Full licence without having to wait 12 months

[nodrog:Me]

I posted this thread, I did not find one straight answer to my question. I asked my Kiwi colleague to read it in case i misunderstood the replies because of culture difference and English not being my first language. He told me that most of the replies is sarcastic, which surpised and alarmed me because in South Africa only women is allowed to use sarcasm.

I've never met a sarcastic wet nurse.

[Ulsterkiwi]

I posted this thread, I did not find one straight answer to my question. I asked my Kiwi colleague to read it in case i misunderstood the replies because of culture difference and English not being my first language. He told me that most of the replies is sarcastic, which surpised and alarmed me because in South Africa only women is allowed to use sarcasm.

like I said, you will do well here.

[Ulsterkiwi]

im ...... just arseholes.

The old akzinator is harmless, be careful though, sometimes he makes sense, the trick is knowing when......

[Ulsterkiwi]

I posted this thread, I did not find one straight answer to my question. I asked my Kiwi colleague to read it in case i misunderstood the replies because of culture difference and English not being my first language. He told me that most of the replies is sarcastic, which surpised and alarmed me because in South Africa only women is allowed to use sarcasm.

and just because its you I will repeat myself.....

should have said, you can actually "do" your licence now, in that you can complete the CBTA full licence assessment any time. Still wait 12 months from the date of obtaining your restricted test.

[jasonu]

Yeah it's some sort of system where someone works out if you're a fuckwit or not. .

Not true. There are plenty of licensed fuckwits on the road.

[OddDuck]

I've been riding for twenty years and never been asked for my license... alcohol checkpoints, etc, etc... so from that point of view, sure, go for it.

Where it's all going to turn to shit (in a hurry) is after something's happened and cops / insurance companies etc get involved. If you prang into a Lambo and insurance refuses third party then you could be up for his bills.

Run with the risk or get a LAMS bike and just live with it.

[Jin]

I posted this thread, I did not find one straight answer to my question. I asked my Kiwi colleague to read it in case i misunderstood the replies because of culture difference and English not being my first language. He told me that most of the replies is sarcastic, which surpised and alarmed me because in South Africa only women is allowed to use sarcasm.

Ive never come across a sarcastic female saffa. Lots of insane ones but never sarcastic.

[pigman]

they only use it amongst themselves

[pigman]

I was hoping I could buy a new bike > 1000cc for Christmas, but now it looks like I have to wait for July next year

[Erelyes]

I've been riding for twenty years and never been asked for my license... alcohol checkpoints, etc, etc... so from that point of view, sure, go for it.

Pulled over twice, both times licence checked. Despite being on a full licence they then proceeded to um and ah about the CC capacity of the bike and if it was permitted?

Checkpointed twice, neither times checked anything, except once where they took my BAC (other time they didn't bother, asked 'Had anything to drink?' ('Nup') 'Off ya go'

[nelubian]

I was hoping I could buy a new bike > 1000cc for Christmas, but now it looks like I have to wait for July next year

We, 250s all cry with you (every time we are beeped by a car at 100, every time a bigger bike passes us with a grin). You feel scared without a power to escape, you smell gasses of big bikes, your L plate looks like a target, you in the army now. We dream about full licence to buy something with a big dark smoking pipe and laugh ... ou my gosh ... laugh a lot on the rest 250s losers. And only after all this way we are ready to buy something like 110cc cafe racer to show those youngsters... ooops this is already a pension.

[OddDuck]

Pulled over twice, both times licence checked. Despite being on a full licence they then proceeded to um and ah about the CC capacity of the bike and if it was permitted?

Checkpointed twice, neither times checked anything, except once where they took my BAC (other time they didn't bother, asked 'Had anything to drink?' ('Nup') 'Off ya go'

Cops who don't know capacity rules?? sheesh

I get breathalysed A LOT but I actually support that, the more drunks the cops keep off the roads the better.

[OddDuck]

We, 250s all cry with you (every time we are beeped by a car at 100, every time a bigger bike passes us with a grin). You feel scared without a power to escape, you smell gasses of big bikes, your L plate looks like a target, you in the army now.

haha so true!! I still remember running around on my 250 with the L plate.. speed restricted to 70... this back in the '90s when gas was cheap. People came up from behind waaaaay too fast. Rear end motorway hell. I nearly died three times in one week and the L plate came off again pretty shortly after that.

It's LAMS now though, you don't have to learn on the shitter 250's we had back in the day. Unless you want to of course.

[GrayWolf]

We, 250s all cry with you (every time we are beeped by a car at 100, every time a bigger bike passes us with a grin). You feel scared without a power to escape, you smell gasses of big bikes, your L plate looks like a target, you in the army now. We dream about full licence to buy something with a big dark smoking pipe and laugh ... ou my gosh ... laugh a lot on the rest 250s losers. And only after all this way we are ready to buy something like 110cc cafe racer to show those youngsters... ooops this is already a pension.

beeped at by a car at 100? you must have been riding a 'ginny' then, coz even back in my day, when 250's were ridden by boys with BIG hairy balls..... Gt250M suzuki, which just didnt handle, RD250's with 'plastic/nylon' swing arm bushes that wore out in 20 miles, kwaka 250 triples that ate spark plugs, went like snot, but had drum brakes, {oh and the improved stopping ability of disc brakes of the 70's? } Nonda 250's that everyone else left behind in a cloud of 2T smoke,,,, Even the nonda's could cruise easily at 100kph +
The secret of beating 'big bikes' on a 250? oil pump set to max, big handful of throttle just before the lights change, by the time they can see through the cloud of noxious 2T fumes, you've fucked off down the road

[Topes]

should have said, you can actually "do" your licence now, in that you can complete the CBTA full licence assessment any time. Still wait 12 months from the date of obtaining your restricted test.

Not anymore unfortunately. Got this from pro rider when I booked my CBTA-F and i got my Restricted in August.

We have been told that the CBTA certificates are now only valid for 180 days from date of issue so riders must be eligible to apply for a licence chance within that 180 daya