27 Jan 12 14:12, Mark Hofmann wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
      
      
    RW>> Texas says you still have to take the written test, but because you   
    RW>> passed the state sponsored riding class, you don't have to take the   
    RW>> riding test. Once you pass the state's written exam, you have your   
    RW>> license to ride.   
      
    MH> Here in MD, you can take a riding safety class at your local   
    MH> community college.   
      
   That's where I took mine; Texas State University @ San Marcos...   
      
    MH> There is classroom time, a written test, and the riding test. You   
    MH> also get a good deal of practice time.  If I remember correctly, it   
    MH> was every weekend for 3 or 4 weeks).   
      
   About the same here. Shared the grounds on seperate courses with a HD   
   dealer. They were riding Buells...   
      
    MH> At the end of the class - provided you pass everything, you can your   
    MH> certificate to get your license.  You then go to the MVA and have   
    MH> your license altered to add the "M".   
      
   Had to take a written at the TMV, but the riding test at UT was accepted   
   as passing the state riding test.   
      
    RW>> I've ridden since I was a senior in high school. Not as often as I   
    RW>> would have liked to, but often enough that I only had to re-learn   
    RW>> balance while up on two wheels, which comes back to you in just a   
    RW>> few minutes after not riding for a long spell.   
      
    MH> I never rode a motorcycle in my life until I bought my HD.  I had   
    MH> also never driven or riden on anything that had a clutch.   
      
    MH> Once I had mastered the clutch and shifting, things got easier.  It   
    MH> took me a good 3 months to feel more comfortable riding.   
      
   I've never been comfortable riding on public roads. I've seen too many   
   car/motorcycle accidents to feel safe amidst the morons who drive cages   
   without any regard for two wheelers. I'm more cautious on the bike than I   
   am driving my truck.   
      
    MH> Many people in my class had bikes before.  I was one of the only ones   
    MH> that didn't - and went right to a heavy bike.  :)   
      
   We had a youngster who had a crotch rocket before he took the class. He   
   ended up crashing it before the end of the class...dunno what happened to   
   him after that.   
      
      
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