How long have you had a bike license for?

[Rolfy Dave]

Errrrrrrrr !

What time is it ???????

Rolfy
:beer:

ps...Probably still dont deserve one either:t

 

[Rolfy Dave]

I'm just curious and somewhat nosey!!!!
Past my test in 1980....................................shit I feel old now :B

Feck, I had kids & a wife by then... Couldnt feckin afford a bike...:B

Had a Talbot Horizon for years, with a steel 4" square section chassis which wrote off a brand new Sierra saphire when it hit me head on... I broke a nail then (just like Jenny)and it cost me ?36 to repair the car...:}

Cheers,

Rolfy
:beer:

 

[alan sims]

BIKE TEST

I passed my bike test in 91.

on a SUZI ER100 trial. R#?

 

[CBRBillXX]

I passed mine on February 12th 1978 on a CB200. My original test had been cancelled a fortnight before cuz it was snowing through freezin fog onto ice. I complained to the examiner that I had after all been able to get to the test centre and was happy to continue. He fell over and told me to bugger off! Got a cancellation and passed. Was a driving instructor for 11 years (Star Rider) and saw some most assuredly wonderfull riding in that time. The most interesting thing that sticks out however from that 11 year period is the fact that in all that time I only ever had three pupils that could tell me the correct sequence of the traffic lights and that included quite a large number of people who were quick to point out that they were advanced drivers. 8l1nd

Now I have a rather tasty B L A C K Bird which seems to be shredding me back tyre!! 600 pleasure miles in less than 2 weeks!

livit! luvit!

 

[Bikerbaby]

Hi BB hurry up and pass your test then.
Your more than welcome on here,ask as many questions as you like just don't expect all the answers to be sensible

i can't do my test until i'm 17

 

[Bubba]

August 15th 2002 was when I passed me test. August 17th 2002 I collected me blackbird. Not slowed down since!

 

[10MEN]

:yo: Passed mi test a month after my 17th birthday (august 1992) :yo: Have only spent a month since without a bike on the road c7u8 Still cant keep both wheels on the floor and i still get the buzz from a nice long ride out with my mates.

 

[Bruce H]

Passed my bike test in a Morgan three wheeler (1934 Matchless MX4) a few weeks after my 16th birthday in 1967. Took the same test in my mums Ford Pop a year later.
My first two wheeler was a Matchless G80S bought for ?7. Then Bantam, AJS 500, Matchless 650 until managed to buy new 850 Commando in 1973 for ?700 form Gus Kuhns in Stockwell road. Thrashed that to bits in a coupla years racing then company car til Suzuki GS550 for few years then no bike 'til 2003 got hold of another Commando then a used FI Bird (nearly got a Buell instead). Now done 17k on it, love it more all the time but would like a big V-twin as well.

 

[Mikeyzf]

This seems to point to the 'bird being the more"mature"riders choice of machine,which make's me one of the wippersnappers at a mere 35:neenaw:

Passed me test in '88 aboard a CB100N,been riding since '78.R#?

 

[IanR]

Passed in January 1968 on a BSA C15 with a full fairing. Trainee plod at the time and the course took three weeks - one week in the classroom doing Highway Code, Roadcraft and mechanics, including hands on maintenance. Written exams had to be passed before we were taken out on the road. Belstaff waxed cotton suits and 'corker' helmets - no goggles, but then the fairing screen was about 6' high. So cold that when we got back each day we had to soak our hands in hot water to get the fingers to straighten out. On test our examiner and instructor followed a pre arranged route of about 30 miles in a car.(radio sets them days were the size of a suitcase). Needless to say we all p***ed off and left the examiner R#?

 

[D.S.]

10 who've had a license less than 2 years riding barge's Isn't that a concern? :dunno:

 

[Wolfie]

no concern of mine joe, what with direct death now etc etc but then again peeps want it now and dont want to go through the moped, little bike, middle bike 750cc bike big bike route anymore, is a case of direct death, cbr600, then 1000cc

 

[D.S.]

no concern of mine joe, what with direct death now etc etc but then again peeps want it now and dont want to go through the moped, little bike, middle bike 750cc bike big bike route anymore, is a case of direct death, cbr600, then 1000cc

Trotsky, I'm only concerned 'cos it fooks our insurance premiums. I agree, if folk wanna go the Direct Death route, that's their problem.

 

[PsychoBikerBen]

no concern of mine joe, what with direct death now etc etc but then again peeps want it now and dont want to go through the moped, little bike, middle bike 750cc bike big bike route anymore, is a case of direct death, cbr600, then 1000cc

There missing all the fun.
Ah the days of growing up with ever increasing 'CCs'.
Middle aged folk suddenly deciding to learn to ride a motorcycle and missing the whole eagerness of youth and the whole experience of pocket sized smokers that give you a grin from ear to ear as you thrash the gonads off it.

That's why a lot don't know their arse from their elboe when it comes to stripping and sorting bikes. You usually find that it's the riders who grew up with bikes that have a good understanding of more that just tightening a chain and changing a bulb.

 

[Wolfie]

them all be MOTORCYCLISTS!!!!

 

[PsychoBikerBen]

them all be MOTORCYCLISTS!!!!

I'm a closet scooterist.
I've got five of the bastards in my garage at the moment.
x2 lammy chops
a vespa
a very old/classic lammy
and some littke chromed up racing ped.

It's all Stinky Pete's fault I tell ye!

 

[Wolfie]

cool, i likes scooters, bet you have been riding them up and down the road, burnouts in front of mrs mops,

bloody scooter boys right menace to normal people they are.

 

[geordie]

1963 on a B.S.A. C11G :violin:

 

[Artemis]

10 who've had a license less than 2 years riding barge's Isn't that a concern? :dunno:

Asmooz me, but I'm one of the 10 and I don't (can't) ride a barge. Ok, I will admit to direct death and CBR600, but rest assured Wolfie, I won't be going on to the 1000. :bow:

 

[Wolfie]

to be honest i dont care :neenaw: :neenaw:

but i also dont agree with direct death. and i believe that all drivers should be limited to the type of car they are allowed to drive, and most of all i most strongly believe that anybody wishing to drive a car should be made to spend a year on a bike first, so that they learn some observation skills