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daveyboy9274

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  • Birthday 09/02/1974

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    gsx750f
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    peterborough, cambs

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  1. Yamaha fazer 2000 Bike has covered 95000 miles. Mot July 2017 £750
  2. I'm looking for a mobile motorcycle mechanic to look at my front suspension on my piaggio xevo 2010 400cc Pls contact me if u can help I am located in peterborough ,cambs Sent from my SM-T800 using Tapatalk
  3. I thought it was just me, I got caught in the rain yesterday & I could feel the backend slipping! Have to respect this bike ! Sent from my SM-T800 using Tapatalk
  4. I paid an independent instructor but he was a nightmare, he took my money with no issues but when it came to the training he was poor & didn't give me adequate training, I failed my mod 1 but I knew I didn't stand a chance I was on the verge of giving up but rang up camrider & they offer a free assessment which I took up as it was free, they were brilliant, gave me all the training I needed & I actually enjoyed the training. My advice would be to a larger school with a good reputation, I'm sure u will get there in the end !
  5. Yes I definitely agree, a 125 would be so frustrating lol. Get a 600+ it will change ur life haha Sent from my SM-T800 using Tapatalk
  6. I'm sorry to say but riding a 125 is completely different to a big bike , I was going to get experience riding a 125 prior to do it DAS but 125 motorcycles can be more expensive than getting a reasonable big bike. Once you've passed your DAS u have the option to get any bike u choose. Bite the bullet & get the test done u won't regret it ! Good luck with whatever choose Sent from my SM-T800 using Tapatalk
  7. I live in cambridgeshire but I don't know of anyone but would love to know if anyone local also ! Sent from my SM-T800 using Tapatalk
  8. I agree car drivers are so annoying but it takes them many hours to learn to drive, there's no excuse for inconsiderate driving lol That is something which never ceases to amaze me. It would have stopped me riding. It took me a month after completing the CBT to get a bike, a month later I became ill so barely got to touch it until the second year. Then things were going great, I was thinking towards the full test but had an accident (caught some mud) so a few more months off, and it had knocked my confidence so was not ready for the test when I got back on. Two years may be great for those who are commuting so riding every day, but I only got about ten months of weekend riding out of the two years of my CBT. Saying it is all or nothing in two years is too inflexible. Similarly restricting the CBT to 50cc. Some (most?) people are able to easily go straight for DAS training with no prior experience but I know I would not have been able to do that. But whilst 50cc may be enough for getting around town, if that is not your purpose then DAS would be the only option. For all my accidents (mud, black ice, puncture) and mistakes and being a somewhat slow learner, I know my limits, am not reckless, and not harmed anyone else. I do not see how changing the system to penalize those like me who do try to do things right and safe will help when those who are idiots will be so regardless of qualifications. I mount a camera on my handlebars though, so I can use it to learn from my mistakes, and one day someone came up to ask about it. He said he has been regularly renewing his CBT for years because he was no good at the theory. That sort of thing to me seems to me the bigger problem. When I first completed the CBT no one else in the class seemed to have read the Highway Code, yet they still completed it but were told to go away and read it. Who knows if thy did. So I agree with you and others saying the theory should be a prerequisite to the CBT. It may not be perfect on its own, but at least then requires an understanding of the road and applying common sense to it, which is usually the problem with bad riding. And those who will ride without care for anyone else on the road will, as you say, just ride for the tests than go back to not caring. As well as ensuring a better understanding of something only briefly touched upon in a 90 minute classroom section, it would then make sense for people to at least do the A2 test instead of retaking the CBT. It costs about the same, as you can do it on your own bike, but you only need to do it once and it also saves the cost and effort of retaking a theory test as that also expires after two years. At least I can only think the theory requirement is the reason people continually renew CBTs rather than take an A2 test. You get nothing but the certificate. With everything crammed into a day, and having no prior experience with bikes, I was struggling to remember most of what was said. So I ended up downloading copies of the RiderCourse Rider Handbook from the MSF in the U.S., and the Motorcycle Riders' Handbook from the Northern Territory Government in Australia. I know I am in a minority to have done that, but it shocks me that we have no equivalent and I had to rely on guidance from equivalent foreign schemes. It would cost practically nothing for the DfT to at the very least put together a similar PDF and print the link on the CBT certificate. And that way I would have remembered we drive on the other side of the road.
  9. I bought one of these recently for £700, this is one of the most comfortable bikes I've ever been on lol for the price of £700 with 12 months mot can't really go wrong but it's a marmite sort if bike love them or hate them
  10. Yeah, but push-bikes don't travel at 60mph And you know what, the cycling proficiency course i did in primary school was a lot more than two hours long! On certain roads you could do regularly (if you have the balls) Easy to do 50/70kph 35/43mph without even trying in the lanes around Barnet or Surrey Stopping quickly is the problem I have pushbikes hit my parked car on numerous occasions, rather frustrating to say the least lol
  11. I've got to admit that since passing my DAS it has made me a better car driver, I respect other road users more. My observations are better, so doing training is a way to make u aware of the mistakes u were making before.
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