Tomorrow I take my endorsement test

[markspike]

Well done, Inferno!

Happy-Dance time!

[O'Larry]

Congratulations are completely in order here! Not bad, acing both tests-- Well, not bad for a-a- beginner??? J.K. of course! You gotta be doing things right for sure! Enjoy it all!

[vandinroth]

the testing area here is in the public parking lot behind our store building. I was out having a smoke the other day and they had 3 people out there testing. One was a younger woman on one of those deathtraps, i mean scooters. She was doing the part where you weave through the cones. Second cone she lost control, started wobbling really bad and darted straight left into a parked car.

2 points to the story. I hope the state is liable for the damage to the car for having these tests in a city parking lot. And secondly, those scooters are deathtraps for 99% of the people riding them.

I hated the written test as well, alot of those questions are just wrong or written poorly. They should have someone that actually rides motorcycles write those questions. Might be a fun forum game, write the next motorcycle license test.

question 1: Your riding down the road doing 55mph and get smacked in the forehead by a june bug, what do you do?

Question 2: You are riding a harley, you are about to meet a rider on a sportbike in the oncoming lane. Do you wave?

[MarineCorpsFlorist]

Yea New Jersey started doing that scooter thing too. They have "companies" that you pay $50 to, they meet you outside DMV let you take a few minutes to practice on a 50cc scooter, take your test, pass it then go off and get a 1300cc bike and find out that it ain't the same as you are headed towards a tree at 60MPH. Stupidity at it's finest!

[Inferno]

Thanks for the congrats...

I often wonder about the "class" that people will be required to take starting next year. The test will be gone, depending on your age, and you will have to take the class.
They teach you on 150 and 250 cc machines. I can see someone passing the class, getting their endorsement and then hopping on a VTX and killing themselves. Of course that will be their own damned fault for not knowing their boundaries.

[Badoshadow]

Congrats!! Ride on and prosper!

[Beermand]

Congrats!!

[Jay Tee]

No matter how experienced, you'll benefit from a quick pre-test refresher on a couple of super tight slow u-turns and figure 8s in a parking lot and a coupla quick stops. Those are the skills that you don't use every day and especially if you are taking the test on a larger bike, you'll want to remind yourself how they feel.


EDIT: Okay, I'm a goober. I added my thought before reading the rest of the thread where you passed and all! Congrats.

[CaptCrash]

Well done! Shiny side up!

[Hondaguy]

Originally Posted by animalx619x

good luck! im not sure how the practical portion of the test is in Oregon, but here in Cali it is quite difficult

I failed the Cali test 2X on a GL1000 in the 70's....same part both times....

Stopping on a ramp. Turn off the bike, Start the bike, and roll over the crest without moving backward....Borrowed a Kawi 400 and passed...LOL

I practiced the slow speed stuff and did fine. Didn't expect the hill thing. Took the advanced rider course not too long after. That one was fun.