There was a Partnership for Missional Church cluster meeting in Caldwell, Idaho last month. I was thinking that would be a great length of trip to take as a smaller test on the motorcycle. When I called to make an appointment for the motorcycle endorsement test, they informed that the first open test was one month away.Well, you know as well as I do that time flies, and today my month was up, so I showed up at the DMV at about 10:30 to stand in line with multiple objectives:
1. Apply for a title change
2. License the bike in the state of Oregon
3. Take the driving test
It pretty much happened as you would expect: waiting, forms, identification and more identification, nervously driving circles around cones, starting, stopping, money and signatures, etc. When it was over, by God's grace, I was handed a license plate, tags, and a temporary license with an endorsement for motorcycles.
Vicious Cycle had the bike over the weekend, when we picked it up yesterday there was a list of minor issues that needed to be addressed: shorter cables, longer lead wires on the coils, new chain, swingarm bushings, and a few other odds and ends. There were NO major mechanical issues identified. Friends, that's the last official word. The trip is now officially on.
