09-04-12, 11:25 AM
Hi Steve,
i have a friend who is currently riding a YBR 125 on L-plates. She cant afford to take her test until she finishes her degree course in a year or so, by which time it will be even more of an obstacle course to obtain a full bike licence. The "unspoken" official attitude seems to be something along the lines of... If we keep making it more difficult people wont bother and go straight into "cages" where the only regulations concerning power output,performance etc is financial(insurance etc). Seems a great shame that future potential riders will be discouraged from starting by the complexity of the procedure-there again we live in a very risk-averse society-all sorts of health & safety nonsense being spouted forth.
I was one of the lucky ones who started riding in the 60s-trouble is when the present crop of riders hang up their boots who will replace them? Rant over!
i have a friend who is currently riding a YBR 125 on L-plates. She cant afford to take her test until she finishes her degree course in a year or so, by which time it will be even more of an obstacle course to obtain a full bike licence. The "unspoken" official attitude seems to be something along the lines of... If we keep making it more difficult people wont bother and go straight into "cages" where the only regulations concerning power output,performance etc is financial(insurance etc). Seems a great shame that future potential riders will be discouraged from starting by the complexity of the procedure-there again we live in a very risk-averse society-all sorts of health & safety nonsense being spouted forth.
I was one of the lucky ones who started riding in the 60s-trouble is when the present crop of riders hang up their boots who will replace them? Rant over!