Tricks to Pass the Motorcycle Test - ft. Instructor and Examiner

Now we don’t recommend cheating the system but our (kinda sorta) friend Bryan Garrison doesn’t understand what the big fuss is about. With no compasses - moral or otherwise - we sent him deep inside enemy lines to learn the tricks of the trade and find new hacks on how to pass your motorcycle license test.

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Cinematographer & Editor: Aneesh Shivanekar

We do apologize for the music - it was Bryan’s choice.

[YoItsEmo]

As my instructor told my class once everyone passed, "Congratulations, you're all now certified to ride a motorcycle in an empty parking lot."

[MoswenMedia]

In Tennessee, I took a written test at the dmv, which asked me what the legal amount of alcohol in your blood was 4 times. It was 30 questions, after I passed that I drove my bike in a circle around the lot came to a stop and they handed me my license. God bless America.

[tjw]

The last advice my instructor gave me was "always think of this one: you are now *allowed* to drive a bike. It doesn't mean you *reeeaaaly* can drive one. Keep on learning" I follow his advice till this day. A wise man.

[eformance]

The irony of this video is that the skill required to pull off the gags is far in excess of what it takes to pass the course.

[axs]

I would say another important piece of advice is to stay positive. Motorcycling is a skill that like anything gets better over time so it's OK to kind of suck in the very beginning. Don't let it get you down if an instructor yells or if you're not the best person at the MST course!

[johnthomas]

Best information I wish I had when I took the test (I passed) was to use 2nd Gear for the Weaving Maneuver. Makes the bike a lot more relaxed and its easier to use the throttle to slow and speed up without the jerking that comes with 1st gear.

[danf]

Damn that yard is on top of a cliff. Imagine a new student whiskey throttling right off the cliff. lol.

[cantfindneutral]

If you're nervous about the basic riders course, don't worry, once you start riding the bike you'll have so much fun you'll forget you were even nervous. I passed my BRC yesterday and I loved it.

[VampireNavari]

driver's test in US/Canada: "you can wear whatever you want but it will make your instructor think you're careful when you wear bright stuff"
driver's test in Germany: "oh, those are special biking-sneakers, qualified by actual driving schools? Well, they're not proper biking BOOTS so you're disqualified"


yes, this actually happened to me.

[troublesomez]

Of all the same rehashed videos about motorcycles, F9 still is able to come out with another version, but completely new and unique. This is one of the best channels in the game, and as far as production value goes, it should be way up on YTs list of top channels.

[modernwarghostrp]

One trick for very low speed is to give the engine a few revs, keeps you from stalling if you have to play with some clutch and it naturally keeps the bike more upright.

[NotaFlea]

Great humor, damn good advice, When I took my test I was nervous as a cat at a pit bull convention. I passed because I told myself to just ignore everything. 7 years of riding in the dirt kicked in and it was smooth as silk. Fixation on anything would have made me fail.

[rafi]

6:30
And remember, you can't scratch your hair with your helmet on

[Nobody-vrnl]

Also dont fly over your handle bars. Someone did that in my class/test.

[Scofco]

I'm a motorcycle cop, this is like a real easy version of our course, but all the advice given is spot on.

[yrtti]

"Certified future squid" Ahahahahahahah that one really got me 😂

[BigUriel]

The not riding too slow part is a big tip, not just for passing tests for real world riding. I struggled with U turns and roundabouts when I first started riding big bikes because I was afraid of going in too fast, dropping that 400+lbs lump of steel and looking like an idiot, but it just doesn't work if you're going too slow you've just got to go for it and trust the bike will folow the line you tell it to.

[blqysmg]

My first motorcycle test, in a, we'll say lax requirement state, was all of 30 seconds. The examiner checked my written test, then asked me, "is your bike here?" I said, yes, it's in the parking lot. We walked out the doors, and I gestured to show him the bike. He asked me to bring it over to the sidewalk and "park it here." I walked over, dropped the helmet on my head (without even bothering to cinch up the strap) and rode the bike over to him.

