Joe85

Paseed my Mod 2 today, 1st attempt, with 5 minors. Effing delighted. Now, to pester dealers for test rides!

Mullets. Business at the front, party animal at the back.

Fair enough, i guess you cant fail for being safe.

You only need to do one life saver, before pulling away, so long as you begin the u turn within a reasonable distance (about 2-3 meters). Doing 3 life savers is excessive. If, however, you drive a fair bit down the white line before beginning the manoeuvre, then a 2nd shoulder check is required.

From someone who passed past week: Practice, practice, practice feathering that clutch. Pick a bike and stick with it for the test. And more practice. Once you've nailed riding at a slow speed it's easy.

Superb.

Don't some people charge for being contacted by this lot?

When Joeman first answered "triangles" I thought there maybe a cleverly conceived joke in there that was beyond my comprehension. Now my brain aches.

Why did they speed the footage up?

2nd that. Quality bit of kit.

Man who walk through airport door sideways is going to Bangkok.

Whenever I'm coming to a side turn I always knock it down to first before going back up into 2nd, just to be sure. Is this bad?

Tbh, the stairs themselves just thought it was a case of straight swap then add the bits and bobs to it.

Sounds good. Not looking for extravagance, a straight swap with nice new fixtures really. Do you think plastering first, then staircase or the otherway round?

Anybody had a staircase replaced? Is it much grief? Planning a big refurb of the up and downstairs hallway. This will include replacement of all doorframes, the staircase and a replastering of the whole area. A rough cost for the new stair case, so far is around £700 not including labour. Anyone know how much you're likely to get charged for a carpenter to replace a staircase?

Genius!

Tony Martin was aquitted of manslaughter after shooting and killing an unarmed burglar, fleeing through a window, in the back. Your mate will probably get off on an appeal or get his sentence reduced. There has to be a lot of factors for self defence. Who were these guys? Did they just randomly attack his house? Where they relatives? Does he have former criminal convictions? Any of them violent or to do with firearms? Plenty of factors decide the sentence a judge gives, but the verdict is passed by a jury which means there must have been overwhelming evidence of some kind that made it not self defence or atleast in the simplest form.

Theory passed!!!!!!!! Take that DVLA!! Onwards to the DAS!

From what I've seen, traffic lights, reds in particular, are just another form of street lighting in Russia.

Have to say, these pinlock thingys are brilliant. Thanks for the link!

Fair enough mate. So do you react differently to a potential hazard then you would to a developing one? Or is it something you practised just for the sake of the test? Generally speaking, there's enough tossers on the road that when on the bike, a potential hazard means I'm covering the brakes getting ready for it to develop. That's not something the test has taught me as on the bike, clicking a button won't save me. Reaction times sitting in a quite room and reaction times sitting on a bike vastly differ, and regardless of the test, people react differently and slower. So essentially, you could go ace that test as you've trained your finger to hit the button but irl, things don't happen that way. Or am I over analysing?

It's not about ignoring it. It's the validity of it. Does it teach anything? No, it's to test your awareness on suicidal horseback riders and mobility scooters. If you don't have the awareness, yet can practise enough to pass, then essentially you have come away none the wiser and no better at driving.

No. You've missed the point. My point is, I was up to your "standard" as I passed the poxy thing. Yet once again I have to practice for it in order to pass, which means as soon as I'm out the door of the test centre with a pass, it'll be the last thing I think of when some bird on horse strolls out in front of my bike.

Make your own!!! http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/12/43cb96fe667ba7ecf2f18856bf1e68e1.jpg

Maybe back wheel first? I mean if your gonna have a front wheel dock, doesn't that inhibit you putting the steering lock on? And docking with the steering lock on could be a pain if it's a snug fit? Just a thought.