9.00am Pass Full test. 10.00am collect new bike.

[Gman71]

well, after nearly a year as a new convert, (fast tracaked my license with a DD course etc)I have gone from nervously sitting the BHS, to passing my full test today, and gleefully collecting my new bike- a VFR800 which has been waiting patiently a few weeks for me :clap:

naturally had to take the day off to celecrate such a momentus occasion, and the weather Gods smiled.:banana:

testing woman at Orewa very nice, they now have hand-held radios to tell you what to do. Not a lot of traffic, and pretty easy I gotta say, as long as you aren't riding like a total moron. :weird:

high points to date: nothing beats collecting a new bike :2thumbsup
low point: seeing the maturity of my fellow yoof-class mates in the defensive driving class and knowing we are sharing the same road. :baby:

did about 150 k's up North-norrth west of Auckland. saw lots of bikes, nodded a Postie, who didn't nod back.:scooter: ( do they ever?), and took it nice and easy while we became 'acquainted":drool:

well as seems to be the standard operating procedure, below is a pic of my new ride, now if I can only figure out how to get it downstairs into the bedroom......

thanks for all your advice and good humour, see you out there :headbang:

[Griffin]

Thats awesome - seems to have been the day for sitting the full license. Glad to hear it went well... enjoy your new ride :)

[Padmei]

cool well done - a double delight day:rockon:

[kave]

Congrats on passing your full.

[gunrunner]

Congrats on passing your full.

Congrats on your full and your new ride , as for the Posties - they think they own all the footpath:kick:

[gijoe1313]

:niceone: Your cup doth runneth over, good to hear all planning went as expected and you got a new big shiny bike to ride also!

Have fun and ride safely out there y'hear!

[Swoop]

Excellent work Sir!!

Now PM KB member "Blade1000 (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/member.php?u=12824)" and get Warren to gut out the exhaust pipes. You will LOVE the V4 symphony!

[Lias]

low point: seeing the maturity of my fellow yoof-class mates in the defensive driving class and knowing we are sharing the same road. :baby:


Did a DD course not long ago cos I had to get my full cage license in a hurry for work, and have to agree 100% with that.. They were almost all under 20, I was by far the oldest at 30. And they were for the most part immature fuckwits.

[steelestring]

Did you find the DD course worth while other than the fact you got your ticket to say you could move on up to bat at your full? I was keen, but 170 is a bit $ for 3 months for me...

[raftn]

Well doen...its a great feeling...and nice bike to!

[DarkLord]

:drool: Niiiiiiiiice bike.

And congratulations on getting your full.

[Gman71]

Did you find the DD course worth while other than the fact you got your ticket to say you could move on up to bat at your full? I was keen, but 170 is a bit $ for 3 months for me...

it wasn't too bad, didn't tell me anything I didn't know, or hopefully practice, but it is all about what causes the problems: distration, inattention, road conditions etc, while in a car.

so pretty steep @ $170, but I am an impatient sod and with the proposed changes to motorcycle licensing I wasn't going to wait around and see if I suddenly had another 6 months to do on the restricted......

[vifferman]

Oh no!
What a horrible bike! One of them thar GheyHondas, and a V4 to boot! :eek5:

Sorry. As you were. :mellow:

Congratulations on the test pass, and on the new bike! Nice colour!
Yay!
Yippeee!!
:niceone:
Might see you round the Shore sometime.

[TOTO]

congrats


bike is a minter too :drool:

[Imbray]

Congrats, enjoy your new bike, hoping to do the same myself next friday, went in & ordered my new bike today :love: will be ready next week 2 days before I sit lic, hubby just bought another bike yesterday:shit: as well, so if anybody out there is looking for a Rf900 .....