Full Licence Test. Whats it like?

[terbang]

Can't remember, twas 1975 and there has been a fair bit of brown bubbly stuff since then.
I think the LTNZ site spells it out fairly well and I also recommend some of those skills advancement courses as well. The sort of thing that "The Stranger" peddles here would be good.
250 to a litre or plus..? Not a big deal if you use your noggin.

[Pancakes]

250 to a litre or plus..? Not a big deal if you use your noggin.

Yeah, I want to do a few different courses to get a range of tip's n tricks to think about. I don't want to go changing bikes every year or less, the next one will be a keeper. Looking at Hornet 900, doesn't come on hard and easy to ride. Have borrowed tons of bikes for varying amounts of time, only actually owned GN's and my Hyo but have done tours Pauanui a few times on Vespas and RGVr250, borrowed a Hornet 900 for a week and a bit and been on VTR1000 etc. Will just have to adjust my learing curve according to the new power level available.

Call me funny but the thing what got me stuck on the Hornet was the gearbox action! Like a switch and oh so smooth. Gotta get one!

Find out this arvo if mines a write off, the assessor said he couldn't say for sure so it's off to Spectrum now. Oh I hope so! Don't know how much confidence I'll have riding a bike I know has had a hard hit in the front.

[Roj]

I really want to know what the test is like, where you went, any funny things that caught you out/trick questions etc. Does it have to be through AA or can I go to a private tester? (to speed the process up?)

way back in 79 when I did my licence, I did a few figure 8s in the car park and was given my restricted which automatically converted to full after 6 months

Probably not of much help though

[90s]

I converted my overseas licence (yes a Raro one, but I found my 1988 Belgian one later anyway ... ) and took the full test at Westgate.

One thing is that as I was on a NZ learner I asked NZ Transit AND the AA what speed I needed to stick to on the motorway. They said I could not exceed the conditions of my current NZ permit, 70kph.

At the end of my test, 1/2 of which was on the SH16, the instructor asked why I stuck to 68kph on the motorway, not 100kph which I should have done. He said when converting you were bound by licence converting for the test, and that NZ Transit had changed the rules. He also said a 100kph for tests would apply to ALL test soon.

However, I told him I had checked (he said they were wrong) and he said it didn't matter for passing me anyway.

Moral: ask your tester what speed HE expects before your test ...