I passed!

JBenjimin · Post by **JBenjimin** » Thu May 17, 2012 2:21 pm

I passed my motorcycle road test this morning

! My wife no longer has to follow me around.

The scooter hit 200 miles on the way to the test, and I hit 200 miles on the scooter on my way back from the test. It had 9 miles on it when it was delivered.

Mutt the Hoople · Post by **Mutt the Hoople** » Thu May 17, 2012 2:33 pm

Congratulations!!!

skully93 · Post by **skully93** » Thu May 17, 2012 2:33 pm

Congrats!

now get out there and get some good exp. going different places, and enjoy!

AlleyOops · Post by **AlleyOops** » Thu May 17, 2012 2:54 pm

Congrats!!!

I'm sure we'll see each other riding around town even more now! ( I just passed 200 miles on my scoot too)

303 whodat · Post by **303 whodat** » Thu May 17, 2012 3:13 pm

Ding! grats

I passed yesterday, what a great feeling it is.

JBenjimin · Post by **JBenjimin** » Thu May 17, 2012 3:50 pm

Thanks everyone.

Big Congrats to you too, Whodat!

Gonna be a nice weekend so I am gonna be going out and seeing where the road takes me.

iMoses · Post by **iMoses** » Thu May 17, 2012 6:43 pm

I'm glad you admitted to passing... I usually blame the dog

Congrats !!

CROSSBOLT · Post by **CROSSBOLT** » Thu May 17, 2012 6:46 pm

Good on ya! Now watch out for old guys in Buicks!

Karl

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu May 17, 2012 11:07 pm

Congrats! How did you do in the box ... assuming you do the figure 8 routine out there?

Rob

michelle_7728 · Post by **michelle_7728** » Thu May 17, 2012 11:21 pm

Nice! You might want to sign up for the MSF course as well. They can critique your riding skill and give really good tips you might not get elsewhere.

ThreeSheets · Post by **ThreeSheets** » Fri May 18, 2012 2:05 pm

Congrats!! It's a great feeling!

Drum Pro · Post by **Drum Pro** » Fri May 18, 2012 2:49 pm

Well done!!!

JBenjimin · Post by **JBenjimin** » Sat May 19, 2012 1:14 am

Rob wrote:Congrats! How did you do in the box ... assuming you do the figure 8 routine out there?

Rob

If ya do the road test your not allowed any feet down other than pulling over to let traffic pass, otherwise it's an auto-fail. It was a quiet street and I didn't have any traffic to deal with but I kept a careful watch for it, did my circles and eights with no problems.

Two guys my wife works with took their tests with the same guy and they thought he was a jerk. But with me he was the nicest guy, I think the facts I had a decent scooter and the my wife(who had to drive the test administrator behind me) has her class A (CDL) and class M, set a good tone to start with.

zuki · Post by **zuki** » Sat May 19, 2012 4:12 am

I took my test the first of the year. Here in Missouri we do ours in a empty parking lot, they have lines painted on the ground and they have an instructor telling you what to do. Really not to bad don't have to worry about any traffic just do it how they say. I lost one point as I barley taped my foot down.I think you are aloud to miss 5 or so points if I remember right. Its a great feeling to get your Motorcycle licence I put it off and finally decided I need to get it, so glad I got it done. Congrats on getting be safe and keep the shinny side up.

JBenjimin · Post by **JBenjimin** » Sun May 20, 2012 4:49 pm

I didn't find out until last night, my wife recorded the maneuvers part of my test. It seems the proctor told her that if she could record it she should because sometimes they turn out to be youtube moments.

Well it there weren't any youtube moments , but I had her post it anyways. If you want to watch here's the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dohlOC5k7M

velobuff · Post by **velobuff** » Sun May 20, 2012 6:37 pm

JBenjimin wrote:I didn't find out until last night, my wife recorded the maneuvers part of my test. It seems the proctor told her that if she could record it she should because sometimes they turn out to be youtube moments.

Well it there weren't any youtube moments , but I had her post it anyways. If you want to watch here's the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dohlOC5k7M

Is that the whole road test??

JBenjimin · Post by **JBenjimin** » Sun May 20, 2012 7:05 pm

velobuff wrote:
Is that the whole road test??

No Just the maneuvers part(the box), the rest of the road test was going half way around the block to get to this spot and then going the rest of the way around the block to get back where we started.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sun May 20, 2012 10:33 pm

Kewl! An 8 using curbs instead of cones. Nice job! I should have taken the test on a scoot vs. the MC. I lost my only point because I went 6" outside of the box one time. The lower center of gravity would have been nice.

Rob