Full licence baby, yeah!

**Rosie** · 20th November 2007, 14:01

Soon my nice green licence will be arriving in the mail.

It's a nice warm sunny day in Rotorua, and the testing guy insisted that I get fully suited up with his little earpiece thing before we had our pre test chat and checked the bike over. So I was getting nice and hot and sweaty, before we had even gone anywhere.

About 3 intersections into the test, the earpiece had moved and I couldn't hear what I was supposed to be doing. So I pulled over to give it an adjust. Testing guy was a little concerned that if I kept stopping to adjust it, we would run out of time, but it was ok after that. We went around in circles (literally, at times) in an extremely quiet part of suburban Rotorua.

Then the guy pulled over, and said I was to go on ahead and do a u turn when he said. So I continued, and continued until I can barely see him, then was asked to pull over and do the turn.

I struggle with u-turns. I was practising last night, with mixed success, so this was the bit I was nervous about. It wasn't exactly silky smooth, but I kept my feet up.

Back onto a larger road, we pulled up by a dairy and had a 2 minute chat about the kinds of hazards one might expect to see in that area. He said I was riding very well.

Then we headed out to the main road to Tokoroa. This got the air conditioning going in my jacket, so I wasn't quite so slimy and sweaty. I rode for 6km, did another u-turn (his driving-tester sixth sense obviously picked up on my dislike of u-turns) and we headed back to the testing station.

He commented that my bike got along pretty well (I was very careful to stick to the speed limits though), and said that there wasn't really anything more he needed to say about my riding.

So my nice new green licence will be in the mail soon

Oddly, I don't have any immediate plans to use my new licence, since I've recently bought a 250 which no longer has pillion pegs, and I'm usually safely tucked up in bed between 10pm and 5am. But it will be nice to be back to having an adult licence

**sprag** · 20th November 2007, 14:05

Congratz

**gijoe1313** · 20th November 2007, 14:54

Nice one!

Good to hear that you are on the podium of full time and qualified to ride bikers!

I keep slipping off my podium 'cause I just want to keep riding!

Sounds like you did okay with the U-turns 'cause he didn't mention anything about them?

W00t! I guess time to start looking at the bigger bikes and drooling huh?

**tri boy** · 20th November 2007, 15:06

Well done Rosie.

**yungatart** · 20th November 2007, 15:08

Well done Rosie!

**Blue Velvet** · 20th November 2007, 15:16

+1

Congrats Rosie.

**Rosie** · 20th November 2007, 15:26

Originally Posted by gijoe1313

W00t! I guess time to start looking at the bigger bikes and drooling huh?

No, the Sherpa and I are in it for the long haul

And anyway, my little legs don't fit on adult sized adventure bikes

**SDU** · 20th November 2007, 15:39

Congrats on getting your full

Originally Posted by Rosie

No, the Sherpa and I are in it for the long haul

And anyway, my little legs don't fit on adult sized adventure bikes

I know that feeling well but when you're ready you'll find one you can lower.

(PS I'm selling my extra lowered DR650 through Just Motor cycles if you wanna look & see how low it is compared to norm)

**Rosie** · 20th November 2007, 15:54

Originally Posted by SDU

I know that feeling well but when you're ready you'll find one you can lower.

(PS I'm selling my extra lowered DR650 through Just Motor cycles if you wanna look & see how low it is compared to norm)

Clint's friend is about my height, and he had a new seat made for his DR650 with shallower foam in the front. That makes a surprising difference to the bikes height - I can get my toes down sitting on it, but I'm keen to get more gravel and off road practise with the wee sherpa before I try to haul around a heavier bike like the DR.

And someone has decided that instead of upgrading the sherpa I should buy something like a Ducati Monster to keep it company