WGTN: help! I've booked in for my restricted test but...

[Number One]

Finally I am going to stop procrastinating - put a little faith in myself and knock this bastard off!

I'm booked for the 2nd May in U Hutt BUT....

I don't have a 250 or L plates......

Is there anyone who would be willing and able to lend me their bike?

Thanks in advance to anyone generous enough to offer....

S

[Trudes]

Great stuff you,:banana: must be someone out there can lend you a wee bike. Number one's a good rider folks, she'll look after your bike for you.

[Colapop]

I have a solution... maybe...
Take a test ride from one of the bike shops. Seriously, that's what I did both my restricted and full on. And they L plates too.

[Number One]

Thanks Col

Yeah I have that as a back up but was hoping I could find someone who might let me go for a couple of quick practise tootles prior to the day on their machine - that way come test time I don't feel like I'm riding tooo foreign a bike.

[Colapop]

Text me. I'll call you.

[Trudes]

Text me. I'll call you.

Would you like a rollo little girl?

[Nasty]

I don't have a 250 or L plates......



Speak to Sweetp .. she has an FXR and has already passed her full so might loan you that for a day.

[Stirts]

Finally I am going to stop procrastinating - put a little faith in myself and knock this bastard off!



YAYE FOR YOU! :banana:

Good luck for the 2nd May Sweetpea, I'm sure you'll kick arse!!!!

[aer0]

i have a CBR 250 you can borrow if you get stuck

[Number One]

Thanks everyone!!!

This short arse will surely be able to find something out of those offers that will get me over the line to Restrictedville.

:sunny:

Will follow-up via PM once I get home tonight - sposed to be working now and all! :rolleyes:

[Colapop]

Working??!!?? Let's not get carried away!

[325rocket]

mine is available if you need it.

[Weaver]

If you think you can handle its awesome power and poorly tuned carbs, you can borrow my CB200R if you want.

[Number One]

If you think you can handle its awesome power and poorly tuned carbs, you can borrow my CB200R if you want.

Is that actually road legal????


Thanks for the other offers....unfortunately I too short of leg for Hyosungs but I really appreciate the generosity shown so far :sunny:

Fanks KB community :love::love:

Again I better close this and do some work :shifty:

[Colapop]

SLACKARSE!! Get off the phone and get back to work!!

[Weaver]

Is that actually road legal????



:eek5: Is it road legal? I can't believe you would think that I would ride about on an unregistered, unwarrented bike.
But seriously its all road legal.
It cost more to get it road legal than it cost to purchase the bike. Might need to stuff some more steel wool up the exhust though. The first lot has burnt out :headbang:

[Number One]

Hee hee Weaver - just joshing with ya dude!


...though come on she is a bit rough:buggerd:


Thanks again everyone who has PM'd me and posted on here offers of their machines really really cool!

I am sorted though - Sweetp is a SWEETIE. Thanks chick :hug:

So now...the little girl waits....for test day:baby:.

Time to re-read the bikers road code me thinks

[Livvy]

Again I better close this and do some work :shifty:

...


SLACKARSE!! Get off the phone and get back to work!!

I'm now waiting for Deanohit and his brilliant displays of joy and love to come in and add his "slacker" comment (which is normally reserved for me... along with stirrer...).

Eh screw it. I'll borrow it this once.

Ya slacker! :2thumbsup

Good on ya for going and getting your restricted.

I need to do something about my learners. :o

[Number One]

...I need to do something about my learners. :o

Yes you blardy do! :2thumbsup:hug:


Fricken terrible ticket involved if ya get pulled over - I've got a fulltime job and can't afford it - what about you schoolgal :whistle: :clap:







p/t

[Livvy]

I don't ride 'cause I haven't got my licence so there :p But I'm happily at that wonderful age where I can get anywhere I wanna go by fluttering my eyelashes at the guys around me so no loss!

My mum and I are planning on doing it together though, and she's replacing the GPX I have because it's simply too heavy for me to start with safely. So no riding for me yet. :no:

[Number One]

aww - good girl!

And go mum! :sunny:

[Livvy]

aww - good girl!

And go mum! :sunny:
Freakin' heck yeah, you should see my Mum. Skinny as a rake and in her 50's (I'll be nice to her and not reveal her precise age for the entirety of NZ to see) and yet can still beat me in arm wrestling...

[Number One]

What a crock!

Distance test my arse!

