Right after I had written the last blog, I decided to take a trip to go visit the Whore... aka "Wendy's" (she always puts out, fresh and never frozen).
On my way there, I pass the Missouri Department of Motor Vehicles. What do I happen to see? A guy taking his road test on an older style Kawasaki Ninja (early 1990s). I'm struck dumbfounded as I noticed that he was wearing shorts, a tshirt, no boots, no gloves! Good thing I don't work there because if I did I think showing up to take the test for your license dressed like that, would be automatic failure.
When I took the Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) http://www.msf-usa.org/ course to get my license (which I HIGHLY recommend that you do before you ride, they wouldn't even let you sit on a bike without a jacket, boots, helmet, some type of long pant, and gloves. If you ever showed up to class without this, well its your own fault you didn't pass.
The good news is, while I was waiting in the drive thu line, I noticed the wanna be biker trying to navigate the cones in front of the two officers, and missed quite a few, and then multiple times had his leg down to balance him. I would venture to guess that he did not pass the road course and hopefully he decides to enroll in a MSF class before he kills himself or injures someone else on the road.
HA! I had not thought about what the DMV's policy is to take the M1 license test. I don't think CA has any requirements for the test and wouldn't be surprised if people showed up like that guy for their test.
ReplyDeleteI think the MSF should be mandated for getting your license if you can't prove you have a certain amount of riding under your belt. I'd say even if you have ridden before, it should be required for anyone, but I'm sure a lot of people would complain because of the cost.
Like you've said before, if you can't afford the gear, then you can't really afford the bike.
Thanks Jorge for all the comments :) I love getting your perspective too! Take care!
ReplyDeleteAnd I'd have to agree the MSF course should be mandated to get your license!
No problem D! I enjoy reading your posts, let's get the word out there! BTW just saw you had a new video up on your Youtube channel about this, you're not putting it on the blog? :P
ReplyDeleteHahaha, that's actually funny. I totally forgot about the video. I guess I'll have to put it up here :D
ReplyDeletehahaha yes! It's perfect for the blog.
ReplyDeleteAt least he wasn't wearing crocs like this guy!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgKoXzbw13E&
Yikes! What a bad decision that guy made! See crocs are just bad in general! (what a fun looking road tho, wouldn't mind having a go at that one sometime!)
ReplyDeleteLOL I know, terrible choice! And yes, I've been wanting to go to Mullholand too, it's always packed with all kinds of riders on the weekends. Will have to check it out on a work day. There's a lot of videos of crashes up there on Youtube. This one's interesting:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBTGgT_V5F8
I would say it's the rider's fault for going too fast, but, if the cop had not been there, he would have made the turn without a problem. I would have gotten scared too.