marktwothousand
Well-known member
Hi all! I have been wanting to do this for a long time, but I think finally I'm going to get my M1 this week. Not that this whole process is difficult, but it does take…planning. I can see how people who aren’t fully committed, just won’t want to bother. Testing, Courses, Purchasing, Licensing, Insurance, Parking, Gear…Not hard, but…not easy either.
I got the idea a few years back, after riding full-speed scooters while on vacation in 2012. I decided I wanted a scooter when I got back to Ontario, so I went out an got my Motorcycle handbook. Well it ended up collecting dust...until last week. Flash forward to February 2015 on vacation again...I got chance to be a passenger on, and test out, how I felt on a proper (well…124cc…) motorcycle for a good week.
Well, now that I’ve had a taste ‘o honey, I want the whole beehive.
A couple buddies of mine have bikes, but I never really paid much attention. I thought I’d be fine with a scooter and be done with it. I’ve always been comfortable on two wheels in the city, I hardly leave the house without my bicycle, 365 days a year.
My original inclination toward a scooter was because I live DT, and it used to be easy to get away with parking LSM-rated vehicles just about anywhere without a ticket. Sadly, it looks like that will come to an end after 2015.
My main purpose for a bike, at least for the first year will just be mainly to get around town, run errands, and take friends and passengers for rides. I don’t anticipate doing significant highway driving just yet.
And the other big dilemma is, HOW am I going to pass the M1? I have done practice tests on the internet. Honestly, are they harder than the real thing? I am wrong on about 3-4 questions per test. That might be JUST enough to pass, but its not enough for me to confidently go to the ministry and take the test. I don’t want to spend a fortune on re-testing. And what is it with all these ridiculous questions for the general licensing portion? “How many days is your license suspended when you reach X amount of points?”, “How many demerit points do you get for X offence?”, “How long does it take for demerit points to drop off your record?” Really? I thought I covered all that when I was 16. I can cram for the M1 before I go in on Thursday, but I feel like the general licensing portion/G1 is what will flunk me.
Anyway, hi all! I really appreciate all the posts on these forums, I’ve already learned a ton just from lurking and reading over the last week.
I got the idea a few years back, after riding full-speed scooters while on vacation in 2012. I decided I wanted a scooter when I got back to Ontario, so I went out an got my Motorcycle handbook. Well it ended up collecting dust...until last week. Flash forward to February 2015 on vacation again...I got chance to be a passenger on, and test out, how I felt on a proper (well…124cc…) motorcycle for a good week.
Well, now that I’ve had a taste ‘o honey, I want the whole beehive.
A couple buddies of mine have bikes, but I never really paid much attention. I thought I’d be fine with a scooter and be done with it. I’ve always been comfortable on two wheels in the city, I hardly leave the house without my bicycle, 365 days a year.
My original inclination toward a scooter was because I live DT, and it used to be easy to get away with parking LSM-rated vehicles just about anywhere without a ticket. Sadly, it looks like that will come to an end after 2015.
My main purpose for a bike, at least for the first year will just be mainly to get around town, run errands, and take friends and passengers for rides. I don’t anticipate doing significant highway driving just yet.
And the other big dilemma is, HOW am I going to pass the M1? I have done practice tests on the internet. Honestly, are they harder than the real thing? I am wrong on about 3-4 questions per test. That might be JUST enough to pass, but its not enough for me to confidently go to the ministry and take the test. I don’t want to spend a fortune on re-testing. And what is it with all these ridiculous questions for the general licensing portion? “How many days is your license suspended when you reach X amount of points?”, “How many demerit points do you get for X offence?”, “How long does it take for demerit points to drop off your record?” Really? I thought I covered all that when I was 16. I can cram for the M1 before I go in on Thursday, but I feel like the general licensing portion/G1 is what will flunk me.
Anyway, hi all! I really appreciate all the posts on these forums, I’ve already learned a ton just from lurking and reading over the last week.
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