"Good enough, " he said, and waved me in to get my picture taken. "We just want to make sure you're not going to fall of the thing."

Years later, I got a new license in another state, after having let my motorcycle endorsement lapse (I just rode illegally for a while). I was required to take a standardized skills test, with things like "stay inside the painted lines" and "perform a figure-eight inside the box." And, of course, the ever popular stop or swerve test. I took the test on a 750cc Honda Shadow, with a windshield and saddle bags, a big comfortable seat, etc. Taking the test with me that day were four young men on 600 cc sport bikes, all decked out in track style riding leathers, riding boots, brightly colored full face helmets. They took one look at my bike and said, "dude, I've heard this is a hard test. You're never going to pass it on that monster."

First obstacle was just staying inside some lines. No big deal. Second test was to stay inside lines as they went through a 90° left turn. Didn't look too hard. The instructor said, "perform this test as fast as you are comfortable doing so - but maintain at least 15 miles per hour. We'd prefer it if you did this at 20 or better." I'm not sure how fast I actually rode, I stopped looking as I neared the lines, but I was comfortably over 15, so I stopped caring. As I leaned over to negotiate the turn, my left peg scrapped. No big deal, right? That happens.

I got back to the race pack and they were all shaking their heads. "You blew that one." "What?" I asked. "You threw sparks dragging your peg around the corner. No way the examiner is going to pass you." "Well, " I complained, "he said go as fast as I felt comfortable."

I asked the examiner if I'd screwed up. He shook his head, but said, "I can't discuss your scores until the test is over, but you don't have anything to worry about."

I was the only person to pass the tests that day. The young racetrack inspired high performance crowd carefully and slowly performed each task, but racked up points against them for going to slowly, or not avoiding dangers aggressively enough. Motorcycle skills tests are there to examine whether or not you have the skills to stay alive on the streets, where dangers can come at any time. You have to show the examiner that you can control the bike under adverse conditions. Pussy-footing around the test, being hyper careful is the opposite of demonstrating that you have skills.

[Jinado]

Where I live (Sweden), we have to first attend a three hour class, where we get to sit and listen to an instructor going through all of the common way people crash and die while riding a motorcycle (while showing pictures of these crashes. This is not scare us off, but to inform us). Then after that, we have a four hour practical course we're the instructor tests our braking skill, as well as our cornering skill in sharp corners at high speed, in case we were to ever judge a corner improperly and come at it with higher speed than we should have, amongst other things.

After the above mentioned, we have to pass a written test of 65 questions. To pass, we have to get 52 questions correct. The questions are multiple choice (3 choices) and we have 50 minutes to complete the test.

ONLY after we have passed all the above will we do a control of the bike, but only of one part, like only electrics, only brakes, or only the different bearings on the motorcycle. Then we will proceed to ride a slow speed course (5km/h is the absolute maximum speed allowed) with pretty much 90 degrees turns as well as a U-turn in a small amount of space. After that is a high speed course (at a minimum of 50km/h) where you'll have to break effectively from 50km/h or above at the end of the course, and after that, you have to brake effectively at 70km/h and 90km/h. If you pass all those tests, you'll be allowed to go out in traffic. You'll ride around in traffic for a minimum of 20 minutes, but never for any longer than an hour. If you pass that, you'll have your license. Everything in this paragraph happens in the same day btw, without pauses.

If anyone would like to see the last three courses one does before entering traffic in Sweden, search for the following in YouTube: "Trafikverkets manöverprov för motorcykel - av STR" and choose the video of the same name. The video is only 03:20.
Helpful vocabulary for the video:
"Lågfartsbana" = "Slow speed course"
"Högfartsbana" = "High speed course"
"Bromsning" = "The braking"

[More_Row]

If this is all of what you have to do to get a licence in the US/Canada i don't see why not everyone in the country has a licence at this point.