Has anyone ever seen that third column *without* closing one eye and then swapping?

I got so annoyed and they were going to fail me (having just recently had my eyes checked and lenses replaced) - LIKE FARK.

So by accident discovered when I closed my right eye I could see the mysterious 3rd column - so I just did that :bleh:

Anyway - 2nd May here I come! Test riding the mighty FXR tomorrow in preparation :eek: Thanks again miss Sweetp:niceone:

[Lissa]

I absolutely would let you borrow 'Smokey' for the day #1 but it needs a few things attending to it atm!! :(

[Number One]

All that stress and worry for nothing! I passed with flying colours...even managed to get the pegs down on my way to sit the test :rolleyes:

What a mission though - some dirty bastard had stolen the L plate of Sweetp's bike (this was the third to be knicked!) so after running up the Lambton Quay in full gears to the AA to find they didn't have any I thought, not to worry, they'll have them at the AA I'm sitting the test at....


WRONG! They sent me off in search of Repco - who only had the car window ones which weren't gonna stick anywhere useful on the FCR.

Then I thought ok go to the bike shop...UHutt has only one...so I was really hanging my hopes on these guys - thanks for nothing though...firstly the guy looked at me like - WTF are you here for...no hello, how can I help, kiss my arse nothing...then when I decided (as time was running out) to chase him down into the office he disappeared into and asked if he had any...and he didn't.....thanks mate - call yourself a bike shop hmm?

Was very stressed by this time, knowing that if I couldn't get one on the bike I wasn't going to be allowed to sit the fricken test $88 down the drain!

Clutching at straws I stopped in at VTNZ and they suggested the $2 shop....ok off there I go....thank goodness they did!!! NEXT hurdle - getting the thing on the bike in time....

Back to AA testing station spoke to the testing officer (lovely chap) told him the story, asked if he could get me an 8mm spanner...he takes the plate off me, rams it up under the number plate and says - that'll do nicely for the test my dear and as I put it there all is well...what a gem!

Must say interestingly easy test! NO U turns or obstacle identification and the fact that you CAN travel at 100km legally during your test just seems such a crock (not that I don't travel at 100km anyway - but still?!) Lots of T intersections, 1 roundabout quick trip down the motorway from Totara Park road to Gibbons street and that was it!

Nice confident ride the tester said and with that my morning from hell was done and dusted and I am that much closer to my full license

[Str8 Jacket]

Sweet as bro! :sunny:

[Taz]

Well Done!

I just had a look at your profile pic.......

Mygosh.......

You're HOT!! :o

[Beemer]

Must say interestingly easy test! NO U turns or obstacle identification and the fact that you CAN travel at 100km legally during your test just seems such a crock (not that I don't travel at 100km anyway - but still?!)

Things must have changed - when I went for my restricted I played it safe and asked the tester whether I should travel at 70kph on the open road or 100 and he told me 70 as that was the speed I was legally allowed to ride at as a learner - and until I passed the test, that's what I was.

Oh, and congrats on passing!

[Gubb]

::2thumbsup::2thumbsup::2thumbsup:

Good effort.

I present you with a dancing Banana for your efforts.

:banana:

[Trudes]

Good stuff chick!!! :cool:

So when do I have to start pressuring you to get your full?:buggerd:

[BiK3RChiK]

Freakin' Hell, S!!! You didn't tell me all that in the text!

Good for you, girl! You ROCK...:done:

Damn fine!! even if it was a bit stressful for a bit.. Sounds like the testing officer was a real cool character:niceone:

:rockon:

[Str8 Jacket]

So when do I have to start pressuring you to get your full?:buggerd:

By the looks of that post, I think Trudy meant to say "when do we need to get on your arse"...... :whistle:

[Pussy]

Congrats, S, Good on you

[chanceyy]

Congrats S ... wait til you do your full babe .. & no procrastating allowed :nya:

[Number One]

Thanks all


So when do I have to start pressuring you to get your full?
Lovely T. I am currently drafting a letter to the gorgeous folks at the usual place to request the normal thingames OR the opp to prove I can do all that it takes to get all the normal thingamees so that I can get all the normal thingameeeeeesss:spanking:



You're HOT!!
Clearly you are an emo too :blip: I'll be checking you out later ROFL


I present you with a dancing Banana for your efforts. :banana:
MMM Banana you say :blip: or are YOU just happy to see me :chase:


Things must have changed - when I went for my restricted I played it safe and asked the tester whether I should travel at 70kph on the open road or 100 and he told me 70 as that was the speed I was legally allowed to ride at as a learner - and until I passed the test, that's what I was.

