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Originally Posted by kennyc
Sounds tough. I think it's pretty easy here in the states comparatively. I've had the motercycle endorsement since I was a teenager so have never had to take the test since then and do not currently (and have not for years) own a motorcycle.
Good Luck!
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I got my motorcycle endorsement in the States in '77. The test took less than five minutes and was little more than just going through the gears around a parking lot, doing some random sized figure-8's and stopping. I've used a bike as my main means of transportation ever since, riding in 24 different countries on three continents. I love it!
For the Japanese test, the figure-8 loop is a strip one meter wide and eleven meters diameter. Go outside the one meter strip and fail... The slalom course has to be done in eight seconds, again keeping within a one meter path. Riding on a .3 meter board for 15 meters. Thank God it's not up in the air!
Stitchawl