6 weeks or so since taking the MSS 3 day Basic Rider Course, and 2 and a half months or so since beginning the entire process, here I am street legal. Finally.

I headed to the DMV on Greenwich downtown this morning and was in and out within 15 minutes even though I arrived to a long line. It was a simple matter of taking my test-waiver card, my learner permit license and a completed MV-44 to change over my D car license to a DM joint car/motorcycle license. I was issued with the temporary license above.

I’d already picked up the scoot from Andrew at Vespa Brooklyn on Saturday within an hour of getting my test-waiver in the mail and rode back the 30 minute or so journey home and did another run briefly yesterday, both were pure pleasure, but now I’m clear to do so without looking over my shoulder.

If I learned one thing through this entire process is that it took a lot longer than I imagined, but as my girlfriend pointed out over the weekend, perhaps this is one process that shouldn’t be rushed.

I’ll be writing over the coming weeks of my trials and tribulations actually having to ride on the streets of NYC for the first time. See you out there!

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