"AdverseMartyr" (ewilliamson)
09/14/2017 at 21:41 • Filed to: None
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"AdverseMartyr" (ewilliamson)
09/14/2017 at 21:41 • Filed to: None | 1
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1. Don’t ride for a year.
2. Schedule transfer exam for Unlimited class license so that you don’t have to take Japanese license skill test to upgrade from 400cc license later.
3. Arrive to your scheduled exam time while a typhoon is passing near your island.
4. Be the last person taking the skill exam, and luckily have the strongest winds and rains delay your turn for 10 minutes while the instructors wait in their car for there to be visibility.
5. Drive unfamiliar motorcycle for the first time in rain and wind that has just barely stopped being too violent to drive a car in.
6. Attempt to rid 1000cc motorcycle across ‘real world scenario’ 20 meter long balance beam that is twice the width of motorcycle tires slowly enough that you stay on the beam for 10 seconds.
7. In the last meter begin focusing on next obstacle while wind is gusting, and rain is reducing visibility.
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
The wind mill/turbine was shot during a calm period where the rain was very light (compared to what I rode in).
8. Have instructor honk at you and cross his arms, then inform you once you are out of the rain that this situation is just a typical one that anyone should be able to manage as they could easily encounter this out on the road.
I was mostly fine with being failed as I expect to fail the first time in Japan, and I really didn’t want to be out in that rain anyway, but I don’t know of anytime that I would ever ride a motorcycle across a 10 inch wide beam so slowly that I need perfect balance - let alone in the midst of high winds and low visibility caused be (near) sheeting rain.
DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time
> AdverseMartyr
09/14/2017 at 22:05 |
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That’s some straight motorcycle ninja shit right there.
BJ
> AdverseMartyr
09/14/2017 at 22:16 |
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Sounds like fun!
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AdverseMartyr
> DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time
09/14/2017 at 22:41 |
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There was one other guy who took the Unlimited test. He was Japanese doing the complete exam. The weather was “better” when he did it, and I did feel like he was a bit of a ninja to make it across the beam taking 10 seconds. he still didn’t pass.
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AdverseMartyr
> BJ
09/14/2017 at 22:42 |
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You enjoy a bit of BDSM, I take it.
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AdverseMartyr
> AdverseMartyr
09/14/2017 at 22:43 |
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*not literally “take it.” I’m not into that sort of thing.*
Chariotoflove
> AdverseMartyr
09/14/2017 at 23:46 |
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Wonder if there is a way to shame or somehow back the instructor into demonstrating it himself. I’d pay money to see him fall off the beam.
bhtooefr
> AdverseMartyr
09/15/2017 at 05:47 |
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I’m guessing that the balance beam thing is meant as a... if you can ride this, you probably have the control to handle the tightest of lane splitting situations? (Is lane splitting legal in Japan?)
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AdverseMartyr
> bhtooefr
09/15/2017 at 08:39 |
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It’s definitely meant to display control and balance at low speeds, not sure if it is for tight lane splitting conditions. Technically, it’s illegal, but every two wheeled vehicle splits lanes and filters to the front. The rules for driving a car are actually to cut them off at every opportunity. When approaching an intersection a car going straight should be in the middle of the lane, a car turning left should be at the extreme left edge of the road ( blocking the shoulder if there is one), and a car turning right should have it’s mirror on the center line.
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AdverseMartyr
> Chariotoflove
09/15/2017 at 08:45 |
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No, in those conditions those guys were not getting out of a car and into the rain. They even had lower ranked officers driving the cars and getting out into the rain to move bikes around, arrange gear, etc.
The beam isn’t really that difficult in remotely normal conditions, and even in the conditions I had it was (barely) possible to cross it (with perfect focus) but I am not certain it could be done while taking 10 seconds in those conditions.
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BJ
> AdverseMartyr
09/15/2017 at 11:23 |
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Ha ha ha ha!
Careful what you put on the internet!