I got the bike but there is a small formality to be considered. I have EU (Finnish) drivers license that allows me to drive regular cars and motorcycles - but I'll need a California licence as well.
I took the written test earlier for licence to drive car but I still have to take a handling test with bike. I'm not sure how smart of an idea it is to go to the test with about 650lb (325kg) bike. So being a little uncertain if I actually can handle the circle, we took a ride to local DMV when it's not open a gave it a try.
In the pic, you can see at least part of the test. To my understanding I'm deeded to do slalom around the markings on the center line and then do a turn and same back. Then I'm also expected to drive very slowly between the two narrow path between parallel lines and again do some circles. I was able to prove myself that my bike turns in theory in the required space, but the margin is unnerving. I maybe could borrow a very agile street bike from a colleague but I have to first try with own bike - just for the heck of it. I'll let you know how it goes when the time comes (it's DMV, waiting times are measured in months).
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