Sup Guys! Well I Want To Start Riding A Motorcycle, But I Don't Know What Come First. Is It The Same As Getting Your License For A Car?
Is It:
1Motorcycles/Scooters Classes
2Riding Permit At The DMV
3Riding Classes
4M1 Or M2 License At The DMV (BTW What Is The Different Between Those Two Type Of License?)
5Buy A Motorcycle/Scooter
6Buy Insurances
7And Last... Just Ride With No Trouble???
Please Help I Would Love To Start Soon. Thank In Advance :) I just started riding here is what I did
1. Got the Motorcycle manual from the DMV
2. Took the test for my permit
3. Got into a MSF class
4. Took my pic for my license - in VA if you pass the course and the test you do not have to take the DMV road test
5. Brought a bike - I got the Kawasaki Ninja 250cc
6. Went to parking lots for more practice
7. Started on small residential streets
8. Hit some major roads around my house
9. This weekend I am hitting the Freeway :) Pray for me and wish me luck You can start by finding a class in your local Adult ED or look up MSF (Motorcycle Safety Foundation) or CMSP (Calif. Motorcycle Safety Program) and find classes near you. You can get the permit before or after taking the class. It would be good to have a used bike to practice on before you spend $$$ on a new bike that you WILL drop on occasion. If you have car insurance you should check to see if they cover M/C's and what their rates are for different sized bikes. They probably have a policy that the new vehicle you buy is automatically insured for a certain amount of days before you tell them. (tell them as soon as possible) Also your insurance cost will be high because you are a new rider.
It's possible the M/C classes can pass you on the riding part of the testing and the DMV can provide the written testing. Basic classes provide the M/C's so you don't have to have your own but it would be nice to have a bike to practice on.
One last thing . . Practice, Practice, Practice. :-) 1. Okay. Go to the DMV website (see link below) and read the drivers' handbook and the motorcycle handbook.
2. Go to the DMV and take the written tests to get your learner's permit for the motorcycle.
3. Go to the Motorcycle Safety Foundation website, sign up for the course.
4. Take the Motorcycle Safety Foundation course.
Now, honestly, I don't know if you can use the MSF course as a substitute for the riding test in California. If you can, then you're set, go to the DMV with your MSF completion, and get your M1. If you can't, then check Craigslist -- there's a dude who will let you use his motorcycle for the DMV test for $75.
6. If you have a car, then call your insurance agent. He or she may allow you minimum coverage while you ride your new motorcycle home. If not, then if you're buying a motorcycle from a dealer, ask the dealer about one-day insurance for riding it home. If you're buying it from an individual and you're not otherwise covered, see if you can get the individual to deliver the motorcycle to your home, or get a motorcycle-riding friend to fetch it for you (have your friend call his insurance agent to make sure he's covered for this one-shot ride).
7. Buy your insurance. I got mine through an agent ("Marketing Direct") who hooked me up with Progressive.
8. Register your motorcycle, if you didn't already sign the title papers from a dealer.
9. Enjoy.
Edit: M1 is the general motorcycle license.
M2 is the "moped" license -- with it, you ride mopeds, motorized bicycles, and small scooters that have less than 2 horsepower; generally engines less than 50cc. What fun is that? We all want a literbike, don't we? in California ,there is a different class of license in motor scooters then motorcycles.
a scooter is anything below 250cc.
and a motorcycle is freeway legal above 250cc.formerly known as a class 4,now known as class M(scooters) and m1(all bikes) I hope your mother is going to buy you a scooter..you really sound like the scooter type | 