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[matthews_world]

I'm looking to get a motorcycle classifcation on my Korean license.

Should I bring my own bike to test or can I borrow another?

If one wants to learn, do driving schools give lessons?

[captain kirk]

I got the motorcycle endorsement that goes on one's Korean car driving licence in Daegu and don't know about anywhere else (test details, etc.). The bike was theirs, a 250cc Mirage American Cruiser style motorbike. Everyone had to test on that one bike of theirs.

I don't know about driving schools for motorbikes. The test in Daegu was just an obstacle/pylon parking lot quick runaround that tests your balance on a bike. Hovering, leaning, agility. Like using crayons on a colouring book and never going outisde the lines. If you do the electronic sensor on the line beeps. Two beeps and you're out I think it was. 95% of the contestants failed. If you have spent a lot of time on your bike and can keep balance (hover) with steering shift and amount of throttle then you'll come thru like a Shriner.

[matthews_world]

Sounds like a Catch 22. If one doesn't have license, how do you guys suggest people go about practicing legally? I guess if a bike was borrowed then it wouldn't be wise to ride it on the street. Thus my query about driver's training.

[captain kirk]

Driver's training for motorbikes is what? I dunno. I doubt it's hours and hours on a motorbike. That's what you need for the motorbike test. All the motorbike endorcement test is is reflexes, balance, handling, agility and at low speed. Weaving a tight line between pylons without the front or back wheel hitting the sensored tripline. I would suggest going to a big parking lot or some other vacant space and putting hours in before the test. Set up your own pylons if you like. Take the test. If you fail no problem. Take the test again next week, and so on. You can fail a hundred times over the course of a hundred weeks (test is weekly) and it won't harm your record. Practice on a bike with the heft, weight, length, layout of the test bike, not a scooter. In Daegu it was a 250 Mirage. A 125 American Cruiser type, Hyosung or Daelim, would be good to practice on then. Doing that would better your odds for a quick pass.

[tatu]

There are driving schools but they will set you back at least 350,000 won for about twenty hours.

If you have a 125cc bike you can ride that legally with a car license. I practiced with my 125cc bike in the school yard going over and over a 90 degree turn that i had scratched in the dirt.

I had driven bikes for years but had never done two consecutive 90 degree turns in a row. I practiced that for a few hours and ended uppassing the test the first time. As mentioned most of the people failed. Seven people went before me on the day of the test and every single one of them failed on the 90 degree turn.

If you have never driven before then i might say to take the classes but if you have a chance to practice then i wouldn't.