Unlimited Bike Licensing test in Fuchu, Japan / 府中運転免許試験所 大型二輪コース

[@pef23]

Failed my first attempt at this today during the typhoon. You make it look a lot easier than it actually is. All the know-it-alls in the comment section should try this course before running their mouths.

[@nonames774]

pigeon avoidance なんて、そんな試験項目ねーよｗ　面白い！

[@kymg8028]

府中のコース懐かしい。私が限定解除に挑戦してた1986年頃は第2世代のcb750kが試験車でとても乗りやすかった。

[@sounshiba6980]

Wow, thanks for your awesome video. I'll go for the driving test next week. Your video is very helpful to confirm the route and the road sign.

[@DrewHamilton]

I was on an absolutely empty closed track practicing to get used to handling a new bike. I wasn't going with the intention of "passing a driving test"; I was going with the intention of practicing maneuvering a bike at low speed that's quite different in handling characteristics from what I learned on. There was no traffic to even be careful of; even the checks that I did were from rote memorization rather than safety. I'm sorry that you weren't happy with it.

[@杉山淳一-f2t]

Aコースですね。３５年前、１７歳の誕生日の１日前に限定解除合格したのを思い出しますが、こんだけ時間がたっても、コースは意外と覚えてるもんだなぁ・・・と、実感。 ７５０Ｋが試験車で、乗りやすかったです。 （事前審査は、ＧＴ７５０（タンク 砂入り）でした） 懐かしいです。

[@DrewHamilton]

You have a good point.. I edited the description to make sure to point out that it wouldn't be a passing test. Thanks for the heads-up about the practice session; I'll call in a bit to book a slot. Any time to get a chance to practice off of public roads is good.

[@sidewalkMCS]

going for my first oogata license test next week! this is brilliant. thank you ありがとう！

[@Addy29plus5]

Good video I've always wondered what the test was like

[@cinq5607]

Thanks for the video! This was really helpful for me to pass the test!

[@entertainme72]

Looks like a great way to practice, and to get used to a new bike. Looks like an FZ1 - nice bike.

[@DrewHamilton]

The regular bike license is up to 399cc; you need an unlimited license for anything bigger than that.

[@DrewHamilton]

I already got my license; I was just using the course as practice to get used to the new bike. There is a 2,000 yen fee to use the course for an hour, and also 200 yen for insurance.

[@arjunkshetri2484]

Can you me the location

[@DrewHamilton]

I got my Oogata license on a bike I was comfortable with, not a brand-new bike that I was taking around the course to get used to it. You ride a brand-new heavy bike that you're not used to around the course and see how you do.

[@TheBASSY1484]

昔、平成２年当時ですが、限定解除の為にせっせと府中に通ってた頃を思い出しますね。やっとの思いで合格した翌日、その当時の勤務先で、朝のミーティングで上司から限定解除合格の報告をさせれられたのがいい思い出です(笑)

[@krayziesensei]

If you have a motorcycle endorsement in your home country and are just converting your license, the test is a little easier. The hardest part is memorizing the course. There's no time requirement for the shaloam or balance beam. You also don't have to do the bumpy road section. They are very strict. Over exaggerate when you check for traffic, etc.

[@hojatabyaneh4886]

Hey Im also converting my licence, for 400cc Medium Size, do you know that we have to do the emergency stop or not also? they don't give out any information before the test. Any help regarding this test is much appreciated!

[@siddwitmusic477]

Test or no that was brutal good job!

[@satan503]

the bird flying onto the visor was most challenging

[@dacanesta]

Thanks a lot for putting this video up. Bought a 100cc 'scooter' and only just realised I don't have the license for it! I'm an idiot. So gotta do this test.....can't believe it would have been a failed test. My confidence has been shot! But at least I know what sort of things I should be practicing. Thanks again, very useful. Oh.....how do you know where you're supposed to go when doing the actual test?!?

[@敦志-s7x]

Thanks to this video Passed the exam Thank you very much.

[@MrBrutsk]

This is pretty cool I wish we had a similar course at the DMV here in the US. The only thing that I can even think of that is remotely similar is the Motorcycle Safety Course in California which if you take you don't have to take the DMV test. This probably means people in Japan can actually drive their motorcycles unlike some people I know.

[@explorewithsam2022]

Is there any practice before the actual driving test on the field?

[@工藤誠-y4y]

このコースを見ると昔、練馬にあった都民自動車教習所のコースを思い出します。自分は九州の宮崎に住んでいますが。平成7年の都民ジムカーナ大会をバイク雑誌の案内を見てきました。当時の写真もフィルムもまだもってます。その大会の映像をyou tube で投稿してください。

[@dmonarch3758]

Hello Bro, any explanation you gat on the two-way turn for 50cc at junctions with the extra light beneath the main lights... In Japanese, its literally called NIDANKAI... Kindly fill me in sir.

