Fuck that shit

[scorps]

organised a ladies ridout today as some of the women are nervous about joining the boys. I told them we can just do it at a leisurely pace as there were 125 riders some still on L plates.

One female who wil never ever be allowed near me on a rideout again did the following.

pulled out from a single carriage road without looking onto one of the busiest duelers in Aberdeenshire (A96) and managed not to get killed outright due to the incredibally quick reflexes of the driver in a pickup who managed to take evasive action which resulted in him having to turn right and go back around as he was going straight on.
Her speed rarey got above 40mph after that and when we took her to one side to expalin what she did wrong we got our heads bitten off and was told she knew what she was doing and to leave her to it.
she sat moaning about her bike losing power, it became apparent that she has no idea how to use her gears and refuses point blank to believe us when we said she had to drop down to get her speed up. I refused to ride back with her and asked a mate how long it took them to get back, apparently she made exactly the same error on the same roundabout and then nearly planted into the side of a car and trailer on a sharp bend a few miles further on.

She will not be passing her test any time soon if she survives that is!!!
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[Tungtvann]

She won't pass a test riding like that, but she'll still be allowed to plod around being a danger to herself and others on her CBT.

[scorps]

one of the other girls who is friends with her fella has phoned him with her concerns, Im hoping her instructor tells her to give up, shes 60 years old not a youngster either.
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[N cee thirty]

She'll get knocked off and blame the car driver, is the usual story ¬_¬
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[MarJay]

Confucius say : "One who will not admit their own mistakes will never improve."
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[scorps]

she will be retaking her CBT at this rate. Im furious with her. She should stick with riding pillion.
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[Rogerborg]

[Frost]

How much damage can an old woman on a 125 cause?
Quite a fucking lot if a lorry has to swerve to avoid crushing the daft bint.

You tried to tell her, she wouldn't listen so you fucked off and left her to it. You did exactly what i would have done. Some people always know best even when they're wrong and i've long since given up trying to help such people

[Lady Phoenix]

I just hope that people dont see her as a typical lady rider. Believe it or not some of us can actually ride to an above average standard
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[-Matt-]

Sums up the problem of CBT's really...

The words motorcycle and basic aren't a good combination

[DottyDuck]

wish there was a local rideout like that.. near me. Shame about the old coffin dodger though! sounds like she thinks she is never in the wrong! silly old hag. How did she get her CBT certificate?! sadly she may end up learning the hard way!
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[Rigga]

[Rogerborg]

The CBT road ride is only meant to be a minimal test of competence. Bear in mind that some folk do it as their first outing on a powered vehicle of any kind, and some roadcraft snafus are to be expected. The lad out with me shot a red and very nearly got mashed up.

[-LG-]

[-Matt-]

Depends when she got her car-license - or by the sounds of her driving, perhaps more importantly when she lost her license and had to retake it later

[Raffles]

The not so laughable thing is that insurance premiums for such people are significantly less, based solely upon age, than those of more capable riders.
Go figure.
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[-Matt-]

Even bike type - you can have a complete incompetant nutter on a 125 getting low premiums, vs a very sensible experienced rider on a 600 worth the same if not less than the 125 getting charged a fortune

F-cking insurance, basically.

[Going]

[-Matt-]

Is it a 125 'sport' bike vs 600 commuter or similar?

Otherwise, what insurance company as i may be interested in a quote

[Rogerborg]

[yen_powell]

[Zen Dog]

[Sako]

There are always some people who will refuse to take advice and seem to take offense at it, to be fair, a small accident might make her wake up a bit.

[scorps]

[-Matt-]

Sold the bike and gone back to mauling through traffic in her audi perhaps