Has anyone failed their motorcycle license test?

[Michael]

if i remember right you can't touch the brake. but i may be mistaken

The instructors said not to brake, and I'm sure if you get good at it you wouldn't need to.

However, a little bit of rear brake is the only braking you should do if you need to. I think the main point is to not use your front brake.

But I should also mention that leaning correctly means using your footpegs, and it's harder to control rear braking that way.

Like I said, it's tricky.

 

[mojo]

It's very tricky because a Monster doesn't have the same turning that even a big Harley does. So to do it, you have to lean away from the turn a lot (shift your whole body over), and then rev high and feather the clutch to control the speed, and only use your back brake to slow.

Sounds a little tricky, but I'll try it (just to see if I can).  Thanks for the tip.  Wish me luck.   

I tried to just put as much weight on the outside peg as I could to keep the bike as straight up as possible.  I leaned into the turn, but didn't lean the bike into the turn.

[Michael]

It's the other way around -- lean the bike a lot, and then lean away from the turn.

In fact, it's more like you lean the bike and then keep your body upright.

Motorcycle Training - Tight Turns 1

Motorcycle Training - Tight Turns 2

[acalles]

^ that was the only hard part. I couldn't stay inside the lines on the second turn. still passed but got a deduction for that, it was the only mistake I made.. also the stupid bike I had kept stalling at random (buell blast) which made it hard.. I got a 95 on the written (I missed one of the beer questions )

we had to stay inside the solid line, on that vid he went to the dotted line.

there was a guy there taking the test for the 3rd time.. no joke, he had to heal up from the last time he took it, I guess he bit it pretty good. instructor said he grabbed the front brake on the last part with the high speed turn went right over the bars.  that dude probably shouldn't be on a bike.

[Michael]

Ya ... you know you need help when you injure yourself on the test.

Geez.

motorcycle crash 2 DZ

[the_Journeyman]

Nope, I had to take it on a 1981 GS650.  Granted NC's test isn't really difficult

JM