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Lumber Bridge, NC United States | Ok just seen a commercial for the can-am spider and they are saying, you can now get your motorcycle license on a spider. who's stupid idea is this and what if you sell it and go to two wheels? will you be-able to handle it. the law says we have to wear protection and I am not saying that is a bad thing, but getting your indorsment on three wheels REALLY! the only one that will suffer is you and the people you kill because you can't handle two wheels. Ok law makers it's time for your drug and alcohol test. do it on two wheels like everybody else had to. |
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Lennox, SD | My wife has her motorcycle license and she used her Lehman trike to take the test.
South Dakota law states you take your driving test on the motorcycle that you are going to ride, law classifies a motorcycle as having 2 or 3 wheels.
She has ridden a 2 wheeler before but was just more comfortable on 3 and she will probably NEVER again ride two wheels. |
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Flowery Branch Ga | Some people are not able to ride a two wheeler for one reason or another. Should they not be allowed the same enjoyment that those of us on two wheels have? I agree with the law change. For once the lawmakers did something useful, IMHO.
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Lumber Bridge, NC United States | Some people are not able to ride a two wheeler for one reason or another. Should they not be allowed the same enjoyment that those of us on two wheels have?
Yes they should but all I am saying is what if they sell and go to two wheels will they be-able to ride or should they have to take another test maybe my wording was off alittle in the first thread sorry. everyone is entitled to have thier own way of freedom |
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North Orange County CA | California , The Official "Nanny State" is one of two states, Delaware is the other, that allow you to pilot a CanAm Spider without a motorcycle endorsement. Eliminates the problem of giving some bozo a motorcycle endorsement for 3 wheels, then having them kill themselves on two.
Edited by Tarpits99 2011-03-28 6:45 PM
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Troy, NY | In NY if you get your Motorcycles license on three wheels your Motorcycle license is restricted to 3 wheels. So you would only be able to ride a 3 wheeler with your license. |
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Pittsburgh, PA | i can see why some states dont require you to get a MC license for a spyder. its basically like a convertible car. No shifting no worries about dropping it etc . just about anyone could jump on a spyder and ride it away from the shop, cant say that for a 2 wheeler... |
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| i think the wash out rate at motorcycle tests are less than 1/3rd of 1% , i wouldnt loose sleep over it.....you show up, you got a bike, you get a license |
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Rancho Cucamonga, CA | When I took the test 28 years ago, it was pretty lame. All you had to do was accelerate in a straight line, then ride in a donut between the two lines clockwise, then counterclockwise. Has it changed since then? I assume the written is the same whether on a bike or a spyder. |
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Jasper, MO | I've never taken a motorcycle skills test and, yes, I have a motorcycle endorsement on my driver's license. There was no motorcycle test 45 years ago. There was no motorcycle endorsement until 1968 in my state, and those of us who already had a driver's license before then were "grandfathered in". When you renewed your license they would just ask you if you wanted the new MC endorsement. The actual license was a paper card that they filled out on a typewriter. If you wanted the MC endorsement, they would just type an X in the box.
I haven't been properly trained yet.
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Sturbridge, Mass | rdbudd - 2011-03-29 2:49 PM
I've never taken a motorcycle skills test and, yes, I have a motorcycle endorsement on my driver's license. There was no motorcycle test 45 years ago. There was no motorcycle endorsement until 1968 in my state, and those of us who already had a driver's license before then were "grandfathered in". When you renewed your license they would just ask you if you wanted the new MC endorsement. The actual license was a paper card that they filled out on a typewriter. If you wanted the MC endorsement, they would just type an X in the box.
I haven't been properly trained yet.
Ronnie
You should go home and park your bike, you are obviously a danger to others...
Edited by hottierod 2011-03-29 1:53 PM
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New Bohemia, Va | grant it, the test to get your license is rather lame in some locales. I've carried an endorsement since 1984 and didn't ride from 1988 to 2005 except one time. In the true scheme of things we help each other out and encourage folks to do the right things for their sake and the sake of others. We would hope that all of us would do the right thing, but everyone of us is a disaster waiting to happen if we let our guard down for just a second. With that said, we should all just go home and park it. |
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Moravia, IA | dan camarco - 2011-03-28 2:18 PM
Ok just seen a commercial for the can-am spider and they are saying, you can now get your motorcycle license on a spider. who's stupid idea is this and what if you sell it and go to two wheels? will you be-able to handle it. the law says we have to wear protection and I am not saying that is a bad thing, but getting your indorsment on three wheels REALLY! the only one that will suffer is you and the people you kill because you can't handle two wheels. Ok law makers it's time for your drug and alcohol test. do it on two wheels like everybody else had to.
Well this varies state by state.
In my state, Iowa, you CAN get a motorcycle endorsement on a 3 wheeled motorcycle BUT your license will show a restriction stating you are only allowed to ride a 3 wheeled motorcycle - you cannot legally ride a 2 wheeler then. Get a "regular" license and you can ride either.
Lets assume in your state you CAN get a regular license on a trike....
I guess I dont see what the problem is. You can get a learners permit and ride on the streets without doing ANY skill testing......so not much difference really. Atleast someone learning on a 3 wheeler and later switching to 2 wheels will have learned SOME skills. In my state there are plenty of unlicensed riders....I dotn think THIS would concern me near as much.
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