Restricted test in Lower Hutt

[Maki]

Went for my Restricted test in Lower Hutt this morning.

An older guy turned up to give me my test. He gave me en earpiece and explained that I should just follow instructions, ride to the conditions, follow road rules and not hold up traffic.

He drove behind me in a car and gave me the instructions through the earpiece, it worked very well that way.

Basically it was just a pootle around Lower Hutt. I did 2 U turns on a wide 2 way street, just riding and going straight into the U turn. If you feel less confident I guess you could pull in to the left, stop there, check for traffic and then take the U turn but the road was wide enough where I was to just go straight into it.

Went through a 70 zone, some roundabouts and then back to the testing station. The tester told me there were "no problems" and that was that, I would get my new license in the mail.

I have now with due ceremony burned my L plate and I am looking forward to my full test in 6 months time!

[Nasty]

Go dude well done .... that is really great news ... don't stand too close to the burning L plate they stink when they go up!!:apint::apint:

[Griffin]

Awesome -good on ya. so just the restricted to go... are you going to do the defensive driving course to shorten your time?

[<Rhino>]

Who did you book that through, i think it'll be better than Upper hutt, i don't think they use an earpeice and i don't want to be looking in mirrors for the whole ride.

[Griffin]

Who did you book that through, i think it'll be better than Upper hutt, i don't think they use an earpeice and i don't want to be looking in mirrors for the whole ride.

You dont have to - its only for the first part until you realise that the old geezer isnt actually going to indicate you to turn corners... the route is pretty simple and told to you before you head off.

[Maki]

Who did you book that through, i think it'll be better than Upper hutt, i don't think they use an earpeice and i don't want to be looking in mirrors for the whole ride.

I just booked it through Land Transport NZ, they give you a choice of where you want to take your test.

[<Rhino>]

You dont have to - its only for the first part until you realise that the old geezer isnt actually going to indicate you to turn corners... the route is pretty simple and told to you before you head off.I have a memory like a seive.......what were we talking about?? :doh: oh thats right restricted tests and earpeices, Thanks Maki.

[firefighter]

I have a memory like a seive.......what were we talking about?? :doh: oh thats right restricted tests and earpeices, Thanks Maki.

I also have a shitty memory, but they only tell you a couple of turns at a time (I did mine in aucks but i'm sure it'll be similar) you should be able to remember left -left- right and pull over! (you then get given more instructions)

[Duke girl]

Congratulations Maki that is great news and it must have been great burning that L plate. That is such a great way of doing it and the instructor sounded great. I will have a drink for you to celebrate.

[Imbray]

When I did my rest in Hamilton the guy used a ear peice, couldn't hear half what he said :buggerd: so just went in general direction, turned ect untill he tooted & suggested we returned. :2thumbsup got lic :clap:

Oh & the dog enjoyed the L plate

[<Rhino>]

When I did my rest in Hamilton the guy used a ear peice, couldn't hear half what he said :buggerd: so just went in general direction, turned ect untill he tooted & suggested we returned. :2thumbsup got lic :clap:

Oh & the dog enjoyed the L plate

Hope i get to rest too....:bleh::niceone: Sorry, couldn't resist.

**go's back and checks own nortoriously bad spell hing**

[Pedrostt500]

Good On Ya

[Ehgreiz]

grats mate good stuff, i wish i was over 25 so i only had to wait 6 months for full haha

oh well, i hope that L plate burned well, i hear they take a lot of burning gasoline to start melting! :jerry:

[Maki]

Got my full licence yesterday! It´s a piece of cake. Thanks to everyone who congratulated me on my 6F!

Here is a piece of advice if you have not taken your 6f yet. When you get asked about the hazards you saw, remember to mention the car right behind you, the one with the examiner in it!

[captain_andrey]

Sweet, so what bike are you getting?

[Maki]

It depends on how much and how fast I can scrape together some $.
Right now I would like a 2008 Yamaha R6. It may take a while though...

[captain_andrey]

It depends on how much and how fast I can scrape together some $.
Right now I would like a 2008 Yamaha R6. It may take a while though...

mm those are nice, I took one for a test ride when I was between bikes. Are you going to test ride all the 600s?

[Maki]

I will definately try to. I will probably get an R6 if I feel comfortable on it. I know that bike does not have as much low end grunt as some ot the other 600s but I like the way it looks...

How did you like the R6 you tried?

[captain_andrey]

I was definitely the most fun 600 I tried. It felt very comfortable. The lack of low end grunt was noticeable on the road and it encouraged me to go faster then I should :whistle: TSS let me take it over Haywards.
The fly by wire throttle felt like a plastic game controller at first but I got used to it. One noticeable annoying thing is how fast the bike overheated. Every time I stopped at the lights, the fans would kick in and it would sit around 105C. My Honda is a lot cooler.
Slipper clutch is a great addition.
Lack of steering damper was discouraging.
Its $1000 more then the Honda.

Other then that its the best looking 600, 2nd best sounding (after the 675) and overall the most fun. If I lived on a track, I would get the R6 no questions, but the Honda is a lot more forgiving on the road.

You really cant go wrong with any of the 600s, just ride all you can and see what feels right.