How long did you all have a learner license for? [Archive]

Bren

4th August 2007, 09:30

After talkin on the phone w/ ghost bullet last night it got me thinkin....I got my Learner license in 1987....and for some strange reason I have been too lazy to upgrade...its now a priority...Has anyone else had theirs for a good length of time?....I think i may be a bit slow at gettin things done...

What?

4th August 2007, 10:00

I think I had one for about a week. Quite long enough...

Hellraiser

4th August 2007, 10:02

Got mine at 15 only just got my full this year ......

so i had my learners for about 18 years or so

Matt_TG

4th August 2007, 10:09

I got my car licence in 1985, learner for bike in 1996, full in 2007. I thought my 11 years was impressive but you guys with learners for 18 and 20 years !!?? Legendary :rockon:

bane

4th August 2007, 10:20

learner's at 15, restricted at 29.75, full at 30....

...well it was always on my list of things to do!

yungatart

4th August 2007, 10:22

sAsLEX

4th August 2007, 10:23

Three years....still have the R ......

imdying

4th August 2007, 10:37

The nice policeman required me to get my restricted as soon as possible, so was 6 months for me :innocent:

Colapop

4th August 2007, 10:41

I got my car license and bike license on the same day - actually within half an hour of each other. That was great til the new card licenses came in and my bike license 'fell off' the system. So I went through the whole learner thing just recently (in the last year)

Deviant Esq

4th August 2007, 10:50

Had my learners about 7 months or so, been on my restricted for about a year, finally eligable to sit my full towards the end of this year... around 3½ months time actually. Looking forward to it. :yes:

Zukin

4th August 2007, 10:53

I had my learners for 15 odd years :shit: :laugh:

Boob Johnson

4th August 2007, 11:02

Got me full car licence in go in 1987 at the tender age of 15 two days before the law changed :Punk:

Got my learner bike licence on the 27th of Fed 07, get restricted in 3 weeks time, then ill pay the $300 to reduce my restricted to full time to 3 months.

Prolly best cause I think ill have a hard time convincing Mr PC plod that the RF is really a 250 with big pants on :innocent:

Do I look fat in these pants? :laugh:

Drew

4th August 2007, 11:13

Got my learners at 15, I'm 29 now and still got it, I've become quite attached to it.

I had it taken away from me 2 months, and 13 days ago, but the monday after the next race at Manfield I'll be booking my restricted.

Blair-SV

4th August 2007, 11:21

maybe I'm just too sensible but I got mine full as fast as poss, 9 months start to finish. I didn't want to risk having no insurance if something did happen.

The Pastor

4th August 2007, 11:27

im on my R and as soon as my suspension ends im going for my full, $400 and 25 homoarserape points a pop is NOT fun.

Bloody basterd cops. I think Ice cube had it right when he said

FU*K THE POLICE!

Mr Merde

4th August 2007, 12:01

If memory serves me right I had my learners licence for approximately

ONE MONTH

before sitting and passing my full.

This was a very long time ago and my full licence test involved riding around the block, it was raining and the Transport cop didnt want to get wet or take the car out to follow me, and then at the back of the station doing progressively smaller and tighter figure 8's until the cop was satisfied I could handle the bike. A TS125J Suzuki.

Things were different in the OLDEN DAYS.

Same cop gave me my first ticket about a week later for failing to stop properly at a stop sign. I didnt put my foot down on the ground I just balanced on the spot. I belonged to a motorcycle club at the time (Papakura MC) and they had been teaching me how to ride and handle a TRAILS bike.

BTW in those days there was no limit to the size of bike you could get as a learner nor was there a requirement to wear a helmet on any road other than the motorway if your spped didnt exceed 30mph. One friend of mine sat his full licence on a Kawasaki 750cc triple and passed.

Boob Johnson

4th August 2007, 12:35

BTW in those days there was no limit to the size of bike you could get as a learner nor was there a requirement to wear a helmet on any road other than the motorway if your spped didnt exceed 30mph. One friend of mine sat his full licence on a Kawasaki 750cc triple and passed.The good ol days really were just that in bike terms :scooter:

Headbanger

4th August 2007, 12:48

Never had a bike license....:shit:

Had a learners car for a decade or so, When I converted it to an Aussie license they issued me a full.

So, never really sat a test other then the 20 questions....which was just under 20 years ago.

klyong82

4th August 2007, 13:20

Had my learners for 3 weeks then went straight to my full. But I was doing an overseas conversion.

babyblade250rr

4th August 2007, 13:50

just got my learners a few weeks ago so i've got a long road ahead of me, though i have been thinking about that whole rarotonga thing

Hawkeye

4th August 2007, 15:28

BH - 18 hrs. Learner - 6 month 2 days. Restricted - 6 month 3 days.

Had the cage full since I was 17. So it was a pain being restricted to 250 AND 10pm curfew after over 30 yrs of driving.

puddy

4th August 2007, 18:18

Got Learners in 1986. Had it for 9 months. Had restricted for 9 months. And full since. A mate got his Learners in '87 and just got his Full about 3 weeks ago. Legend!

