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narp

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  1. There's at least one school around here that offers a late-afternoon-into-evening CBT in the summer months for people who are allergic to mornings.
  2. An unconventional strategy, but hey, if it worked for you. Congratulations.
  3. How terrible. That's where I took my Mod1, and it's certainly a fence all the way around the Mod1 compound, but it's a substantial metal-grid fence, not a bendy chicken wire affair. https://www.google.com/maps/@53.4562127,-2.7252684,3a,75y,30.89h,90.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srvSycYRUM56J3aHdQBdfMg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 I'm not willing to speculate on what might have happened, but I will be interested to read a more informed review of sad events in time.
  4. When I first looked at the seller's advert for my bike I spotted a Scottoiler sticker and I thought 'ooh - it's even got a Scottoiler' but no, what my bike has is a Scottoiler sticker. I use wax, because I had some in the garage.
  5. My MOD2 was in such heavy rain that my (very experienced) instructor was bracing me for the test being cancelled at the last minute. I just tried to still show my intention to 'make progress' when there was opportunity, but took it easy where I could, too. It was hard in parts - the examiner gave me a minor for the sweeping bend that I turned into a couple of slower ones when I lost confidence in the grip I might find, and another minor for getting a bit close to the car in front, given the conditions. With wet gear - take your gloves off by pulling each finger individually so the linings don't turn inside out, and DO NOT breath-in anywhere near your waterproof trousers once you've taken them off after several hours nervous and soaked hours riding.
  6. I understand the convention in a wet-suit is to simply let it go and enjoy the warmth - perhaps a combination of a high-pant and water-proof boots would afford the motorcyclist the same comfort on those cold days? It's a very good reason to not buy your wet-suit second-hand.
  7. If you don't mind. I notice some trousers - both textile and leather, are actually dungarees - but why? What advantage disadvantage is there to a dungaree?
  8. Cringingly reminds me of a gravestone inscription near a memorial I was visiting several years ago: 'A loving Grandad, taken to soon'. Always wondered where soon was, and if it was worth a visit to discover what Grandad saw in the place.
  9. I hadn't realised this was the case - I most certainly covered filtering on my DAS (September 2018, Dragon Training, Chester), to the extent that having disucssed the possibility before we set off, my instructor and I were filtering through traffic on the return ride from passing my MOD1. It was a great way to be introduced to filtering, with the instructor able to talk to me through my headset, and me nodding or shaking my head in his mirrors to say I was confident or not to follow him through gaps and opportunities as we approached them.
  10. NOOOOOOOOOooooooooooo!!!! Bugger.
  11. Don't ruminate on it - the culture at bike shops is still firmly in the old-school - you don't get to be a valued part of the gang unless and until you have been initiated. Anyone can hand their money over for goods and services, but when you need a small favour, or an 'off the books' conversation about fault diagnosis, your shared history ('remember that first time you came here and you dropped your bike? Hahahaha') is what will get you that help, where the polite but unmemorable customer who goes un-noticed will be referred to the service manager's desk for a copy of the workshop time vs cost analysis.
  12. I think I understand what this is - so 598 please
  13. I started my 'journey' to my license in September 2017 by registering here and stating my intent. I booked and passed my theory test and then sat back and did nothing for a few months, and in July (I've looked back and checked) I read your post about how you had just passed your CBT and were looking for a bike. Reading your post at that time made me think 'f**k this waiting around when she's just getting on with it' and I got on with booking my CBT and DAS. So I was motivated in part by you [mention]elizabethf[/mention] and there are lots of us here invested in seeing you succeed. I was shit at roundabouts for ages in my training and on different occasions I pulled out too late, too early and then started getting it more or less right - and now I get it right (mostly) with the help of the confidence and relief that gets issued to you with the MOD2 pass certificate. You'll be good next time - and there will be lots of people here who are pleased as punch for you.
  14. I bought an expensive CEL branded one years ago and it's still going strong. Mains powered because I didn't want to be waiting for batteries to charge for a tool that I knew would be an infrequent use, but when you want it, you need it NOW. It's been really useful and I'm glad I have it, but I wouldn't pay for a premium one again - by far the most useful thing it came with was a pair of adapters that mean it will take any blade from any other make, wherever I see them on offer or I need one at short notice.
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