11 Feb 12 08:45, Mark Hofmann wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    RW>> That's where I took mine; Texas State University @ San Marcos...   
    MH> I took mine at Harford Community College.   
    RW>> About the same here. Shared the grounds on seperate courses with a   
    RW>> HD dealer. They were riding Buells...   
      
    MH> We had little Honda 500s.  They made us ride with gloves - which I   
    MH> was not used to.   
      
   I had one of those too, but there were a variety of bikes available.   
      
    RW>> Had to take a written at the TMV, but the riding test at UT was   
    RW>> accepted as passing the state riding test.   
      
    MH> We were able to take the written and riding test at the college.   
    MH> Just went to the MVA to get the modified license.   
      
   That's what I thought Texas would be like, but it wasn't. I was so used to   
   the very strict dmv rules in California, being in Texas was like being   
   given your freedom after 39 years of living in a dictatorship.   
      
    RW>> I've never been comfortable riding on public roads. I've seen too   
    RW>> many car/motorcycle accidents to feel safe amidst the morons who   
    RW>> drive cages without any regard for two wheelers. I'm more cautious   
    RW>> on the bike than I am driving my truck.   
      
    MH> I am way more cautious when on the motorcycle than in any vehicle.   
    MH> Not just looking for other drivers, but animals.   
      
   I make it a point to look out for the bikers. They're unseen by most   
   motorists.   
      
    MH> We have many deer around here.  In the fall, it is their mating   
    MH> season and they tend to be way more active.  I can't drive on a road   
    MH> to work without seeing a dead one on the side of the road that was   
    MH> hit by a vehicle.   
      
   That's what it's like here too. The difference is that we know there's a   
   dead somthing on the side of the road by the presence of vultures flying   
   over head. If it's a squirrel, there may be one or two, but a deer calls   
   for 5 to 10 vultures.   
      
    RW>> We had a youngster who had a crotch rocket before he took the class.   
    RW>> He ended up crashing it before the end of the class...dunno what   
    RW>> happened to him after that.   
      
    MH> One of the guys in my class failed the riding test.  He went back the   
    MH> following week for a re-test, and failed again.  Went back a third   
    MH> time and failed a third time.  To my knowledge, he never passed - but   
    MH> not sure if he rides anyway.   
      
   We had one other person from the town where I live; he wanted to ride with   
   me and a friend of mine, but I never heard from him after the class ended.   
      
      
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