas in the '70's was to follow a state trooper around in a residential area while he watched what I did in his rearview and scored me pretty much like for a car except for having to know hand signals and having to put both feet down when stopped.
What are they doing nowadays? Just riding around cones in a parking lot? That's it?
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In PA, I'm not sure what the regular driving course requirements are. However, they have a deal where if you pass the MSF basic course, you get your M endorsement. You even get to take the course for free! Seems like someone actually had their thinking cap on for once! :bigok:
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In WA, you can get a discounted MSF course thru the state, but the waiting list is long. If you take the MSF course, discounted or not, you have met all the requirements of the state and just take your certificate to the DMV and pay the fee for an endorsement. If you are under 18, you MUST take the MSF course to get an endorsement, over 18, you have the option of the MSF or the cone test at a DMV equipped to license motorcyclists.
I got my first m/c endorsement in CA back in '74 and they used the same cone test then that WA used (and still uses). It's not just a salolom, but also includes left & right circles, accel & braking tests.
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In Texas you can get on cycle exemption by taking the MSF course. But if you don't, the riding test includes a trooper following behind you, evaluating you. I think 1 honk for a left turn and 2 honks for a right or something like that. I was told it was an extremly easy driving test to pass. I just took the MSF course so I am not certain.
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Here in Maine there is a private company that offers an MSF course. It runs for an entire weekend, they give you little 250's to ride and you pretty much learn how do drive. All of this is done in a parking lot. It is very difficult to get in. We have a short riding season and most girls want to take this course. If you pass the written test and practical test you walk away with your license or endorsement (I). All the weekend.
I took the permit 1 day course and that was good for 2 years. You have to wear a helmet (do anyway), no passengers and be in by dark. The road course is much like the driver's road course. The examiner follows behind you: demonstrate a lane change, watch lane position, not to over turn, hill stop, braking and pretty much just driving in city traffic. They honk 1 for left and 2 for right and 3 for hill stop. They expect you to constantly turn your head, like every telephone pole. That part is stupid, like we ride around doing that.
Alot of people fail here in Maine the first time. They make it tough to pass, the tiniest mistake and you fail.
I passed the first time!!!!!! :banana:
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Well done :congrats: :congrats: :congrats: :beers: :beers: :beers:
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