Cycle whore thread
08-25-2010, 01:28 PM
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08-25-2010, 02:24 PM
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08-25-2010, 02:26 PM
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08-25-2010, 05:01 PM
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Re: Cycle whore thread
Anyone ever taken the riding test at DMV and actually passed it? I don't know if it's as ridiculous in VA as in NC, but if so, I'd be impressed if anyone passed.
08-25-2010, 06:49 PM
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Re: Cycle whore thread
Just sad...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjjq7Uua264
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjjq7Uua264
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08-25-2010, 07:32 PM
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Re: Cycle whore thread
Yes... I have passed it... my girlfriend has passed it... my brother has passed it.. and 2 of my nephews have passed it. All of them own R6's. All of them passed the first time.
08-25-2010, 07:50 PM
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Re: Cycle whore thread
As I said, I'm impressed then.
I was put in a position to have to do the serpentine without leaving first gear. I'm not a bit ashamed for not feeling
comfortable with doing so. I have no problem weaving cones in second gear and higher, but going 4 mph, not too confident. I welcome any tips, I don't welcome people bashing me for not being as good a rider as them, as I don't claim to be an expert.
I was put in a position to have to do the serpentine without leaving first gear. I'm not a bit ashamed for not feeling
comfortable with doing so. I have no problem weaving cones in second gear and higher, but going 4 mph, not too confident. I welcome any tips, I don't welcome people bashing me for not being as good a rider as them, as I don't claim to be an expert.
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08-25-2010, 08:19 PM
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As I said, I'm impressed then.
I was put in a position to have to do the serpentine without leaving first gear. I'm not a bit ashamed for not feeling
comfortable with doing so. I have no problem weaving cones in second gear and higher, but going 4 mph, not too confident. I welcome any tips, I don't welcome people bashing me for not being as good a rider as them, as I don't claim to be an expert.
I was put in a position to have to do the serpentine without leaving first gear. I'm not a bit ashamed for not feeling
comfortable with doing so. I have no problem weaving cones in second gear and higher, but going 4 mph, not too confident. I welcome any tips, I don't welcome people bashing me for not being as good a rider as them, as I don't claim to be an expert.
08-26-2010, 01:04 AM
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Re: Cycle whore thread
What I ran into was that the test is set up such that you only have about 8 feet before getting to the first cone, from a dead stop. So I was trying to shift to 2nd in that little distance, and obviously I wasn't moving fast enough to be in 2nd and the bike stalled. I did that twice and they gave me no further chance to do it.
Should I have ridden 1st gear through the whole thing?
I've signed up for the MSF out here, so hopefully that'll be my way of bypassing the dmv test. But nonetheless, I find it hard to believe that they'd make it so difficult to pass the test, so I feel like it's something I should be able to do without any issues.