What bike did you take your test on....

1981 Honda 750 Custom. Wish I had some pictures. I was 19 and the bike was brand new.

Test? What Test?

Oh that test....Wasn't one "way back then"!

Honda 1973 CB350

The very first time I got my license in Denver, it was on a Honda 350. Then when I transferred my Texas license to Washington I had to retest because Washington had a tiered license system and Texas did not. At that time I borrowed a friend's Honda 700 Nighthawk. I was able to transfer my commercial truck license for only $40 but apparently a motorcycle is much more dangerous than a loaded tractor-trailer.

I bought this bike new when I was 18 and put 60K on it before going back to school.

2001 dr650

85 VF500 Interceptor......rode for years before that, without a lic......

Like this one except it had standard bars instead of these buckhorns.


January of 1961. I had just turned 14 in December.

Take the MSF course in WI and they waive the formal course at the DMV.

Rode the super sherpa provided by the course. Much more manly than the 250 nighthawks of 125 eliminators.

Theres a test for braking in corners. You have to ride through a sweping left hander And be ready to stnad the bike up, and perform an emergency stop when the instructor, who is standing on the outside of the corner, raises his arm. So I'm wheeling around this corner, and the instructor raises his arm, I stand the bike up, Slam on the brakes, The front suspension compresses, and up goes the rear tire a good 24" RIGHT IN FRONT of the guy. That was my first "brakey" and it scared the ever-living Dookey out of me:eek1. The instructor looked PISSED for about 2 seconds until he saw the astonished look on my face, realized it was unintentional, then he laughed and waived me through.

All the other students waiting back in the line were pretty impressed though

Bultaco Alpina 250cc, a 1977 (*I think*)

yamaha tw 200 a dual purpose bike....took the test in a downpour with heavy winds..the DOT guy thought I was nuts...got docked some points because I couldn't see him falsh his lights behind me,I think I was more focused on staying alive... would never have passed the test on my st1100 it doesn't like u-turns on a narrow two laner..

Klr 650 In January on a 20 degree day.What a joke of a test.Turn around in the road 2 times, ride around the block and your done...........

1979 vespa p200

1977 on a 1974 Kawasaki H2 750, the first bike I ever owned. when I bought the bike I had only a couple of hours riding time on a buddy's XL250.

It all worked out OK....

A remarkable story of survival!

Here's what I blew through the cones on in 1979:



The 1975 honda MT 125. My first street legal bike.

1995 Suzuki DR650.

I rode from 68 to 81 without an MC endorsement. Bought a Gold Wing in 81 before moving to Texas and decided to get my WI mc permit before moving. I flunked the test, or I should say, the prick DMV instructor said I didn't pass. He was vague about how I flunked, but back then these guys were like DI's, almost yelling at you when giving test instructions(at least that was how it was where I tested). I said screw this and moved to Texas. When I applied for my Texas drivers license, my temporaryn learner's permit was attached to my (then) paper driver's license. The Texas DPS lady thought it was a regular endorsement and put it on my new Texas driver's license. So, they failed me in Wisconsin and gave me a license in Tejas for nuttin' .... When I moved back to Wisconsin it was rubber stamped and after 120,000 accident free miles I am still riding without ever passing the road test......I did do the MSF couse with my wife when she got her licence a while back, so I guess I am legal after 40 years of riding without actually passing

So, I took the test on a Honda Gold Wing...but flunked

I took test in 1988 on a 1974 Harley-Davidson Sportster XLCH.

Yeah, the kick-start kind...

I did the test on an 84 Honda 750 Nighthawk. That was a great little bike.