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Quote: | Both me and my brother are named after bikes - Douglas and James |
You dodged a bullet. My real name is Acme Grindlay-Peerless... ____________________ Now - Speed Triple, old ratty GS550, GSXR750M
Gone (in order of ownership) - Raleigh Runabout, AP50, KH125, GP125, KH250, CBX550, Z400, CB750FII, 250LC, GS550, ZXR750H1, Guzzi Targa, GSX750F, KH250 x2, Bimota SB6R and counting... |
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Nobby the Bastard |
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I did a deal with my parents where they would buy me my first road bike (a brand new TS50ER) if I did a training course, which wasn't compulsory at the time.
The bike came and the course started a few weeks before I was 16, then I went to the post office and got my provisional moped licence, starting 11/12/1981.
After completing the course, I was invited to stay on as an instructor and it seemed reasonable to expect I wasn't wearing Ls, so I must be one of the few people that have taken a full moped test.
Between getting my provisional and turning 17, the two part test was introduced and the 125 limit was arriving soon, so galvanised by the fact I had already bought my RD250, I did my part one on my 17th birthday (on an XL185 I borrowed for the purpose) and took a cancellation to do my part two in Jan 1983.
I did my car test a few months later and since then I've done every driving test there is (except tracked vehicle, so I can't drive a tank on the road ) including PSV and HGV1, all passed first time. ____________________ Things get better with age; I'm close to being magnificent........
20 RE Interceptor, 83 Z1100A3, 83 GS650 Katana
WooHoo, I'm a Man Point Millionaire! https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=234035 |
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A100man |
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Shaft wrote: | I did a deal with my parents where they would buy me my first road bike (a brand new TS50ER) if I did a training course, which wasn't compulsory at the time.
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Bronze Star Rider I'll wager. ____________________ Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750
Then: Fizz, RS200, KL250, XJ550, Laverda Alpina, XJ600, FZS600 |
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha wrote: | Shaft wrote: | I did my car test a few months later and since then I've done every driving test there is (except tracked vehicle, so I can't drive a tank on the road ) including PSV and HGV1, all passed first time. |
How did you find the IAM and the ROSPA advanced tests? |
In the spirit of the OP, I was obviously talking about tests that are categorised on a driving licence, but since you've raised the question.............
The IAM and similar stuff is OK, it definitely serves a purpose, but I went in different directions involving police and race training, so I never officially bothered with that kind of thing. ____________________ Things get better with age; I'm close to being magnificent........
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TravisBickle Formerly known as DUCAUDI
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Since 2018
Part of my mid-life crisis (I was 33 at the time, but I'm not planning on living beyond 66).
Just decided to fill in all of those empty boxes on the back of my licence one day. Almost like completing a computer game. I think I just got sick and tired of having to hear truckers bang on about how the general public don't understand what it's like and how hard it is to drive an artic and they should make everyone sit in the cab of one as part of the car test so new drivers understand the challenges they face. Yawn-o-rama, change the record!
First was HGV class 2
Then Class 1 (which automatically gave me trailer entitlement for cars)
Then PSV (which also gave me trailer entitlement for PSV carried over from the HGV)
Then motorcycle
There's two left after that; Category G (road roller) and category H (tracked vehicles).
Managed to find some bloke in Essex with a steam traction engine offering one-day tuition and test so done that.
https://www.essexsteam.co.uk/categoryg.php
Cannot for the life of me find anywhere that does category H training or tests! Well, one place in Norwich has a tank and does it but the tank has a broken driveshaft, has had for years, they can't get the part to fix it so category H is off the menu until they get it fixed, which will probably be never I have been badgering them since 2018 if they've got it fixed yet! Anyone got any ideas on this as it's the last one I still need to do. Seems only military and farmers have this one.
Done a freedom of information request to DVLA back in 2018 asking how many people in the UK currently have all categories full and unrestricted (A, BE, CE, DE, G & H). The answer came back - 26!
Only 31 people with all those except H so I'm still, fairly special, so everyone keeps telling me!
I really wanna be in that elite 26 though.
https://i.ibb.co/QJ7CT5L/FOI.png
Anyway back to biking. Only done it to tick the bok and say I have it. Never had any intention of becoming a 'biker', as such. CBT was all fine and dandy but the penny didn't drop until I mounted that glorious ER6N and was allowed by my tutor to open her up a bit out on the public road. That's when the penny dropped, I'd got the bug, realised what I'd been missing all those years. My life would not be the same again from that moment on. Since then, it seems to have overtaken all of my other interests and hobbies. It's really all I care about or am interested in now. Not even fussed about having a nice/fast car any more. Happy to just drive round in the taxi everywhere. Don't need a nice car, my bike is my pride and joy now. ____________________ 2007 Yamaha FZ1 S Fazer
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Wotcha.
Passed my test on a BSA Bantam back in the days when The Wurzels were No.1 in the charts
So 47 years then. ____________________ Cheers.
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15 years ____________________ Current Bike: Yamaha XSR900 Previous bikes: Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade, Kawasaki ZX-6R Ninja, Aprilia RS125 2-stroke |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 1 year, 106 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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