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People Good With DMV / License COME! Getting M1 License and Driver's

Brokenbuyer said:
I personally think that I am responsible and mature for my age (15 1/2) and I think that I can handle riding a motorcycle and handling a M1 license.
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:rofl I think youre supposed to stop using fractions in your age after 10.


Seriously spend some time in the dirt. As much as possible
 
learn how to pilot a cage around... learning the rules of the road, etc... before you start riding
 
It sounds like you want your M1 license just so as you get older, you can say you have been a licensed motorcyclist for that many more years for insurance purposes.

I just checked out geico.com it actually does ask for how long have you been a licensed motorcylists. Not sure if that changes the rate or not, but I suspect it may. Also filling out their questions for quote using an age of 16, found that geico won't insure anybody under the age of 18. So if you do get a bike, you might need motorcycle policy in your parents name like you would need auto policy in their name as well.

My only friend who got his m1 when he was 16 died at 19. He was one hell of a rider and learned more in those 3 years of riding then some will ever learn. I think when it comes down to it, age/experience had a big factor to play in his accident.

I wouldn't say don't get your m1 now but take the advise of many people on here. Go take the msf but go play in the dirt. Feel how the bike can slide and get away from you. Learn things in the dirt. Hell take the MSF dirt bike class too. I wished I would have grown up with dirt bikes but never did. I was 19 when I got my m1 and a brand new gsxr600. I had never ridden a bike before and taught myself how to ride.

Knowing now what I know, I wished I would of taken advantage of more training/riding/etc.
 
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radvas said:
Opinions will be all over the map on this one. My opinion is that dual sports are generally good at nothing, and depending on which end of the dirt-street spectrum you lean toward almost tolerable at one or the other. With the dirt cheap price of bikes these days, I'd get one of each.
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And that's one of the extremes right there.

Dual sports excel at one thing; being easy to ride motorcycles with very good ergonomics. There's a reason that among the bikes used by Team Oregon for their beginning rider's classes, the 200cc dual sports are the only ones which still have turn signals on them; they're the only ones that don't get dropped eventually. I always suggest that people signing up for the class choose the dual sports to ride if they want to assure success in the class.

And they while they don't "excel" at either dirt or street compared to dedicated dirt bikes or sport bikes, they're reasonably good at both (don't forget that a Super Motard is just a dual sport with sticky tires, and there's almost no difference between an enduro and a small displacement dual sport).

Most riders nowdays are too young to remember when there was no such thing as a "dirt bike" or a "sport bike". There were just motorcycles.
You can find plenty of pictures and videos of guys in "the old days" riding 1200cc Harleys in what look like impossible situations.
 
agreed. dirt first.
 
The only advice I can give is to keep all copies of receipts and records from the DMV. Think of the DMV as being the stupid stoner branch of the government. They ALWAYS lose stuff and then it's your time and effort to prove them wrong.
 
Motorcycle License Applicants Under 21

Applicants under 21 years of age applying for a motorcycle license must complete an approved motorcycle training class, before applying for a permit and must hold the permit 6 months before the motorcycle license can be issued.

To get a motorcycle permit you must:

Be at least 18 years of age.
Complete the application requirements.
Pass a traffic laws and road signs test.


copy paste from DMV CA handbook
 
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You have plenty of time, kiddo. Good that you're thinking ahead about insurance and stuff though.

Suggest (pretty much what others have stated):

Cage it around, learn the ins-n-outs of the streets and how stupid people drive.

Get on a dirt bike and learn how to ride/crash there and/or get on the racetrack, and get instruction. If you can do either or both of those, you're real lucky.

GL, and hope you have many good years of riding! :teeth
 
WarpSpeed said:
Motorcycle License Applicants Under 21

Applicants under 21 years of age applying for a motorcycle license must complete an approved motorcycle training class, before applying for a permit and must hold the permit 6 months before the motorcycle license can be issued.

To get a motorcycle permit you must:

Be at least 18 years of age.
Complete the application requirements.
Pass a traffic laws and road signs test.


copy paste from DMV CA handbook
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So the order of the general everything.

1. Cage it.
2. Get M1 permit/license
3. Ride dirt
4. Take more classes / instruction on motorcycle. Car for learning the road.

I could still get my M1 and use it just for the insurance thing. But only ride dirt due to my inexperience and skill level. Just cause I have a license doesn't mean I have to use every minute to be riding the streets.

California Motorcycle Handbook
English 2011

Refer to page 5.

MINORS' M1/M2 PERMIT
REQUIREMENTS

To obtain a Class M1/M2 permit,
you must:

• Be 15 ½ years of age and bring
proof you have finished both driver education and driver training. (Certificates of Completion of Driver Education and Completion of Driver Training are required) or be currently licensed.
• Complete the application requirements.
• Have your parents’ * signatures on the application form.
• Provide a Completion of MotorcycleTrainingCertificate(DL389)
from an approved CHP motorcycle rider training course.

To obtain a Class M1/M2 license,
you must:

• Complete the requirements listed above.
• Be at least 16 years old.
• Hold a Class M1/M2 permit for 6 months prior to the issuance of a motorcycle license.

Pretzl28 said:
I just checked out geico.com it actually does ask for how long have you been a licensed motorcylists. Not sure if that changes the rate or not, but I suspect it may. Also filling out their questions for quote using an age of 16, found that geico won't insure anybody under the age of 18. So if you do get a bike, you might need motorcycle policy in your parents name like you would need auto policy in their name as well.
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Was thinking of something like that. Maybe I'll look into it more.
Appreciate all your help guys! :thumbup :thumbup
 
Brokenbuyer said:
I personally think that I am responsible and mature for my age (15 1/2) and I think that I can handle riding a motorcycle and handling a M1 license.
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1-Your insurance wont think so
2-Statisticaly your completely wrong
3-What you think and the blunt reality is, are totally opposite
4-You will go down regardless of age
5-Be prepared for your parents to be financially and legally liable for you since your under 18
6-If you start out on dirt bikes on private land, dirt tracks, etc.. then dis regard the above.
7-Btw, no one is reponsible enough at 15 years, yet we all think we are
8-Read 1 through 7 again
 
drive a cage (car) first....learn the law of the road...riding a bike is a whole different feel...i thought i was a excellent driver and "mature" enough to handle it....an accident later, real life bitch slaps you in the face and then you'll know

and folks....i think we should sticky some damn informational thread about ways to get your M1...theres been a few threads already....
 
The OP should go for his CDL at the same time so he'll have all three licenses. Gotta be prepared for a backup career. :laughing
 
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