Can you please just describe the test.thank you.!!
You ride a course set up in the parking lot, usually painted on the blacktop but sometimes with cones and sometimes with both. You have to negotiate a full circle both left/right turning without putting your feet/foot on the ground. You must accelerate in a straight line, slow at a marker and stop without skidding at the last marker. You must be able to engage your turn signals while moving. You must NOT put your feet/foot down at anytime except where instructed to stop and remember a 'full stop' is BOTH feet on the ground.
It is easier if you take the MSF course since the skills test is included. You have access to the instructors for guidance and they provide a bike that is easy to maneuver. From the CA DMV Motorcycle Handbook: dmv.ca /pubs/dl655/dl665mcycle. 1. You will be asked to identify nine items on the motorcycle: Starter, Kill switch, Clutch, Throttle, Gear selector, Dimmer switch, Brakes, Turn signals, Horn. 2. Serpentine Ride – Beginning on the right of the first cone, you will weave through a row of five traffic cones. At the end of the row of cones you will begin the circle ride. 3. Circle Ride – Ride around the circle twice in a clockwise direction keeping the front wheel within the tracking path, and return to the starting point, weaving once more through the row of five cones. 4. SlowRide – Ride slowly between two parallellines keeping the front tire within the tracking path. At the end of the tracking path, begin the circle ride twice in a counterclockwise direction or by turning right into the circle tracking path. 5. Gear Shift Ride – Ride in a straight path, shifting gears up, then down, complete a U-turn and return, shifting gears up, then down and end in a smooth stop at the starting point.
Also you can take it on the smallest street legal bike. So you can take the test on an underbone bike instead of a full size bike. Smaller bikes are easier to maneuver.
