# What to expect on road test? **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [August 26, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-expect-on-road-test/238557 "2008-08-26T16:17:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reckone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/reckone/32/6324_2.png) [@Reckone](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Reckone)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-expect-on-road-test/238557/1 "2008-08-26T16:17:23Z")
I am sure this has been discussed somewhere on here before. I just scheduled my road test for my bike. Next one I could get was 9/26 :headbang. But I was wondering, what should I expect to do on the test? Anything they really look for while riding? Thanks… ---
**Author:** ![JRubino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jrubino/32/6285_2.png) [@JRubino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JRubino)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-expect-on-road-test/238557/2 "2008-08-26T16:34:40Z")
Make sure you check your mirrors and look over your left shoulder before you pull away from the curb. Make sure you can do a figure 8 with out putting your feet down. Make sure you can do a circle without putting your feet down. It’s pretty easy. You make a couple rights, couple lefts, go through an intersection and hopefully at the end you have the little slip of paper saying you passed. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Reckone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/reckone/32/6324_2.png) [@Reckone](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Reckone)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-expect-on-road-test/238557/3 "2008-08-26T16:49:31Z")
Yea I got the 8’s and circles down decently already. How much space do get to do them in? I try to do them as tight as I can. Would it matter to much if my left mirror has a few cracks in it? It passed inspection today with it though. ---
**Author:** ![grimmickb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@grimmickb](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/grimmickb)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-expect-on-road-test/238557/4 "2008-08-26T17:01:23Z")
make sure you use your directional when you pull away from the curb…or at least hand signal. they normally dont require hand signals on sport bikes anymore…as far as your circles and figure 8s they give you the width of the road. i easilly had 25ft haha to do mine…2 lefts 2 right and 2 figure 8s without putting your feet down. basically they know yo ucan drive just making sure you can control the bike. real easy ---
**Author:** ![plaf713](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@plaf713](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/plaf713)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-expect-on-road-test/238557/5 "2008-08-26T17:03:56Z")
lol i just caught a glimpse of this and i was thinking why would you be on this forum if you didnt drive a car :crackup ---
**Author:** ![Reckone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/reckone/32/6324_2.png) [@Reckone](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Reckone)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-expect-on-road-test/238557/6 "2008-08-26T19:20:24Z")
> [@grimmickb](#): > > make sure you use your directional when you pull away from the curb…or at least hand signal. they normally dont require hand signals on sport bikes anymore…as far as your circles and figure 8s they give you the width of the road. i easilly had 25ft haha to do mine…2 lefts 2 right and 2 figure 8s without putting your feet down. basically they know yo ucan drive just making sure you can control the bike. real easy Thanks, that gives me a little better idea now. ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-expect-on-road-test/238557/7 "2008-09-05T11:34:40Z")
I would add: Yield to traffic like you are 99 years old! I passed all the other crap, with out a ding at all, but failed becasue the instructor said I didnt yield to on coming traffic. Long story short, he was rather far behind me, and the street had limited view down the intersection I passed through, unless you are stoped at the corner. I came to a complete stop, waited as I should have, and proceeded to pull out just as someone in a truck was pulling away from the curb about 10 car lenghts down the road. from the perspective of the instructor, I did not give the other driver enough time. his opinion vs mine vs my uncle who was driving the instructor, but the douche already put it in the computer and i failed. ---
**Author:** ![Reckone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/reckone/32/6324_2.png) [@Reckone](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Reckone)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-expect-on-road-test/238557/8 "2008-09-06T18:20:07Z")
It seems like they will fail you on the first wrong thing you do… ---
**Author:** ![Reckone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/reckone/32/6324_2.png) [@Reckone](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Reckone)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-expect-on-road-test/238557/9 "2008-09-25T06:10:42Z")
Any last tips before my test tomorrow? Someone told me I should signal when I do my turns, I don’t think I need to??? What I picked up so far, signal when pulling from the curb check mirrors/ blind spot before leaving the curb yeild to traffic do a figure 8 and 2 circles with touching the ground ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-expect-on-road-test/238557/10 "2008-09-25T06:22:11Z")
