Hi there smart drivers. Rick with Smart Drive Test talking to you today about
motorcycle tests. Yes, getting your license to ride a motorcycle now that
it's spring and the roads are clearing up and a lot of people are thinking
about getting on their motorcycles. So stick around, we'll be right back with
that information.
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Hi there smart drivers, welcome back. Rick with Smart Drive Test talking to you
today about motorcycle tests. And there's a few people here Hall Phase is here
from Toronto. Tommy's here from Oshawa. And yes Hall Phase we are almost at a
hundred thousand; we got about another 600 subscribers to go. [TRANSITION] And yes, I have a
couple of marks still my face from jiu-jitsu yesterday. The 20-year-olds we're
trying to have a go at me. [TRANSITION] All right so motorcycles and the road test. [TRANSITION]
There's nothing between you the roadway; there's nothing between you and another
vehicle. It's going to be your body hitting that other vehicles or hitting the
roadway and whatnot. So I'm going to ask you what is the gear that you're wearing? And
you can gear yourself up for not a lot of money. [TRANSITION] It's not a matter of if you're
going to crash, it's a matter when you're going to crash. And are you prepared for
that crash. And I mean it could be something as minor as coming in your
driveway, hit a bit of grease or leaves or something and you're on the front brake
too hard, and you simply have the wheel turned, and you go over the handlebars. I
mean that's probably a minor crash. [TRANSITION] Communication: this is another key
component to passing a road test. And the five ways that we communicate with other
road users are signals and lights, hand gestures, our horn. And I'll
just go back to hand gestures for a minute. Make sure that you use all five
fingers when you're gesturing to other road users to tell them to go or what
not. Not telling them they're number one on a road test. Okay you won't be
successful if you're doing that okay on test day. [TRANSITION] And you can see this person
here riding your motorcycle in the rain. This was in Victoria, BC, Canada. It was absolutely pouring rain
when I passed this rider in the buggy. Know that it may rain on your test day and you
either need to cancel your road test or you need to go and do your
test in the rain or when there's drizzle and there's a lot of precipitation
on the roadways. It will be potentially slippery. [TRANSITION]
Okay so lighter bikes versus heavier bikes. Yes, and this is the other question
that you need to ask yourself if you're going to go out and buy a motorcycle. What
kind of motorcycle do you want. There are many, many different kinds of motorcycles:
touring motorcycles, sports motorcycles you know... enduros, adventure bikes. All
kinds of different things. So there's many different kinds of motorcycles. [TRANSITION] Bluerage:
[READING COMMENT] Not a question but I would like to say that I really enjoy your content. I found
this channel because of online driver's ed course. It is really informative and useful
for me right now. That is excellent Bluerage. We're really happy to hear that we can
help you out. And thank you for your endorsement. That's incredible. And
welcome to the smart drive test community. If you have any questions at
all, leave us a comment and as I said, I get back to those three or
four times a week and try to answer all people's questions and comments here and
help them out as best I can. [TRANSITION] Reducing fatigue when you're riding for
long distances, keeping yourself safe, and keeping you comfortable on the motorcycle. And
this is one of the things that when you first start riding and you're riding in
the rain you're just going to go out and buy some inexpensive rain gear. You know
whatever you can buy. The yellow slicker that you get with the the pants and and
the jacket. The problem with this for anybody who does outdoor activities, you
know that if you stick rubber on your body you're going to sweat as much inside
of the suit as you are getting wet from the outside. Hall Phase: in Ontario you need
at least a helmet to legally ride your bike. Yes you do. And I just
go back to what James said. If you're riding a motorcycle, the minimum gear
that I would advocate you be riding your motorcycle with is helmet, gloves, jacket
boots. Okay, and jeans of course. You need to have.. you want some pants on. [TRANSITION] James
says I should get a Wonder Woman helmet. Now that would be funny. [TRANSITION] So we're
just going wrap up here. So congratulations to everybody that's
passed a road test in the last couple of weeks. Good luck to those of you who have
a road test coming up in the next week or two. And by all means, for everybody
tuning in on the channel leave your comments down in the comment section there
about the Spider Man helmet - the motorcycle helmet for doing the
videos on motorcycles. And within the next couple of weeks we're
going to be having the 100K party. And we'll be have a big
celebration on that because the channel is going to turn over a hundred thousand
subscribers. So there'll be the unofficial celebration and then there'll be the
official celebration when I get my plaque from YouTube. Because you get a
plaque at a hundred thousand subscribers. So we're looking forward to that. [TRANSITION] We
had some great interesting questions here about motorcycles gear, and the
culture of riding motorcycles in with association with hyper-masculinity
and criminality so to speak, which is interesting. So thank you everybody for
just a really awesome discussion around motorcycles and those types of things. So
I wish you all the best. Good luck on your road test. And remember, pick the
best answer not necessarily the right answer. Have a great day. Bye now.