01-12-18, 11:04 PM
(01-12-18, 10:27 PM)BBROWN1664 link Wrote: [quote author=DaveFX8 link=topic=24754.msg288160#msg288160 date=1543609914]
[quote author=BBROWN1664 link=topic=24754.msg288092#msg288092 date=1543524847]
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the issue with no retest is the last time they ride in 2 years is on their test then two years on they can ride what they like surely this will make them less qualified and 100% less experienced
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This though is a safer route than when I took my test. When I did mine in the dark ages, you took your test on a 125 (the 250 rule had just been changed) at 17 and went home to drag your z1000 out of the shed.
No experience, straight onto the big boys.
I am in favour of a graduated increase but not through forced testing. Darwin will sort out the wheat from the chaff.
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Took my test in 1966 in Guildford (St Omar Road) on a 175 BSA Bantam and within a couple of weeks was riding a BSA 650 Rocket Gold Star A10 Parallel twin.
9 months of riding around on L plates, put in for test, arrived at St Omar Road, 12 minutes later riding home without L plates.
I often wonder what the future has in store for motorcycles, younger folk generally are not interested in them, and all us old farts are toppling off the front of the conveyor belt. :angel