Jonathan Rea makes the motorcycle license

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Jonathan Rea makes the motorcycle license
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Jonathan Rea makes the motorcycle license

Jonathan Rea gets a motorcycle license
Superbike world champion has passed

Jonathan Rea has been Superbike World Champion for 6 years in a row, making him the best and fastest rider in the WSBK. For legal “Drive slowly” he just started his motorcycle license and passed it.


Dina Dervisevic

07/15/2021

Jonathan Rea is a top motorcycle racer, but he had not previously noted the class A driving license for motorcycles on his driving license. Due to the pandemic, he found enough time to study and already passed the theory test. For the practical test he was able to get a canceled appointment shortly after the World Championship run in Misano and first had to find all the documents at home. Who does not know that? You could go to the exam on his Youtube channel follow.

Like most motorcycle license applicants, a Jonathan Rea is first faced with the question: What should I wear? A light textile two-piece suit or motorcycle jeans are not (yet) part of his rider’s wardrobe. So for him it means a leather one-piece, sports helmet, sports gloves and boots and, to be on the safe side, an airbag vest. A neon-colored safety vest over the entire ensemble identifies him as a beginner.


Jonathan Rea makes the motorcycle license


Screenshot of the YouTube channel Jonathan Rea

In 2020 he was able to take the flag “6 in Row”, because he was the 6th time in a row Superbike World Champion.

Passed driving test

According to the examiner, Jonatha Rea made good use of the short-term vacancy for a practical exam. According to the auditor, he made only a few mistakes. And yes: Rea passed the exam. Anything else would be difficult for a world champion to reconcile with the job. He doesn’t yet know which motorcycle he’ll be riding on the streets. Spoiler: MOTORRAD thinks it’s a Kawasaki.

Rea learns on a Kawasaki Z 650

The driving school motorcycle is of course a Kawasaki. And also the Z 650 warns with a big “L.” the other road users on the license plate and above the headlights: Learning – this driver is still learning. Jonathan Rea is preparing for the two-part practical exam. On the one hand, it is about the practical exercises such as fast and slow slalom, circle driving and emergency braking. In another part of the practical test, he has to show how he performs as a motorcyclist in real traffic.

The biggest difference between the racetrack and the road is not what he calls speed, but the many new impressions that have to be processed. A road driver’s attention has to be much broader in order to be able to take into account the rear and side traffic. He cites that as one of the greatest challenges “Lifesaver”-A look that he has to take every time before he sets off: left shoulder look, left rearview mirror, right rearview mirror, right shoulder look – all around. To understand: Jonathan Rea is Northern Irish and it is well known that left-hand traffic is allowed on the British Isles. With us, this caution makes more sense in reverse order.


Jonathan Rea makes the motorcycle license


Screenshot of the YouTube channel Jonathan Rea

Even a world champion has to go through it: slalom, turning, emergency braking, moving off and so on.

No rain tires, no tire warmers

In the video, he also says that it was the first time that he was using normal road tires. And when he without preheated tires – “not even with rain tires!” – had to drive behind his driving instructor on wet roads, he initially wished that things would go a little slower.

We are looking forward to the next video, in which we will most likely see the Superbike World Champion taking the practical test. We keep our fingers crossed!

Conclusion

Many racing drivers start out on the racetrack or off-road so young that they are not even allowed to get their motorcycle license. Depending on the success, there may not be enough time later, as in Rea’s case, to do the rag in between. Now he is 34 years old and – possibly because of the effects of the pandemic – has the time and motivation to get his driver’s license. We are excited to see which Kawasaki will be his 1st street bike.

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