As it currently stands...The full license practical test has all the hazard ID stuff and U-Turney stuff in it. Read the latest road code they state in there that they don't do any of that during the Restricted test and that the Learners 70Km on the motorway restriction is exempted for the period of the duration of the test...so you were allowed to do it, infact it was expected...that makes sense...the biggest apparent gain for getting your restricted in my books is avoiding the license condition ticket around doing 100Km when you only *supposed* to be doing 70Km (wot a crock that is huh?! ...all the times I was almost killed onthe motorway it was for not keeping speed with the traffic around me at 100Km)


I've been thinking actually that the test seemed a bit easy in terms of what I felt I had to *prove* that I could do.

In terms of myself I am comfortable, :rolleyes: Obviously I AM Happy and relieved and all that stuff and DON'T get me wrong I am NOT complaining! In fact - I'm quite comfortable about sitting my full and getting that over with! (well maybe not right now, effing southerly rain and dark! I think NOT!!!)

I've been fortunate to be in the right place at the right time and so, have had years of practice, miles and experience, attended rider and advanced rider skills training AND *frankly* I feel pretty confident, know my rules, wear ATGATT, ride defensively and always with something in reserve on the road, obey the law (at least ALL most always), and am out to enjoy riding for a long time while being around to watch my son grow up!

HOWEVER

at the end of today...I can't help feeling that if it were my child who had just gone for this test and passed, I would not be comfortable at the prospect of him being on the road if I hadn't had him attend some training courses and sessions and spent time riding with him getting him into it and teaching him some road sense and taking him out and practising basic and emergncy techniques and expecting him to prove to ME that he can do some of these things safely and consistently. I don't feel that I was *really* tested today to a level where a *real* newbee, especially someone young or born again after a long absence

Perhaps this possibly seemingly over protective bent is just because, as a rider I know what I know? Dunno :rolleyes: But this will definately effect how Sully One is *inducted* into riding...not sure I would've had that same insight if I'd sat this Waaaaaaaaaayyyy back when I should've :spanking:

Anyway - BEWARE: Own Brilliant ideas :lol: thoughts, ramblings and perspectives coming up....................and no I haven't been reading anything so I don't really give a crap if someone else came up with it first.

I think when they do tighten things up riders SHOULD have to

PROVE that they are still capable of doing all those basic handling skills things.
AND
be tested and assessed in a more controlled environment for a lengthier period against ALL of the basic handling and rider skills...such as those which you had to complete and get a certificate of proof to say *you did that ok* SO that you could "get on the machine" in the first place. Seems elementary my dear Watson?


Finally if you are still reading..:buggerd:congratulations!

IT feels good to have knocked that bastard off, I welcome the opportunity to complete the next stage!

[Kendog]

if you are still reading..:buggerd:congratulations!

Made it, phew.

Congrats on passing.

You know how you get a vibe about a riders abilities fairly quickly when you see them ride. Imagine seeing lots of riders all the time and being paid to assess their riding. I think they can pick the good riders and adjust the test accordingly.

Either that or he was being lazy. I sure had to do a full on test for both restricted and full not that long ago.

[LilSel]

Con merry gratuclations!!! well donE!!! :minceone: :niceone:

[sinfull]

:clap: Congrats on knockin that one off #1 good shit !

[Lissa]

YAY!! Good on ya #1! I really need to get off my arse and get my restricted. I have put a time frame on getting my full, I want it by the end of the year, and then will look at a bigger bike! dont tell anyone but I rode on the back of a harley not long ago and fell in love! I have been putting it off for lots of reasons... like I have no balls!! Anywhoo I am glad you got yours and it wasnt all bad! :2thumbsup

(you going to Taupo?)

[Number One]

My purdy new yellow license arrived today.

Now I take piccies of me in my gear with my bike (which I don't ride btw:shutup:) and send in my request for exemption letter :sunny:

Wish me luck!

[Trudes]

luck chick:woohoo:

[Skunk]

How have I missed all this? Good luck S, and congrats so far...

[Number One]

How have I missed all this? Good luck S, and congrats so far...

Thanks unkie Skunk :hug:

[Lias]

Congrats #1

Make sure you show a bit of cleavage in the pics you send in :-P