that all sounds pretty easy compared to the crap that we have to deal with to ride on base.  ok here goes:
buy motorcycle
rent off base storage, or have trailer and truck
get permit $20 at dmv 2 hour test on puter.
find someone to teach you how to ride
either take driving test at dmv $10 or
 take msf course, up to 6 months waiting list
take cert to dmv get full licence $10
trailer it on base,  2 hour min. wait at pass and ID
   must have: military id, drivers licence w/ endorsement, regestration -   no temp tags, insurance, inspection sticker, msf course card.  
submit to daily harrasment by Military Pigs
have name on stupid lists of people required to attend quarterly training (basicly tri-monthly 4 hour ass chewings for being "different"  

Note: the marine corps used to give out vouchers that you whould take down to the community college for the $75 for the basic course. now the course is offered on base but you have to have your own bike. I guess you are soupposed to sneek it on in your cargo pocket or something .  they require you to have the course to regiester the bike on base, but to get the course you have to have the bike regestered on base. I don't get it.

I live in Georgia all I had to do was take a written exam of 20 questions got a learners permit that last up to 6 months but then you have to ride your bike in front of an instructor and do like 3 or 4 test then they give you a ful lisence that allows you to ride at night passengers so on    but you only have to have the learners for a day what the heck is that    it took me longer than a day to even get to ride a second time being I dumped the bike and got some nice roadrash in the first 24 hours of owning the bike.

Quote from: PITBULLI live in Georgia all I had to do was take a written exam of 20 questions got a learners permit that last up to 6 months but then you have to ride your bike in front of an instructor and do like 3 or 4 test then they give you a ful lisence that allows you to ride at night passengers so on    but you only have to have the learners for a day what the heck is that    it took me longer than a day to even get to ride a second time being I dumped the bike and got some nice roadrash in the first 24 hours of owning the bike.

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Here in NH I got my learners permit by paying 30 bux and showing my license. Then today I just showed up and rode my bike through some cones and got my license. The price of the permit also included getting my license. This was the easiest license I ever got. I'm still going to be taking MSF courses just to learn.

It's kind of scary though. Some numb-nut can go buy a 1000CC bike. Get his permit and kill himself in 30 days. You don't need any experience at all. You show up, pay them 30 bux and show them your license and you get a permit. The guy wasn't really failing anyone at the test either. The majority of these people looked like they didn't even know what a motorcycle was better yet knowing how to ride it. There was about 15 people and only 2 got failed. Scary stuff knowing there out on the road.

Quote from: TOMIMOTOIt's kind of scary though. Some numb-nut can go buy a 1000CC bike. Get his permit and kill himself in 30 days. You don't need any experience at all. You show up, pay them 30 bux and show them your license and you get a permit. The guy wasn't really failing anyone at the test either. The majority of these people looked like they didn't even know what a motorcycle was better yet knowing how to ride it. There was about 15 people and only 2 got failed. Scary stuff knowing there out on the road.

That is scary     Thinking about it, I'm glad that it's as strict as it is up here.  At least you HAVE to go through the course before you can even get on a bike.  I too was soo inexperienced about bikes that I wasn't sure which was the clutch and which was the brake let alone how to change gears.

I live in Alberta, Canada, and it's legal to drive a motorcycle (with someone that has a motorcycle license on with or following behind you) with either a regular learner's license (Class 7) or a regular car driver's license (Class 5).  Once you feel you're ready to get your motorcycle license (Class 6), you write the written portion (just 20 multiple choice questions, heh) and then get a permit that allows you to do your road test.  Once, you pass that, you get your Class 6, or Class 56 if you already have a driver's license, and you're good to go.

Y'all need to come to Alabama.  I couldn't believe how easy it is.

1.  Go to the drivers license people and take an EASY 20 question written test.

That's it.  Pass the test, pay like $5 for a new licence and ride away.