Hellooooo!

Hi all!

Awesome site. Snagsy here, just doing my Direct Access course at the moment (not literally!), and purchased a T-Cat for my first bike! Its getting delivered next sat/sun. 1997 and FSH:



30 years old, married with 2 kids and been driving since 17 so left it a little late I suppose, but better late than ever!

Anyway hope to learn a lot here and please be gentle

Snagsy

Hi snagsy & welcome when you got the test it is awful having a bike & not a licence believe me i bought a brand new gsxf 600 then booked my lessons. I used to go to the suzuki dealer every saturday & look at my bike longily until i passed. Nice looking bike you got, hope to see you on a ride out sometime. paul.

Welcome aboard

Hi Snagsy,
welcome to the site - and what a nice coloured bike
Enjoy ....

Suzie

Welcome Snagsy,

Nice looking bike, what a bloody good incentive to pass that test eh ?

When you have, do get out there and hope to see/meet you on a ride out.

Cheers
Tel

Welcome to the forum

snagsy wrote:


30 years old, married with 2 kids and been driving since 17 so left it a little late I suppose, but better late than ever!
Snagsy

Which bit did you leave a bit late , getting married and having the kids or you mean doing the DAS ? I only passed my DAS In Late Jan this year aged nearly 42 so you are ready when you are ready - what ever that age is A very warm welcome !

yamahamad wrote: it is awful having a bike & not a licence believe me i bought a brand new gsxf 600 then booked my lessons

Yeah I know that feeling very well , I did it that way round too - and my test was postponed twice because of the snow to add to my misery even more Still that's all in the past now :bounce:

Hi and welcome Snagsy

Nice looking bike you got yourself there.
Hope the test goes well and you get out on her soon.

Cheers
Rosco

Hi and Welcome Snagsy, all the best for the Test .

Welcome

Hi Snagsy,

Another welcome to the site!

Good luck with the test. Just remember that the bike's far more capable than you so ride within your limits.
Take time to get to know the bike; build up the miles and enjoy your rides out.

Join us if you can, it's always good to see new riders.

Cheers
Chris

Hellooo and welcome

Thanks for the warm welcome

DAS module 1 test tomorrow morning, only fear I have is touching the ground when doing figure of eights, which I didnt do today whilst practising on a CBF-500

*fingerscrossed*

Oh and I thought I was leaving it late getting my bike licence - apparently not!

Best of luck

Nice looking bike.

I've just joined the site, I picked my Tcat up 3 weeks ago. They all seem a friendly bunch.

Good luck with the test. I passed mine in 1982 so the examiner was on foot and couldn't see you while you did the circuit round and back to him.

I doubt I could pass it now with him following you on a bike.

Good luck and enjoy the feeling when you pass.

Cheers Rich.

Good luck with the test x

Oh dear - failed.

Zero minor faults. Had to redo my "swerve" test after getting 40kp/h the first time. Did 48 (!) kp/h the second time. Requirement is 50 kp/h if you didn't know.



Soooo frustrating that you can't see what speed was recorded till after the end! Did really really well for the whole test, then fail because I wasn't aggressive enough with acceleration.

No problem though, doing it again next monday, and had my module 2 test booked for 25th anyway so its not like I would have got my licence any quicker if I'd had passed today! lol

Cheers for the warm welcome

Keep your head up high m8!

And good luck for your second try - i will keep my fingers crossed for it

At least you know next time. Typical innit, you only fiind out something you need to know after the buggers fail you.

Keep the chin up. The cats waiting patiently for you to pass.

bad luck chuck ... you'll get it next time