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[Cruisin_along]

Korean info: Motorcycles 125cc and under do not require special motorcycle permits. Simply go to the local motor vehicle branch in your city, and show them your local licence, fill out the forms, do the eye exam, and they will give you a brand new korean licence (I am Canadian, check your countries status at the branch) along with your origional.

Take your bill of sale to the insurance company (I used Samsung and paid 137 000 won). After getting one year of insurance, they will provide the paper work for the next stop..

Go to the local area district office, and register your motorcycle. After paying the fee (76 000 won,which is a percent of the sale price, I bought my bike for 1 300 000won) they will give you your licence plate.
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Here's the info about getting a Korean motorcycle licence.

1. Get your Korean drivers licence (for cars). Most countries have an agreement with Korea which means you go there, pay a small fee, pass their visual test, and presto a Korean licence (with your home countries licence returned to you).

2. Go to your local Korean Drivers Licence agency at the appointed time.
http://dla.go.kr/eng/Html_index.jsp?content=/eng/exam/26.jsp&left=/eng/menu/left_exam.jsp&topFlag=2
Daegu info:

Road test is tuesdays. To sign up, arrive between 8:40am to 9:30. Actual testing begins at 10am. Single road tests are 4 000 won. Repeats cost the same.

Upon successful completion of the road test, a fee of 5 000 won will be required for a new licence to be issued to you. This licence will show your new status, as both car and large (above 125cc) motorcycle permissable.

Contact in Daegu DLV
053)311-4095, when someone answers say "english please" or say "Saw Gee Young Please" (this is the name of the woman that speaks english)
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Selling your bike
Documents you'll need:
1. Handover paper 양도인 (this is your bill of sale). Seller MUST use his/her stamp (NOT SIGNATURE) on this paper.

2. Cirtificate of abolishment 이륜자동차사용퍠지증명서 (this is proof that you have cancelled your registration on the car/bike). You get this at your local village office.

3. Cirtificate of seal impression 인감증명서 (this is a paper that proves you are who you say you are. to get this, you need to make a seal (I paid 6 000 won, with my english name on it), and go to the district office. They will make an impression of the seal, fingerprint your thumb (all people get this, koreans and foreigners), and charge you 600 won. Then you will get a paper that proves you are you. REMEMBER POINT 1. You, as the seller, will use your seal in the bill of sale NOT YOUR SIGNATURE, and this cirtificate of seal impression goes with the bill of sale.


Please note: all this information was gathered at the sources; ie government offices, using employees that spoke english.

I will update documents I needed when I bought the bike

[Speakerz]

Thanks. This is sweet. It should go under the FAQ because I have asked it frequently since being here.

[IlIlNine]

Road test dates depend on each individual testing center.

The other alternative is to pay the $250 and go to a motorbike hagwon doe the 250cc and up endorsement.

[xtchr]

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[unplugged_boy]

i figure this is the best place to post up some information for those of you who are interested in obtaining a motorcycle license for 125cc and up. now if you are a foreigner in korea trying to do the right thing and follow korean laws, like me, then get a license. apparently the only thing you need to do is have a korean drivers license then pass this absurd closed road test. no written tests. but, you will realize quickly that "doing the right thing" is not the easiest thing to do.

last weekend, i have went to the dmv testing grounds in no-won. i had even taken my camera for those who maybe curious what the course looks like. the course is designed to fail people. there were about 40 people that took the test when i was there. only 3 passed. there was a nice french guy i met there. he said it was his 7th attempt at trying to pass the course. i saw this other ajusshi`s examination form, he must have tried to pass the test over 20 times. the track is about a foot wide and you are expected to make two 90 degree turns as soon as you start. if you pass over the lines twice, you fail. if you let your foot touch the ground, you fail.



i got there, it takes about 40min to 50min from kangnam on subway to no-won station. on the track i saw this tiny scooter (the kind they deliver jja jang myun) on the course, and thought this was going to be a piece of cake. when it was my turn, i was right about to step up next, they took the scooter around back and brought out this huge harley-looking monster. first of all, i have never driven one of these things. i have only driven scooters and japanese sport bikes. if you have never driven one, i would recommend practicing on one before you go. and of course, i had failed miserably. doing the right thing is hard.



here is a link of videos of an attempt:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhOQ20wQips

the next one is for a successfully completed run. got an ovation at the end because he was one of the only people to complete it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpWF2pWhHNw

now after watching those videos, im sure most of you are thinking im an idiot and you can complete the course blindfolded with both your hands tied behind your back. you maybe right, but a lot of the people i have talked to have failed. but before you all give up hope of being a good law abiding global citizen in Korea... some friendly dave esl posters have messaged me about motorbike hakwons. there are quite a few of them around seoul... costing about 250,000 won. and at the end of the day, you get your license. doesn`t sound like a bad investment. it saves me the time of waiting for the next test, and if your like me, you are too busy with work to put up with it.

any questions id be happy to help...

[kimchi_pizza]

I failed that course the first time as well.

The actual space between the "buzzers" is approximately 3 feet/1 yard/ meter, whatever. It just SEEMS like a foot wide the first time through.

Best advice is practice, practice and practice. Only try to make your turns as if riding the course with ONLY a foot of space available. I was trying to make turns on a hundred won coin.

By my second try the space between the buzzers seemed like a football field and passed with flying colors and a round of applause. It was awesome!

I'm guessing that only 20% actually pass (at the most) so practice is a MUST!

[Ryst Helmut]

[ricky_lamour]

Sorry to drag this up again but the OP doesn't mention whether I still need to do the motorcycle test even though I have a full motorcycle license from England. Isn't there a reciprical aggreement for this like the car license with just an eye-test and a hand-shake? Do I really have to go back to driving on tennis courts?