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Bike test.
« on: 14 August 2011, 18:48:00 »
After many years dithering i'm going to bite the bullet & get on with it. The longer i leave it the harder the non riding bureaucrats will make it. So later this year, (still taking long weekends off work to be with Dad) in the autunm i'll get it all booked. My gaffer will be fine as he's a biker anyway.

  Bike wise, once legal no rush for anything expensive, just a mid range hack to smoke about on for a year or two & build up some no claims, then something a bit nicer. It'll be nice just to ride any old bike "legally". 8-)
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Re: Bike test.
« Reply #1 on: 14 August 2011, 18:52:17 »
Good luck with it.

I failed my first test, as I put my foot down on the u-turn  :-[
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Re: Bike test.
« Reply #2 on: 14 August 2011, 18:55:07 »
Bike test was the easiest of all the driving tests for me... But there was no pressure ::) ::)

Good luck with it Guy :y :y
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Re: Bike test.
« Reply #3 on: 14 August 2011, 19:03:57 »
Good luck Guy. I passed in the days of 30 BHP 250c.c. machines in 1977. I have no idea what  bike you are allowed to take your test on these days. :y
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Re: Bike test.
« Reply #4 on: 14 August 2011, 19:07:35 »
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Good luck with it.

I failed my first test, as I put my foot down on the u-turn  :-


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Would that be on a Francis Barnett.....Greeves ...or a Velocette?. Just curious what people used way back then. :)
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Re: Bike test.
« Reply #5 on: 14 August 2011, 19:09:47 »
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I failed my first test, as I put my foot down on the u-turn  :-[

U turn?
No U turns in the test back in 1980  ;) ;)
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« Reply #6 on: 14 August 2011, 19:23:55 »
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Good luck with it.

I failed my first test, as I put my foot down on the u-turn  :-


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Would that be on a Francis Barnett.....Greeves ...or a Velocette?. Just curious what people used way back then. :)

Penny farthing, maybe?


I've often considered doing my bike test .. but the mental image of a fat knacker like me on a bike puts me off! Not to mention I'm not sure a learner bike would move with me sat on it..
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« Reply #7 on: 14 August 2011, 19:25:55 »
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Good luck Guy. I passed in the days of 30 BHP 250c.c. machines in 1977. I have no idea what  bike you are allowed to take your test on these days. :y
:y Happy days! RD250s GT250s KH 250s mega loud expansion pipes! just the job :y
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« Reply #8 on: 14 August 2011, 19:33:33 »
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I failed my first test, as I put my foot down on the u-turn  :-[

U turn?
No U turns in the test back in 1980  ;) ;)
I still hadn't sat my 11+ then ;D
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No U turns in the test back in 1980  ;) ;)
I still hadn't sat my 11+ then ;D

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Good luck Guy. I passed in the days of 30 BHP 250c.c. machines in 1977. I have no idea what  bike you are allowed to take your test on these days. :y
:y Happy days! RD250s GT250s KH 250s mega loud expansion pipes! just the job :y



. Mine was an RD250B.....with the words "torque induction" written on the side panels.... :y
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Re: Bike test.
« Reply #11 on: 14 August 2011, 20:38:23 »
failed mine on U turn too, but test has changed again, I was one of the last to get through on the old system.

Its now split, you do a test off road in a car park. U turns, S bends and such, which have to be done at 30mph even in wet. Quite a few compaints about that, lot of people fallen off  :o

Emergency stop ect all done off road, you then do the on-road bit afterwards.

DAS course, which is straight to the big bike test (over 500cc) will cost around £500 :(
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Re: Bike test.
« Reply #12 on: 14 August 2011, 20:56:22 »
Go for it Guy! Good luck with it!

Still got my RD400, getting a makeover lol! Everyone has to try a stroker and have at least one stashed away lol!
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Re: Bike test.
« Reply #13 on: 14 August 2011, 20:57:43 »
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failed mine on U turn too, but test has changed again, I was one of the last to get through on the old system.

Its now split, you do a test off road in a car park. U turns, S bends and such, which have to be done at 30mph even in wet. Quite a few compaints about that, lot of people fallen off  :o

Emergency stop ect all done off road, you then do the on-road bit afterwards.

DAS course, which is straight to the big bike test (over 500cc) will cost around £500 :(
Straight to the big bike test?
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« Reply #14 on: 14 August 2011, 21:22:51 »
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failed mine on U turn too, but test has changed again, I was one of the last to get through on the old system.

Its now split, you do a test off road in a car park. U turns, S bends and such, which have to be done at 30mph even in wet. Quite a few compaints about that, lot of people fallen off  :o

Emergency stop ect all done off road, you then do the on-road bit afterwards.

DAS course, which is straight to the big bike test (over 500cc) will cost around £500 :(
Straight to the big bike test?

You have the CBT, the bike training. That will allow you up to 125cc with L plates.

But for the test, to ride any power motorbike now, you need to take your test on a 500cc+ (usually a 500cc or 600cc)

Its called the DAS "Direct Access" - These causes often include CBT, so you do that on the Monday, then migrate to big bikes Tuesday, taking your test on the Friday  :y

You can't do lessons, you have to do a (normally) week long course  :)
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