But I'm a little intrigued as to how you have a direct line to father xmas and know what he is due to deliver?

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Father xmas is not delivering it to me, its being delivered here to someone who has been good this year

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yeah but you still know what he is delivering!!!
 
 i love the fact that a) you can write to Father Christmas and get a reply back (in fact all 3 of my step kids have been told he knows they have been good so will be getting presents)
b) you can track his progress around the globe on the internet!
c) he manages to eat & drink all thats left for him and not get done for drink driving!
 
when I was in Afghanistan one of the Gurka's with us, surname was Santa. well I think everyone had their picture taken with him and sent it home!! can you imagine battle hardened Servicemen & women having a picture with Santa!!!! good times!!

1) Is getting advanced training a good thing?

2) If you read others slagging off advanced trainers, might that put you off getting advanced training?

If the answer to both of these is "Yes", there's a problem.


 
OK I am newly back on the road after a 10 year break. I was never a good rider just a commuter (10 miles round trip daily) with the occasional trip into Derbyshire for half a day so am finding my feet and would like to use my bike safer, especially as I intend to commute (64 miles daily) and use it to pop home to Cornwall at weekends 240 miles each way.
 
the question I have do I just ride it for a period of time and get used to enjoying my Fazer 600 or do I go straight in for an advanced riding course?
 
 

forgot to ask what charity you doing it for?
 
best of luck, keep us all posted and you never know you may get a few of us to help be outriders or clear a path through the traffic or just generally cheer you on n keep you company along the way!!
 

i just watched that video... yeah the rider is a plank!!
 
what i can imagine some of the views in their mirrors would have been like i shudder to think!
 
cant tell what speeds they were doing or what kind of bike it was though..
 
funny how we are all asuming it was a bloke!
 
 

pity your in spain Trev,
 
we have a table saw that is now surplus to requirements you could've had!
 
anyone intrested, only small problem is its in Cornwall!!

I agree well done Admin. was it difficult to do? will you be applying different ones for the changing seasons? 

like the wintery feel to the page but finding the white text on blue background a little difficult to read, but it is probably just my eyes!!

There should really be a cut off point for elderly drivers.

 
I thought that at 70 years old, drivers had to undertake a medical to retain licence?
 
just googled it and this is what Direct line have on their website
 
There is no legal age at which you have to stop driving, so whether you renew your licence is totally up to the individual. It is your responsibility to decide whether you are still fit enough to drive. By law, you have to renew your licence when you reach the age of 70, and then every three years after that.
Ninety days before your 70^th birthday, the DVLA should send you a D46P Application for renewal of a driving licence. You can either fill this in and return it by post, or you can use the DVLA's online service to renew. There is no fee for renewal.
If you have a C1 or D1 entitlement – for minibuses or towing vehicles – and you intend to renew this as well, you must enclose a D4 'medical examination report' completed by a doctor in support of your application.
 

Sitting in middle lane of Motorway was passed by a BMW doing well over national speed limit and the young lady eating a fruit salad!
blokes pouring coffee out of flasks into cups
people trying to read road atlas by resting it on sterring wheel!!
 

most funny thing i have seen (as well as dangerous) was 6 years or so back.
driving round the north circ just past hanger lane in a milk tanker and a guy in a convertable BMW swearving a little at about 2am. i thought the normal phone or drunk but as i pass i see his other half (or who ever it may have been) head in lap giving him the blowjob of his life doing 40+

oh to have had a BMW convertable!!

I heard somewhere that the government was gonna step in and set regulations to make sure insurers don't take the piss.

Really can't see that happening though

Cant see the politians stepping in as they get they tax from it!!
 
I ended up insuring my sons car under my name and having him as a named driver. (still cost £650 for a Saxo!)
the thing we had to prove when he was involved in a minor fender bender (not his fault in anyway) was that I had been the main driver. I did ask what constitutes main driver? as I drove it at weekends doing 200 miles where he drove it during the week doing 200 miles , both spending roughly equal times in the seat!!
 
they did say that I was the main driver !!

there is a lot of negativity in this thread!!! 
 
cheer up peeps it wil soon be Christmas!!
 
 
sorry poor attempt at humour!

They say on the box 50000 miles 

50000? wow my bike only done 7500 on a 02 plate so wont need to change mine any time soon!!!