Drew

5th August 2007, 11:10

Bloody basterd cops. I think Ice cube had it right when he said

FU*K THE POLICE!

I thought that was Ice-T. Ah well, looks like it's back to my gangsta rap collection to check...(twenty seconds pass)...oh wait, I dont have a collection, I'll take your word for it then.

jrandom

5th August 2007, 11:15

I thought that was Ice-T.

I'd be pretty worried if you'd got that right (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.W.A.), man.

Your bogan credentials are intact.

:niceone:

Jantar

5th August 2007, 11:36

If memory serves me right I had my learners licence for approximately

ONE MONTH

before sitting and passing my full..
Mine was six weeks. That was the minimum period for someone that didn't already hold a car licence. Oh, it was called a Provisional rather than a learners.

Coldrider

5th August 2007, 13:48

Yes, they were a provisional, lasted for eight weeks unless they were renewed for another eight weeks. Just sit the written, pay the provisional and go out on the streets fresh as.
Incidentily MR Merde, I sat mine on a TS125K.

Drew

5th August 2007, 18:12

I'd be pretty worried if you'd got that right (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.W.A.), man.

Your bogan credentials are intact.

:niceone:

Cheers, but I actually do have some ice-T around here some place, mixed up with a very eclectic mix of other artists, including Jethro Tull, Eminem, Iron Maiden, to name but a few.

My Bogan credentials are no doubt ruined, but who wants to conform to common labels anyhoo:zzzz:

jrandom

5th August 2007, 18:15

My Bogan credentials are no doubt ruined, but who wants to conform to common labels anyhoo:zzzz:

Don't deflate me, dude, I've been aspiring to it for fucking years.

NighthawkNZ

5th August 2007, 18:24

Mine was six weeks. That was the minimum period for someone that didn't already hold a car licence. Oh, it was called a Provisional rather than a learners.

thats what I had...

Mr Merde

5th August 2007, 22:30

I never really appreciated how many of us ancients actually frequented this board until this thread.

yod

5th August 2007, 22:37

im officially a lazy mofo

had my learners for 16 years rode a 250 for 12 months....

gijoe1313

5th August 2007, 22:38

ooo arrr, t'weren't there yesterday!

Bullitt

5th August 2007, 22:53

I had my learners for 14 months. I thought that was bad enough :innocent:

Busy

6th August 2007, 10:15

I had my learners for about 5 years, but had my basic handling cert for 12 years before my learners - coming back from the forest one day I did it as a joke, had no intention of riding on the road back then ...

avgas

6th August 2007, 10:32

Got learners in 1997, got restricted in 2001, full in 2003.

SPman

6th August 2007, 17:46

Didn't have learners when I got mine - just bought a bike, rode around for a week or so and got me license - full of course.

bryce

6th August 2007, 20:50

my older brother got this L in 82 R about 2 years later and borrowed my GN 2 mouths ago to got his full ,I got mine as fast as possible,16 canening a TT600 around masterton.

bimotabob

6th August 2007, 22:13

Hi

Got my learners at 15 and my full at 30 after getting a $400 fine riding back from mates house one sunday morning on my RG500.
If I didn't get that fine I would still have my learners.
It's taken a while for me to get round the fact I am actually legal to ride.

Regards
BB

Bren

6th August 2007, 22:18

stephenm01

14th August 2007, 11:26

I've only had my L since 17-09-2005!!!:confused: I must have ages to go 'fore I can get onto my R, especially since some of you far more experienced riders all had your Learners' licenses for years 'n' years 'n' years...
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

ManDownUnder

14th August 2007, 11:35

I don't know the actual length of time I had it but it was the absolute minimum. I got the ticket to ride, did the defensive riding course (required to 1/2 the learners licence time) then got my full.

That was back in the day when you simply got upgraded when you had enough time without an accident... (if I recall correctly)

mdooher

14th August 2007, 11:43

went to MOT, 5 oral questions, out to the 80cc scooter cop laughs and says his bike won't go that slow, we go back inside and he gives me a full licence....just like that...

yes the good old days

McJim

14th August 2007, 11:44

Car Licence - got my Learners in 1987 - sat the full test 2002 - passed first time.
Bike Licence - Got my learners May 2006 - restricted October 2006 - full May 2007 - took exactly 365 days.

sprag

14th August 2007, 15:19

Learners about 10 years, will go for the big R in about 2 months i guess

janno

14th August 2007, 15:29

Got my 250cc licence in Perth, Dec 2004. Got full licence in Qld May 2005. So I was on the mighty Virago for 6 months-ish. If I'd had to stay on the 250 any longer I probably would have stopped riding.

Luckily I've had my full long enough that I can just transfer it on to my NZ licence after doing the 20 questions jobbie. I think I've got a year to do so though.

Note to self - must check when can be bothered.

discotex

14th August 2007, 18:48

Car - Got my learners at 15 and restricted as soon as I could.. 14 years later I still have a restricted.

