Very nice! You’re no longer a scoff law! I really like that custom plate too, but there appears to be some kinda big smudge on the chrome above it!
Very nice! You’re no longer a scoff law! I really like that custom plate too, but there appears to be some kinda big smudge on the chrome above it!
Squished bug ? On the rear end , kinda weirdbut there appears to be some kinda big smudge on the chrome above it!
Congrats Jim. I got my motorcycle Missouri endorsement back in 1981. Lucky for me when I moved to Arkansas for a job they honored it and after coming back to Missouri it showed up again. I'm too old to be taking tests again.
When I got my endorsement in New Mexico back in the 70's, the tester told me to go down to the end of the parking lot and turn around facing him. Did that and he waved me back. Got back and he handed me my paperwork and told me to take that to the DMV and they'd give me my endorsement. Coulda' done it stoned.... no wait...Way back when I got my endorsement the tester stood on the porch of the DMV while you rode down to the nearest stop sign, turned into the nearest parking lot and did a figure eight any which way that you wanted to.
When I got my endorsement in New Mexico back in the 70's, the tester told me to go down to the end of the parking lot and turn around facing him. Did that and he waved me back. Got back and he handed me my paperwork and told me to take that to the DMV and they'd give me my endorsement. Coulda' done it stoned.... no wait...
Legal... Smeagle... Meh.
So... Missouri requires a motorcycle endorsement. In the 20+ yrs I've lived here I never bothered to get the endorsement. I had a bike for a time after I first moved here. Guess I got lucky and never got stopped. A few weeks ago I went and took the written then got busy on the sun room upgrade. The cold is on it's way... so it was now or never. This morning it was 39 and sunny... brrrrrr. By noon it was up to 50. Close enough.... zipped over to the Hwy Patrol and did the deed. I'm officially legal.
Back in June I ordered a specialty plate, so while I was at the DMV gettin' the endorsement added, I asked about the plate. Yeah, it was there. Been there for awhile. You'd think they'd notify a fella wouldn't you? So I'm legal and the SG is sportin' a new look. She sez she likes it.
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Thanks!
Yeah... cone slalom, panic stop, panic lane change, tight left and right turns.... pretty typical I'd guess.
Back in the 70's The examiner stood on the corner as you proceeded to go around a city block
He could see you at 2 out of 3 corners easy peasy BUT he made you use hand signals not the blinkers LOL
A little hand clutch coordination was involved
When I first read this I thought you said he was riding on the back of your bike during the testHi Grey,
same thing in the 1950s UK except bikes didn't have blinkers back then
(and the Highway Code booklet still had illustrations of a horse-cart driver's whip signals)
In 1970s Manitoba the test was a written plus a practical.
I didn't get 100% (pass was 96%) on the written because their book said you should know how to balance a bike before you knew how to work the brakes.
My argument that the first thing one should know about ANY machine is how to stop it fell on deaf ears.
The practical test (different venue & tester) involved riding round town with the tester driving behind and turning when he signalled.
Tester said "You are the smoothest rider I've ever tested" I did NOT say "20 years riding in UK traffic will do that" Just said thanks.
- - - Here's the fastener stack-up I'm gonna use. I'll use some blue loctite and just snug the nuts up enough to get a little squeeze on the rubbers.
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