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[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

it just seems that you always have just one more hoop to jump through these days if you want your bike test. I'm glad I passed mine back in the days of 250cc learners going around the block. 

Me too .....Yamaha RD250 with 30 BHP in 1977...

[Andy B]

it just seems that you always have just one more hoop to jump through these days if you want your bike test. I'm glad I passed mine back in the days of 250cc learners going around the block. 

Me too .....Yamaha RD250 with 30 BHP in 1977...

I had a Suzuki GT250 but it was at home (in Bury) so I borrowed a mate's Z250 for my test in Dunfermline. I had about an hour before the test to acclimatise to a 4 stroke  :-?. It was amazing how much more engine brake there was as I knocked it down a couple of gears on the approach to a roundabout   

[waspy]

Test, licence what are these things you speak of :-?
I must confess that i took my bike test, passed the CBT & failed the main exam big time.
I just rode without, they didn't have hopticopters in those days

[sport]

it just seems that you always have just one more hoop to jump through these days if you want your bike test. I'm glad I passed mine back in the days of 250cc learners going around the block. 

Me too .....Yamaha RD250 with 30 BHP in 1977...

I had one i had the 250DX alloy wheels had it race tuned remember getting over 130 mph on local bypass thats about 30 years ago

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

it just seems that you always have just one more hoop to jump through these days if you want your bike test. I'm glad I passed mine back in the days of 250cc learners going around the block. 

Me too .....Yamaha RD250 with 30 BHP in 1977...

I had one i had the 250DX alloy wheels had it race tuned remember getting over 130 mph on local bypass thats about 30 years ago

I believe this was the later model. The one with the coffin shaped tank.

Mine was the RD 250B...... the one with the words "torque induction" on the side panels.   

[STMO123]

it just seems that you always have just one more hoop to jump through these days if you want your bike test. I'm glad I passed mine back in the days of 250cc learners going around the block. 

I learned on one of these:

[Ken T]

it just seems that you always have just one more hoop to jump through these days if you want your bike test. I'm glad I passed mine back in the days of 250cc learners going around the block. 

And you could see the examiner getting ready to step into the road for the 'Emergency Stop'.....

Mind, I also remember doing my car test and watching the examiner check the rear view mirror and look around before banging the dash with his clip board...Those were the days.......
That said, most family cars would not reach 100mph and 0-60 times allowed for amply reaction time...

Yes, I remember a passer by signalling me where he was standing, so I was ready before he signed to stop. That was on my BSA Bantam 150cc. This bike had hidden powers, but.......

Ken