6R testing at VTNZ Westgate?

**Len** · 13th July 2015, 02:51

Has anybody done their 6R through VTNZ here? I would've liked to do the cbta but its out of my price range and the giant L plate is embarrassing. Never used to have it on but almost at the demerits limit (My German helmet and skull mask on a hyo make me attractive to revenue collectors). An extra 6 months waiting for full doesn't bother me.

**Tazz** · 13th July 2015, 13:43

You should just get your plate done with a German L so it matches your outfit =D

There are quite a few posts on license tests if you have a nose, and I think the NZTA website also runs you through what you do

Also the CBTA route means you can go for your 6F sooner.

**Blackbird** · 13th July 2015, 15:12

You get what you pay for. If you're out near Westgate, that's where one of the best in the business is - Philip McDaid ( http://www.riderskills.co.nz/). You have nothing to lose by going and having a chat with him about options.

**Len** · 13th July 2015, 16:04

Originally Posted by Blackbird

You get what you pay for. If you're out near Westgate, that's where one of the best in the business is - Philip McDaid ( http://www.riderskills.co.nz/). You have nothing to lose by going and having a chat with him about options.

Yea i did my basic handling test with him, and bump into him occasionally at the gym, The main reason i plan on doing the VTNZ route is because of the cost.

**Swivel** · 14th July 2015, 00:52

lol yeah the big L plate, I know it looks embarrassing but I used mine, yup did the hard yards, but what a huge rewarding feeling passing the 6R and having the privilegde of throwing out the L plate. I never went through CBTA, a few more months and I am able to go for my full but through VTNZ again.

**cynna** · 14th July 2015, 16:41

embarressed by an L plate and not a skull mask

**mossy1200** · 15th July 2015, 07:20

Consider yourself lucky you can get a big L plate.
We had to make our own. I had some insulation tape on the left hand bottom corner of the plate as mine. I had to replace the tape once a month. Wish I had had the option of a huge yellow sign.

**baffa** · 15th July 2015, 13:55

I remember the one time I rode with an L plate, to my restricted test.
Still felt mighty satisfying ripping it off afterwards.

Had a few mates fit the plate, then tear it off, leaving a small corner of yellow, and putting it in the boot.
Get pulled over, and say it got ripped off.

**Swivel** · 16th July 2015, 23:07

Originally Posted by mossy1200

Consider yourself lucky you can get a big L plate.
We had to make our own. I had some insulation tape on the left hand bottom corner of the plate as mine. I had to replace the tape once a month. Wish I had had the option of a huge yellow sign.

The good old days before the $2 Shops

**Swivel** · 16th July 2015, 23:08

Originally Posted by cynna

embarressed by an L plate and not a skull mask

lol, yup give me the L plate anyday

**russd7** · 19th July 2015, 18:00

back in the day i absolutely refused to put the L target on my bike, even the ass hole of a MOT cop we had understood that one and didn't enforce it. tho he did enforce everything else including making me push my bike home when i dropped the bike and broke the mirror and showed him me ripped trou with fresh blood and the broken mirror i had stuffed down me shirt.