Licence exemption?

[Reckless]

Trust an old fart like me, do the time avoid the crime!
There are many fazes of learning including the overconfidence one that hits about a year in! Best be on a 250 when that hits and takes a good scare or an off to cure you of it!!

My boy MX's with me, road rides and has had quite a few years top level kart racing under his belt and still has a year to go on his restricted. He still comes to me after his first year saying, far out this car did this, or jeepers the bike stepped out on a line this morning. I am just so glad as his Dad he's learning it all on a VTR250!! Cuase you can't tell them, they gotta learn the hard way!!

Trust me you'll look back in another year and appreciate what new stuff you learned and the close shaves you had on the 250!

Lecture over have fun out there!

PS buy a race bike or bucket with your extra money, then you will have real fun!!

[Damage88]

The main reason gremlin, for me wanting this exemption is that I regularly travel between rotorua and taupo, rotorua and tauranga, rotorua and hamilton. Riding at 70k's on highways is dangerous for a few reasons; one of which is it encourages other motorists to overtake often, it also incites rage from anyone stuck behind through a supposed unpassable stretch. I would be riding outside the set hours too.

Yeah a race bike would be the tits, will defiantly look into getting one once the bank statements start looking a bit more healthy.

[marty]

So how do you get to those places now?

Suck it up like everyone else has to. 6 months will be over before this thread dies. Unless you don't even have a 6L yet.

[Damage88]

I drive. Prefer to ride though.

[sil3nt]

Just ride at 100. I only ever put my L plate on for the restricted test and i never rode at 70. Its just plain stupid. If you don't give the police a reason to pull you over then they wont!

[PrincessBandit]

The L plate draws plenty of debate from both sides of the fence regarding support and derision; as does the 70kph limits, and the curfew (not so much the 2up aspect).

6 months does go fast if you're not crossing the days of on the calendar! (Watched pot never boils and all that....) It will only seem like an issue if you make it one.

Regarding going up to a bigger bike, my husband had to do this as our ginny (which was my learner bike) was too small for his wide and heavy frame. He got an exemption to ride my 650 bandit but they wouldn't extend it the full 6 months for the R. They made him do a defensive driving course, which taught him nothing and was filled with lbr's who were on the naughty mat, but did enable him to sit his F at the end of 3 months. It was an expensive way to go as he would have been happy to take the full 6 months on R, but the exemption wouldn't be extended for that - bare minimum 3 months they said, as you are entitled to sit your full any time from then after doing a DD course.

p.s. you have the luxury of at least having alternative transport to use, so the bike license issue is really only one of impatience.

[pc220]

Just suck it up and do the time. I spent 9 months on a wee scorpio, did me no harm. As for the 70km/h, L plates and restrictions on hours, highway cops are unlikely to pull you up unless you are acting like a total tool.

[hellokitty]

Just suck it up and do the time. I spent 9 months on a wee scorpio, did me no harm. As for the 70km/h, L plates and restrictions on hours, highway cops are unlikely to pull you up unless you are acting like a total tool.

Lol - I had my learners for a year before I even got a bike! Did my restricted a few weeks after getting my bike. Had surgery on my hand, got the surgeon's ok to ride and then sat my full - so had about 2 months of riding experience before my full license. I was lucky........

but my husband is on his learners and has an exemption to ride a 1200cc bike as when he moved here 12 years ago from Aussie, there was a mistake with his NZ license and the motorbike license wasn't transfered, just the car license. He will go straight to sitting his full license. We had a really nice guy called Doug Swanson that helped him out - really good instructor as well.

The time will pass really quickly though, and as for not being able to take a passenger - surely that is a bonus? I hate it when people ask me if they can jump on the back - luckily my seat is too small......