The california dmv practical course:
The top circle, you have to negotiate twice, clockwise from the left lane. Put a foot down, fail. Go outside the lane, fail. If the instructor thinks you’ve taken it too fast, you’ll have to do it again. You have to demonstrate a tight uturn between the outsides of lane 1 and lane 2, which is about 14′ and about 10′ less than what you’d have on a 2 lane road, fogline to fogline. Same rules as the circle. Both these parts really screw up a lot of test takers, because you have to take them slower than what you’d do on the street which means you won’t have the momentum to help you keep the bike upright. No figure 8 on the test, but the uturn part, iirc, is a tighter box than the figure 8 box at the msf… ie. it’s tougher. You have to counter balance and taking a huge bike or even a bigger sports bike would put you at a huge disadvantage since the weight and the uberslow speed makes it difficult to keep the bike upright. If you want to get your license fast, get the waiver from the MSF. If you have to take the california dmv test, bring the smallest, lightest motorcycle you can.
Disclaimer: the above information was from a person that failed the DMV motorcycle practical test on an online forum. I can’t vouch for the accuracy of the information since I got the MSF waiver.
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