[@yossy_hero]

府中のコースだが、最初外周走るから2019年度は違う。坂道後のルートも違う。微妙に違うから覚えると間違いそう。

[@pudge131]

Yeah this would be a lot of fun to just mess around on and test yourself. +1 Japan!

[@DrewHamilton]

No, but in that case you already have a mid-class bike license; you are just demonstrating to the police that you can handle a larger bike.

[@DrewHamilton]

Well, she's always crashing into things and breaking stuff, so she seemed like a fine good luck charm!

[@REGZA86]

すごく参考になりました

[@lostinlymbo13]

I just came from Fuchu today. If I understood correctly the day has changed to Saturdays, the cost is Y2,200 and you can't use your own bike. And you need to make an appointment for a time slot to come practice. Have things changed in the year since this video was made?

[@WiseFoolTrades]

Is this the only test you have to do to get a motorcycle license in Japan?

[@dviii42069]

thank you for this

[@DrewHamilton]

The left U-Turn before the balance beam and the right U-Turn after it wasn't enough for you?

[@Hawk7886]

Hell yeah, that's awesome. Where did you get it? Has anyone ever recognized it in person? What's it made out of? Looks like metal!

[@Pillokun]

I don't want to criticise anyone but to me it seems that you get the bike license if you just memorise the track course instead of showing that you can handle the bike itself. I mean, all I see is how the person shows if he/she can control the bike in slow speeds, but where is the biker supposed to show if he is capable of handing the bike in higher speeds and if he can perform an emergency high speeds. I really hope there is more to this test then this expensive looking test course that does nothing for the rider. And does the test taker get to show if he can ride the bike in traffic after this or do I get the bike license after a mere 6 min on this little test track? This is how the course is in Sweden: First you have to pass a small safety check, like go through the electric system, or the brakes, drive train, what ever the person in charge says you should check. Then it is on to the low speed test where you should not put down your feet at 2-4 km/h. Then it is time for the fast part where you have accelerate to 50km/H and ride slalom between cones, turn around and then slalom back between the cones and then you make a controlled stop. Then you take a emergency brake test from 70 and then from 90 km/h. When you passed all those small tests it is time to show of how well you can ride on the streets in traffic for about 30 min. If passed then you are a happy biker, poor but a happy biker :) I am not saying that Swedes do it better, not at all. Because it is expensive and quite hard but I do hope that what you showed is not the entire examine test. Cheers :D

[@calomiko05]

+Pillokun obeying the law here in Japan is very important. they teach you how to drive properly and how to obey the law, so you can avoid accident by showing off that you can drive fast. you being careful on the road, not just saves you from any harm.. but other people too.

[@Caesar.Aquanaut]

The test where the candidate needs to ride on the balance beam, and maintain it for 10 secs (7 secs in Malaysia, though) is good enough to demonstrate the candidate's bike handling skills. However, I still think that Japanese riding test is a kinda easy if compare with the Malaysian one.

[@bibaskandel2229]

I want to learn bike

[@sammy50001]

No U turns?

[@sammy50001]

Oh I was expecting a "box of death" kind of U turn :) But I like this test better though since it's "seamless" and more like the real world.

[@cptzino]

Bro I plan to get my bike license too. This is my first motorcycle license. Can I jump straight to unlimited? I’ve own a big bike before. Thanks.

[@difflocktwo]

How fast must you go for the emergency stop?

[@takezo73]

最後に座りながらサイドスタンドを立ててましたが、これってOKでしたっけ？ 11年前に府中で大二を一発合格しましたが、細かいところは忘れました(^^;;

[@IsaAnsharullah]

Reservation only, and by phone only?

[@泰典-d3t]

2016年度は、府中試験場の大型試験の車両は、Bandit1250だったそうですが、いまでもそうなんでしょうか？

[@増田匠-d7w]

この間行って車両を聞いたらバンディット1250と言ってました。 正直試験車両は750だとばかり思ってたのでびびりました。

[@Aランチ-d9m]

コース順を覚えるだけで大変そう。

[@kiraamaika]

コース内の画像撮っていいんですか？

[@Bassiknoise]

Do you have a road test after that or something?

[@Hawk7886]

Is that a Derpy keychain? =O

[@ishigame2476]

hey drew thanks for the Upload.. Was the written form of the test in Japanese Only or could you get an English version of the written test?

[@DrewHamilton]

I never took a written test as I already had my car license which I got from doing a straight conversion from my home country. Sorry I can't be of any more help here!

[@DrewHamilton]

It's metal; I ordered it from WeLoveFine in the states. Nobody's ever recognized it, but there aren't really a whole lot of opportunities for strangers to see my keychain. I had a waiter in a restaurant comment on my Twilight Sparkle T-shirt.

