What did you do to your Spyder today?

[Deanna777]

Just an FYI. I think Washington State is one of those that requires a specific license endorsement for a three wheeled vehicle like a Spyder. Not sure, but it appeared that way last time I read the BRP website.

It is also required here in the state of Vermont, to get a specific license endorsement for the three wheeled vehicle. I have to carry a card that says the following: Restricted to Riding a Three Wheel Motorcycle Only, and it also says: Special Restriction Card. I also have a "Endor " M"on my license.


I got the card in 2012 when I went thru the motorcycle course.

Deanna

 

[Snoking1127]

Do you have the Arizona three wheel endorsement as well as the motorcycle? As I understand it, Washington requires a three wheel endorsement even from out of State drivers. So my AZ motorcycle endorsement is not good enough for driving in WA. How do you see it being from there.
thanks.

I gave up my motorcycle endorsement decades ago. I had just a Washington three and side car endorsement and now have L-Motorcycle endorsement. I can not find the difference between a M and L endorsement on the Arizona web site.

Motorcycle License (Class M)
A motorcycle license or endorsement (L or M) is required to drive a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle. You must be at least 16 to apply for a motorcycle license.

Called AZ MVD and L-motorcycle is for three wheel motorcycle.

 

[mecsw500]

Yes it is required in Wa. I took the BRP riding course in Az while I was a Wa resident, and Wa would not accept it, as they require side car also. So I took the Wa course and got the endorsement. Then I switched to being an Az resident, and Az accepted my motorcycle endorsement.

A side car? That's interesting, do they make you drive a side car as well as a Spyder for the test. That seems especially weird as I haven't seen a side car where I live in quite a few years. I know they are still about, but they are hardly a thing anymore, a Can Am or Harley trike is much more common I would have thought?

 

[Snoking1127]

A side car? That's interesting, do they make you drive a side car as well as a Spyder for the test. That seems especially weird as I haven't seen a side car where I live in quite a few years. I know they are still about, but they are hardly a thing anymore, a Can Am or Harley trike is much more common I would have thought?

I passed on that and the instructor did not have a problem with that. It was a little 175 POS rig.

 

[Cobranut]

Do you have the Arizona three wheel endorsement as well as the motorcycle? As I understand it, Washington requires a three wheel endorsement even from out of State drivers. So my AZ motorcycle endorsement is not good enough for driving in WA. How do you see it being from there.
thanks.

As I understand it, there is a federal requirement that requires all states to honer all other states driver's licenses.

 

[racoon]

As I understand it, there is a federal requirement that requires all states to honer all other states driver's licenses.

Yes, if you're driving through a state they have to "honor" a license issued by another state by not arresting or citing you for being an unlicensed driver.

But if you move to a new state and are trying to get a driver's license in that new state you have to abide by their rules as to how you "earn" that license.