Take a bone stock totally legal bike. THe test dudes don’t like a bike with no mirrors a loud pipe and a tailight delete kit. Also don’t wear a bunch of like motorcycle racing gear, do bring gloves and helemet though maybe a jakcet it might be cold and a scarf possibly (but not one of those gay GAP rainbow scarfs, maybe something solid color a grey or a black to match you pants or something) Accessorize and the instructor may ask you out and pass you simply for a # Edit: Ohh and a thong is probly a bad idea unles its like pink leopard print ---
**Author:** ![dirty\_petock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@dirty\_petock](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dirty_petock)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-expect-on-road-test/238557/11 "2008-09-25T15:56:38Z")
get a moped… Just obey the law and do all the shit it says to do in the book. Signal, come to a full stop at the stop sign, don’t speed, etc. I had to do my figure 8’s on a skinny ass dead end road with curbs/ sidewalks. I put my foot down one time, but the guy did not seem to care. I have been on bikes for 24 years, I rode a honda 50 when I was five years old, and had other bikes thru my whole life so the comfort plays a big part with the road test guy. And if you fail, just sign up again and do it over. My girlfriend took the bullshit HVCC motorcycle class and got hers. She has about a total of two hours on a bike. I don’t think she should be on the road at all. That class is fucked! Anyway thats my 2 cents. ---
**Author:** ![Reckone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/reckone/32/6324_2.png) [@Reckone](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Reckone)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-expect-on-road-test/238557/12 "2008-09-25T17:16:55Z")
Thanks for the input fellas. I just need to pass this test the first time around. I really don’t have time to keep going to them, lol. I figure I will practice the circles and figure 8’s all day tomorrow before my test. Hopfully I don’t get some douche bag instructor looking for anything to fail me on. ---
**Author:** ![JRubino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jrubino/32/6285_2.png) [@JRubino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JRubino)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-expect-on-road-test/238557/13 "2008-09-26T05:29:23Z")
I never did figure 8’s. The first time I actually did them was 2 minutes before my road test. The test is cake, you shouldn’t have a problem. ---
**Author:** ![McBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@McBitchin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/McBitchin)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-expect-on-road-test/238557/14 "2008-09-26T06:42:37Z")
> [@plaf713](#): > > lol i just caught a glimpse of this and i was thinking why would you be on this forum if you didnt drive a car :crackup theres people ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-expect-on-road-test/238557/15 "2008-09-26T08:06:56Z")
So i wonder if he passed 😛 road test is very easy tho, i was surprised my self ---
**Author:** ![Reckone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/reckone/32/6324_2.png) [@Reckone](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Reckone)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-expect-on-road-test/238557/16 "2008-09-26T20:06:13Z")
I passed :banana Did 2 circles each way and a figure 8. Some douche bag cut me off on my 2nd circle and gave the instructor the finger. He returned the favor with the his finger, lol. Mad cool guy. I screwed up on the turns. I needed to take sharper right turns to block people from cutting me off. ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-expect-on-road-test/238557/17 "2008-09-27T08:55:38Z")
> [@Reckone](#): > > I passed :banana > > Did 2 circles each way and a figure 8. Some douche bag cut me off on my 2nd circle and gave the instructor the finger. He returned the favor with the his finger, lol. Mad cool guy. I screwed up on the turns. I needed to take sharper right turns to block people from cutting me off. well glad to hear you passed ! too bad its nearly the end of the season, or is at least… but hey the spring will come sooner than you know it ! ---
**Author:** ![Reckone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/reckone/32/6324_2.png) [@Reckone](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Reckone)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 4:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-expect-on-road-test/238557/18 "2008-09-28T04:33:53Z")
Thanks! I needed to get it done asap, my permit expires this month ;D. ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 5:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-expect-on-road-test/238557/19 "2008-09-28T05:01:39Z")
> [@Reckone](#): > > Thanks! I needed to get it done asap, my permit expires this month ;D. dude haha same with me i took my test on the 12th of june my permit expired on the 14th of the same month of this year haha i had 2 days before expiring and if i failed i woulda been PISSED !