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Been lurking here a while, and umming and ahhing over doing my bike test for a few years now, but you guys have finally pushed me over the edge !
Just booked a 4 day course and test the first week in September
I figure I can borrow some clothes off a few like sized biking workmates, but it would better to get my own helmet and boots at first, then get the rest of the gear when I've passed, and once I'm sure I like it..
As a total biking newbie, any advice on what else I might need ?
Oh, and as I have to do that pesky theory test, what books / cds do people recommend to get thro it ?
cheers,
Nimbus
Just booked a 4 day course and test the first week in September
I figure I can borrow some clothes off a few like sized biking workmates, but it would better to get my own helmet and boots at first, then get the rest of the gear when I've passed, and once I'm sure I like it..
As a total biking newbie, any advice on what else I might need ?
Oh, and as I have to do that pesky theory test, what books / cds do people recommend to get thro it ?
cheers,
Nimbus
Cheers guys,
this has cheered me up no end after the trip home from hell in the floods today, 4 hours of gridlock, thank god I was in my shopping car..
At one point we all ended up driving on the pavement for 2 miles as the road was so flooded !
No idea why it wasnt closed in my direction as it was in the other !
Got my theory test booked for about 2 weeks time, at 7:30 in the morning !!
Then the weeks course 2 weeks later
I've had a go at one of the online ones, and only failed by 1 question, the ones I got wrong were the the braking distance type ones, so that should be easy to sort..
Next task is to learn it off pat, and get myself down to a few shops to sort a helmet, boots and gloves
this has cheered me up no end after the trip home from hell in the floods today, 4 hours of gridlock, thank god I was in my shopping car..
At one point we all ended up driving on the pavement for 2 miles as the road was so flooded !
No idea why it wasnt closed in my direction as it was in the other !
Got my theory test booked for about 2 weeks time, at 7:30 in the morning !!
Then the weeks course 2 weeks later
I've had a go at one of the online ones, and only failed by 1 question, the ones I got wrong were the the braking distance type ones, so that should be easy to sort..
Next task is to learn it off pat, and get myself down to a few shops to sort a helmet, boots and gloves
stage 1 complete
passed my bike theory test this morning, so big thanks to Garyhun for the PC/DVD material, in the end that's all I used and managed 97%, just 1 incorrect answer
Been and bought my helmet to celebrate... now just got a long month to wait before my DAS course !
In the meantime, its amazing how many 'semi retired' bikers you meet at work... So far I've been offered a W plate bandit 600S and a P plate Thundercat ! Both tempting and in the £1500 or less bracket, which is the ballpark I was thinking of
passed my bike theory test this morning, so big thanks to Garyhun for the PC/DVD material, in the end that's all I used and managed 97%, just 1 incorrect answer
Been and bought my helmet to celebrate... now just got a long month to wait before my DAS course !
In the meantime, its amazing how many 'semi retired' bikers you meet at work... So far I've been offered a W plate bandit 600S and a P plate Thundercat ! Both tempting and in the £1500 or less bracket, which is the ballpark I was thinking of
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