Bike - Learners now, sitting restricted on the 25th.. Assuming I pass I'll be on restricted in at total of 6 months 1 day and plan on getting my full as soon as possible afterwards. Will be nice to be able to travel at over 70km/h without an L plate... Oh wait...

If they only let you drive <1500cc cars on a restricted I'm sure I'd have got my car full a whole lot quicker. Only got one $400 fine in 14 years for driving home at 1am. If I'd been driving any other car than an Rx-7 I'm sure I'd be $400 richer :shutup:

Shadows

14th August 2007, 23:25

I think it was about 15 years before I pulled finger.

TRAINING WHEELS

17th August 2007, 01:29

Still on L plates (only 7 months) R licence in 10 day (if i pass) then shorten full if i can......
Cant wait to drop the L plate and the 70km limit (i go with the flow of traffic :innocent:)
It is a pain when you on a Full for a cage and have been for 9 yrs then have a curfew on a bike ...D'oh i forget about that :innocent::innocent:

skidMark

17th August 2007, 01:35

still on my learners after 2 years of riding like everyday.... well did just have an 8 month break due to financial difficulties....

so i should sit my restricted soon i guess....i'd prob do sumthing stupid and fail though lol.

always hated tests and exams etc....

ugh...spose i should organise it tommorrow or sumthing

instead of being a lazy prick

anybody that can recommend me a place to go where they arnt dickheads?

bert_is_evil

17th August 2007, 10:32

I had mine for about 15 years, then sat my restricted and full last year.

vifferman

17th August 2007, 10:45

I got my full licence a few weeks after my learners, when I was 15, and my car licence around the same time. HT didn't happen till I was about 23.

mogiman

13th September 2007, 15:51

my car in 87,
L motorcycle on 27 /5 /98 and only got that cause i got stopped on my vfr400 and the cop told me he would check up but he let me go
so rushed and got learners and he never checked up ,exp on 10/3/2016 so might wait till then ;)
can get a restricted but it cost so bloody much
Riding since before i got my car licence must say its cost me a fortune so far as wrong class of licence is more pinga on top of the stuff they normally giving to ya and on that note rego wtf why pay more than a friggin car so if i get pulled up im normally in for it !!!!
87 gsxr 750

Xaria

13th September 2007, 16:43

So far I have had my learners for a whole 4 weeks now.

I will probably go for my restricted ASAP and wait a while before going for my full as it was so many decisions to decide on my bike and if I can choose from ALL the bikes... Could take a while

McJim

13th September 2007, 16:47

I had a learner licence for precisely 182 days then I had a restricted licence for exactly 183 days.

hospitalfood

13th September 2007, 16:54

got my bike learners in 87 / 88 ? still have it. think about the next step once in a while.

Daffyd

13th September 2007, 17:01

Learners in '78, full after 6 months.

mstriumph

13th September 2007, 17:09

If memory serves me right I had my learners licence for approximately

ONE MONTH

before sitting and passing my full.

..............about that for me, too, way back when ............ however, in reality that was only the start of a learning process that has never stopped .................

clmintie

13th September 2007, 17:23

H00dz

14th September 2007, 20:41

Hey there can anyone tell me where to get these license thingys that your talkin bout they sound like fun......(oops did I really say that out Loud):nono:

nudemetalz

14th September 2007, 20:53

I got my provisional licence not long after I turned 15 back in '85.
Did a riders course entitling me to skip the learner licence and go straight to full. All within 3 months !!!!

Ha ha, try that today :banana: :bleh:

_intense_

15th September 2007, 00:19

The nice policeman required me to get my restricted as soon as possible, so was 6 months for me :innocent:

huh? details please? this sounds good :Pokey:

righto, six months here. Any one else think that the 70k limit is

TOTAL f@$!!#NG BS(when theres a sheeptruck breathing down your nek on the open road...)

delusionz

16th September 2007, 04:25

damn 20 year learners??? i thought there was only full licenses back in those days?

Bren

16th September 2007, 10:49

damn 20 year learners??? i thought there was only full licenses back in those days?

Nah. I only just missed out on the old ones...

helenoftroy

17th September 2007, 00:30

I think back then, they called it a 'provisional', valid for six weeks. I had one of those and got my full before I had to renew. Needed full to race on street circuits and the bike (TR250 Suzi) had to have a rego plate attached somewhere (usually inside the fairing.... Oh how times have changed...... This was early seventies....

Me too.Car license day I turned 15 and got "provisional" same day & full license a few weeks later:wari:

It was in Ashvagas.Brother took me to station on his xl250motosport.Nice policeman told me to ride around the block.He stayed and chatted to the bro-I pulled up outside station.He'd already written out my license:niceone::niceone:

Dosent get any easier than that.I had a cool brother who taught me to ride and provided me with his old bikes & my parents were great about me riding too.Back in the olden days.........:scooter:

caesius

17th September 2007, 07:50

It really sounds like licenses were much more easily obtained back in the day, when a cop followed you around the block. Nowadays you have to literally "rehearse" for the test.

So in NZ you get trained how to pass a test... Then you get a driving license.