Posted: 9/13/2012 8:16:35 PM EDT
| Im still a little ways out from buying a bike but I would like to get my license in the meantime any of you guys know of any dealerships that do the driving portion of the test. Also any advice for someone who hasn't been on any kind of a bike for over 10 years. |
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Dealerships let you borrow bikes to take the test with? I got mine several years ago and before showing up for the test I asked the Trooper how you're supposed to get a bike there if you don't have a license yet. He said "have a friend with a license drive it or bring it in a truck because if you drive it up here for your test I'm going to cite you, fail you and if you think I'm kidding just try me". The man was dead serious so I had my bike brought in a truck...seems like there should be a better way.
My advice don't start back up riding a Hayabusa or something and wear a helmet. |
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Jackary,
I don't know where you live, but the MSF has riders safety courses throughout the state and some offer beginner courses where they have bikes there for the course. If you take and pass an MSF course and take the card to the OHP station, you only have to take the written portion of the test. At least this is how it used to be. I don't know if they have changed it. My MIL did hers this way. If I remember right she took the written first, got her permit, then she and my FIL took the class together, then she took the AMA card to the OHP and got her license. Harley used to have a program called Rider's Edge where they provided Buell blasts for the class (then gave you the option to buy the bike). It's been a while ago so I don't know if they still do. Here is a list of MSF course locations. Just use the drop down to select the state and it will display all of them. http://nm.msf-usa.org/msf/ridercourses.aspx?pagename=RiderCourse+Info |
| Dad just picked this thing up a week ago. It need a few things done to it. It will definantly be a lady catcher http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u499/Saleendude07/C8B79333-EA22-4BD2-97AE-4B2877E49686-3246-000004B458A1A0EE.jpg |
| Nothing says "chick magnet" like a guy on a scooter. The only thing sexier would be riding it wearing a flight helmet and a bumper sticker that says "Ass, Gas or Grass...nobody rides for free". Oh, and those dangle balls you see on the back of pickups sometimes lol. |
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Nothing says "chick magnet" like a guy on a scooter. The only thing sexier would be riding it wearing a flight helmet and a bumper sticker that says "Ass, Gas or Grass...nobody rides for free". Oh, and those dangle balls you see on the back of pickups sometimes lol. I figured some saddlebags, tassels on the handle bars, assless chaps and maybe a hat with one of the propellers on the top! That would just scream stud muffin |
Nothing beats a carefully crafted custom hand built motorcycle. I was with a few friends a few years ago when we looked at this one at St Gregory's University, it was built by one of the Brothers there, he's ridden it all over the country and into Canada. It has a custom engine, half a Subaru car engine, hence the name Subi. |
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Dad just picked this thing up a week ago. It need a few things done to it. It will definantly be a lady catcher http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u499/Saleendude07/C8B79333-EA22-4BD2-97AE-4B2877E49686-3246-000004B458A1A0EE.jpg Since the world is gaga over retro stuff , you never know ––- it might actually be a lady catcher under the right circumstances ! , Pretty cool machine (i weight 260 pounds –– might not be a great choice for me personally, though ) |
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it's pretty tough to beat a C70 Passport. that thing'll be running when cockroaches are extinct. My dad has been looking for one for sometime. Or a "Trail 70" Honda. I think he would look ridiculous with his huge arse on such a little scooter but he thinks they are neat and that my mom would actually enjoy having one. 
I think he wants to get one for her to ride so he can slip an old 50s Chevy pick up into his drive way. 
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it's pretty tough to beat a C70 Passport. that thing'll be running when cockroaches are extinct. My dad has been looking for one for sometime. Or a "Trail 70" Honda. I think he would look ridiculous with his huge arse on such a little scooter but he thinks they are neat and that my mom would actually enjoy having one.
I think he wants to get one for her to ride so he can slip an old 50s Chevy pick up into his drive way.
 Dan's going to take a sneaky truck ride up the old dirt road
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I will have to look into the class at OSU-OKC that sounds like exactly what I was wanting. Clarification my question was if any dealers offered the safety class that would count towards the driving portion. I am probably going to get a sportster when i decide to get a bike
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it's pretty tough to beat a C70 Passport. that thing'll be running when cockroaches are extinct. My dad has been looking for one for sometime. Or a "Trail 70" Honda. I think he would look ridiculous with his huge arse on such a little scooter but he thinks they are neat and that my mom would actually enjoy having one.
I think he wants to get one for her to ride so he can slip an old 50s Chevy pick up into his drive way.
Dad picked it up for $150. Needs new tires tubes battery seat and a few other things to get it going. Only has 1400 miles on it and has good compression so it should be ready to go once we get all the parts in. Can't beat 100 or so miles to the gallon |
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I will have to look into the class at OSU-OKC that sounds like exactly what I was wanting. Clarification my question was if any dealers offered the safety class that would count towards the driving portion. I am probably going to get a sportster when i decide to get a bike Red River Harley Davidson in Wichita Falls offers the Riders Edge course and is staffed by MSF certified instructors. |
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I will have to look into the class at OSU-OKC that sounds like exactly what I was wanting. Clarification my question was if any dealers offered the safety class that would count towards the driving portion. I am probably going to get a sportster when i decide to get a bike Red River Harley Davidson in Wichita Falls offers the Riders Edge course and is staffed by MSF certified instructors. Theres a HD dealer in Tulsa that offers it too. |
| If you take the MSF course at OSU, you will be required to have a helmet, a long sleeve shirt or jacket, gloves, long pants, and shoes or boots that cover the ankles. The bike I rode for the course was a 250cc bike that was made in Korea, I have no idea what brand it was. They said it was provided by the House of Kawasaki. |
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hmmmm; guess the dmv no longer takes "letters of recommendations" huh? What are you? 97 or something?  used to be that's how everybody in my generation got the "M" endorsement; you rode with older "respected" generation riders and one of them wrote a letter of recommendation for you to get your motorcycle license; you took it to the local dmv office & they accepted it and stamped your paperwork which you then took to the tag agent office to get the "M" added to your DL. guess times have changed huh Chuck? 
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It was about 1960 when I went to get my motorcycle riders license at 14, the examiner told you to ride around the block, so he would stand out in front of the office to make sure you stopped at the stop sign, and made the proper hand signals for the turn, no turn signals on bikes back then, my old clunker bike died half way through, it kept flooding, it took me about 20 minutes to go around the block! When I finally got back my dad and the examiner had got tired of waiting and went back inside, he passed me and told me to get the bike fixed. Back when they first started the motorcycle endorsement you just went in and signed a paper that just said you knew how to ride a bike. |
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When I took mine you had to ride around in town being followed by a Trooper in an OHP car and you had to watch your mirrors because whichever turn signal the Trooper used was the way he wanted you to go. Lemme tell you that was not easy. He gave me a hard time because my bike almost fell over at a stop sign because I was trying to see his stupid blinker. I passed though
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Mirrors? Many motorcycles didn't have rear view mirrors back in 1960, I think the govt started requiring mirrors and turn signals sometime in the late 60's to early 70's. Quoted: When I took mine you had to ride around in town being followed by a Trooper in an OHP car and you had to watch your mirrors because whichever turn signal the Trooper used was the way he wanted you to go. Lemme tell you that was not easy. He gave me a hard time because my bike almost fell over at a stop sign because I was trying to see his stupid blinker. I passed though |