Congrats :thumbup:
What did the parking lot test entail?
MSA = Motorcycle Skills Assesment test - It's basically testing slow speed control using clutch, throttle and rear brake
- Walking the motorcycle
- Riding at walking pace (clutch, throttle and rear brake control)
- Uturn into a 3M slalom
- Acceleration and gear change up to 30km.hr - through a wide U-turn/curve ending in a signaled Emergency Stop (brake control - use of both brakes with no rear wheel lockup/skidding and end up in 1st gear in a 3pt stance).
Repeat each exercise twice and you're done.
Pretty simple stuff, but from a new rider's viewpoint this is their first "big test".
In British Columbia, if you already have a class 5 (car) drivers licesne, the process to get your class 6 (motorcycle) is:
1. Write a wirtten leaners exam to receive your learners license. With this you can ride a motorcyle on the road WITH a superviser riding with you. You cannot:
- ride alone
- ride after sunset or before sun rise
- speed restriction to 60km.hr
- no passengers
- zero blood alcholol limit
2. Ride the MSA test. If you pass, 2 restricitons are removed:
- having to ride with a supervisor
- speed restriction
The other restrictions remain in place untill you pass your Road Test.
3. Road Test - You ride around town with a radio and speaker on your vest with an ICBC traffic examiner in a car following behind you giving you instrutions. Test last about 20-30minutes. If you pass, all the remaining license restrictions are removed and you are done.