[@gogogiants868]

すげーありがたい。

[@JWencl]

Do they charge anything to run through the course? Also, do they have practice bikes available (for a fee or otherwise)? I'm studying for a kogata license right now, and there's a frighteningly small amount of information, and most people tell you spend the 400,000 for a driving school, but I'm not in a position to spend that much for a driving school. Thank you.

[@2456tack]

I don't think there are any place that you can practice for free of charge. If you have a car license, you will pay school about JPY90,000 - JPY120,000 to get a motor bike license that allows you to ride up to 400cc. In that case you need to be able to speak Japanese. The school fee for Kogata, which you can ride not bigger than 125cc, makes about JPY30,000 difference. The school I went in Tokyo costs are ; If you don't have car license, For kogata JPY143,000 For 400cc JPY174,500 If you have a car license, For kogata JPY80,000 For 400cc JPY112,000 I live in Tokyo and costs seem to be quite different depends on where you live.

[@denicefrieden1]

Just a quick question as I have my test in a few days. Hopefully this gets answered by then. Is this the exact course that everyone has to follow? The map with the poorly drawn line that I was given from the licensing center is a bit different from the course you have in the video. Which should I follow??

[@DrewHamilton]

That was the course at the time, for unlimited bikes, at Fuchu. But that was nearly 4 years ago, so it may have changed. Better go with what they told you. What are the differences?

[@denicefrieden1]

Drew thanks for the speedy response! My test is tomorrow so I am scrambling for info. Here is what they gave me at the license center last month for my test. It doesn't even say when is what test (like uphill start or emergency stop) or anything like that! Here is the link: i.imgur.com/4YfcRAk.jpg I believe the route you did was this one? www.ne.jp/asahi/clark/zzr/bike/license/course.jpg So it is pretty different! If you have any info that would be great! Thanks!

[@DrewHamilton]

JustFrieden Oh, I see. They've written "gaimen kirikae" (foreign license conversion) at the top of your paper. My understanding is that the foreign license conversion test is different from the regular one, so I guess that explains the difference.

[@DrewHamilton]

Okay, so what they want you to do is pull out, go around the South end of the course ("pigeon avoidance"), turn right at the big road, through the traffic light, and then make a right into the "technique" section (balance beam, slalom, and bumpy road, same way I did in the video). Two rights out of the bumpy road and then into the crank course. Right out of the crank course and then into the S-shaped curve. 3 left out of the S-shaped curve, through the traffic light, then right, past pigeon avoidance, into emergency stop, then left to go up and then down the hill, then left from the stop sign at the bottom of the hill into the starting area. Seems like you don't have uphill start, because there aren't cones going that way, though I'm not sure.

[@DrewHamilton]

Complete guess at this point but since you don't have "railway crossing" on your test and since "uphill start" is not marked at all, it's possible that they don't want you to do the emergency stop either.

[@DrewHamilton]

Oh no! Someone on the Internet called me gay! My life is ruined!

[@alfianisme4461]

But, this is easier than fucking driving licence test in indonesia

[@sdqsdq6274]

lol are you serious ? i just saw indo bike test , easy peasy

[@alfianisme4461]

"money"

[@Nugralized]

bayar dong hahaha

[@DrewHamilton]

都民ですか？週一回コースを開放します。

[@DrewHamilton]

40 km/h

[@GabrielKnight666]

FAILED! He forgot to kick the pidgeons! Just kidding. Nice riding!

[@lokanantazain]

6 minutes wow

[@momongayakio]

お上手ですね。外免切替ならば完全に合格ですね。

[@NebuLaan]

LoL all that skill and he doesn't realize he's driving on the wrong side of the road.

[@sodayappari8610]

当時はCB750だったが、見た目中型と同じだが感覚は全然違うんだよな。だからコースを覚えていてもどこかでミスって何回も落ちる。いかに中型が軽くて乗りやすいかが分かる。当時は中免でも大型乗らしてもらってコースで練習できる神練習場があったから有り難かったし、合格を得るために真剣に練習するから運転技術も向上させてもらいました。スラロームで2足や半クラなんて邪道な技は使わなかったね。結果合格するまで教習所より時間と費用は高くついたが（悲)。一発試験試験という名前で早く安く取れるわけではなく、結局教習所の方が早くて安く取れる結果になる場合もあることは言える試験

[@sdqsdq6274]

wow, that was easy , long route though

[@pdandy88]

Fail. You drove on the wrong side of the road the entire time!

[@waataoo9444]

3:58 鳩w

[@ArchangelAlexanderMihajlovich]

1:30 Hey wait a minute he's going on the wrong side of the street. FAIL!

[@東京ドライビング青山]

なつかしいです　もう受験生も少ないんでしょうね

[@ozjohnno]

anyone who cant do these skills has no business on the road..... my 2c

[@knighthollow5023]

pigeon avoidance ? seriously ?

[@andeyxBlack]

like

[@LoveXKnife]

PIGEON AVOIDANCE

[@ivanandriyashyk870]

gay