i was searching online trying to figure out what exactly the m class test consist of, so that i will know what to expect. if u guys could give me some info it would be great. just fyi ive been riding a gsxr 750 for about 3 months total and feel pretty confident if that matters?

 

if youre talking about the DMV written test....do what I did.
Read the handbook while you wait, done.

 

i was more talking about the road test specifics. i keep taking the practice written online and i ace it so i think im ok on the written.

 

http://www.dmv.org/il-illinois...s.php

Kapow.

 

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oh i didnt have to take that test.
you should have taken the MSF course, it bypasses the dmv test. (maybe in just certain states?)

 

already read the dmv page alot of times doesnt say exactly whats gunna happen, like cones, obstacles or what?

 

Did you read the DMV Motorcycle Manual? It says on the website that it's detailed in the manual.

If it's anything like the CA-DMV test, then you have to navigate a keyhole-shaped pattern one way and back. You aren't allowed to pass outside (or inside) of the two lines that make up the keyhole-shape.

 

yeah i was reading the manual and thanks im assuming its gunna be something like that, i just gotta keep getting more seat time esp at low speeds cause it seems like the test is balance and clutch usage

 

You must be talking about the riding test after the written test, right?? Well, I don't know how they do it up there, but in FL we basically got to know clutch control, knowing your ablity to stop on a dime, balancing, like riding around cones, I remember I had to stop my front tire within a box about 1 square foot, and I think I could only mess up on only 1 of the test. If any more, then I would have been sent home.

 

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Clutch-slipping helps, as does some rear brake modulation.

 

ive also been hearing alot about the figure 8 is there a standard size for that or anything so that i can practice?

 

Shouldn't the DMV have the course in the back parking lot or something?
Oh yeah, putting your foot down when your not supposed to = fail

w00t! I thought somebody had mentioned practicing before. I was right!! Here you go man.......the course may vary as I don't know what state DC****** was in.
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1754796

 

thanks alot backlash thats what i was looking for

 

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I'm glad to help out

 

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The Illinois test isn't exactly the same.

http://www.cyberdriveillinois....6.pdf

Page 37 and 38 are the tests you'll need to do.

 

try going to the course and running it

thats what i did for a while before taking the test


u turn is the make/break manuver

 

yeah i know the DMV in schaumburg has the road test course painted on the parking lot out back... the elgin one should too, but i've never been there. any other facilities that do M testing should have one. and you can do what that other poster did, just go there and take measurements and then map it out so you can practice.

 

i always was messing around at the elgin one..... go on a saturday, watch a few people fail the test.. helps out alot to see what most people fug up on

 

thanks for the responces