Goodbye Loser

**Hawkeye** · 10th August 2006, 22:47

Well 6 months and 4 day's later and I've now got a nice shiny new Restricted licence. No more loser plate. Look out motorway, here I come.....

**Drum** · 10th August 2006, 23:18

Good on ya Hawkeye.

Feels good dont it!

**skidMark** · 10th August 2006, 23:22

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

Well 6 months and 4 day's later and I've now got a nice shiny new Restricted licence. No more loser plate. Look out motorway, here I come.....

you stuck to the 70 kph on the mway oh you poor poor bugger

rules are made to be broken

**Hawkeye** · 10th August 2006, 23:28

Originally Posted by skidMark

you stuck to the 70 kph on the mway oh you poor poor bugger

rules are made to be broken

Was quite happy to use the backroads to Welly. Lot's of twisties to gain confidence. Never went on the M'way as it was too boring. As for sticking to the rules. yeah right...

**The Pastor** · 10th August 2006, 23:34

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

As for sticking to the rules. yeah right...

THAT WAS UNSAFE AND UNWISE I HOPE THE POLICE COME AND GET YOU!

**BeakerRAT** · 11th August 2006, 01:25

Good on ya Hawkeye.

**poorbastard** · 11th August 2006, 01:35

Congrats. Didn't think there was many people that used an L plate anymore.

**jumma** · 11th August 2006, 11:45

Well done on ditching the loser plates Hawkeye. Hopefully i'll be doing the same in six months or so.

**McJim** · 11th August 2006, 12:03

Envious and green I am. I'm sentenced to another 2 and a half months of being a Yellow Arsed Cage Target - I still use the L plate despite hating it - despite being knocked off the bike on Auckland Side Roads coz I can't realistically use the motorway (which is statistically safer!) at 70kph.

Enjoy your freedom.

**BuRnS** · 11th August 2006, 12:21

whats a L plate

no no just kidding
yer i can go for my restricted in 10 days wahoo

**skidMark** · 11th August 2006, 12:30

i can do mine on the 16th wooohooo!!!!!

ill have to put an l plate on for the test then i have the pleasure of doing a burnout on it or some crap.....it's tradition i'm told....

and yer then ill be able to go on the errr motorway a whole new experiance never been on there before...

anyone fancy a tui?

**skidMark** · 11th August 2006, 12:33

if my bike got a wof very recently but since then the tread has got a tad low if it wasn't to a wof amount of tread will they fail my retricted or doesn't that matter because it has a current wof?

**Colapop** · 11th August 2006, 12:33

Hey!! You'll be able to sit with the grown up bikers now... instead of on a stool by yourself...

**scumdog** · 11th August 2006, 12:54

Well done, keep yourself safe and get your 'Full' asap eh?

BTW You youn'uns seem to hold the 'L' plate in a lot more importance/loathing than it warrants - ALL learners for the last X years have had to have it.

Is it an ego thing?

It's a bit like having no hair round your balls, we were all like that once and we all know it - so it's no big deal once you have some - same as your 'L' plate, most of the older riders see "Yeehaa, got rid of my L plate" and think "hmmm, big deal, so what"

**dnos** · 11th August 2006, 13:22

Originally Posted by skidMark

if my bike got a wof very recently but since then the tread has got a tad low if it wasn't to a wof amount of tread will they fail my retricted or doesn't that matter because it has a current wof?

Nah the tester can tell you to bugger off and get your bike up to warrantable standard and then you can rebook and repay for a new test.