madcow87

Mr Hanky.

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I'm happy to admit that I'm a bit of an adrenaline junkie. I grew up skateboarding, riding BMX and that migrating into mountain biking. I've always enjoyed anything that gets the blood pumping a bit. Go karting, bungee jumps, drifting, rallying, track days etc...but funnily I do kind of meander along on a bike, admittedly I'm new to it so I'm not 100% confident and at some point I'm probably gonna do something daft, but at the same time I think if I do it'll be on a circuit where the traffic flows one way. I have got a family now with 2 kids that I'll happily admit I'll do anything for. I'm in no rush to bury myself 6 feet under and visit everyone's favourite imaginary friend.

Like Bonio said you could always just take the odd lesson to help you build more and more confidence on the road. The tests themselves are all the exact same test with just a different bike. So the A1 tests that you'll do are the same a full A or A2 test but the bike size is variable. So if you're 17 now, and go in for your CBT, you can ride the 125 for 2 years on L plates, you won't be allowed to carry a passenger and you won't be allowed on motorways. If you stick to the idea of that then going for A2 when you're 19, you just need to make sure that your CBT hasn't expired. It'll last for the 2 years then you'd have to renew it. So if you turned 17 in June, and pass your CBT in October, then waited to do A2 at 19, you'd have those few months after turning 19 to get it done. EDIT: Prices...your CBT will fall in at around the £120 mark, that'll include price of hiring a bike from the training school. Individual lessons will be at the price the school sets, and I honestly can't offer you a guide on that sorry. You can find standard test fees here but it s worth considering that you'd need (most likely) to hire a bike through your chosen school for a warm up before the test and a bike to use during the test. On top of this lot, don't underestimate the cost of buying sensible gear to ride in, lids, jacket, boots and gloves as a bare minimum. I don't want to put you off but make sure you buy the best gear you can afford!

I agree its his choice entirely and he's not going to do it if he doesn't believe he can physically cope and he's aware of the risks. But I question if he has considered if the risk is worth it? So he goes back knowing he COULD come off and re-break the leg, depending on the seriousness, potentially ending his career. What did he risk that for? The only thing IMO that's worth that risk is the belief that he can win the championship. I do get it that as a racer that's all he's interested in, but he's a winner, a champion. He's also a clever guy with years of experience. If anyone on that grid was going to say "No, i'll heal up, I'll come back next year and make a real go of it." then I would bet my house it would be Rossi. If he's decided he wants a go, I've gotta say I'm thinking that he believes he can get back into the championship. But as you say, we'll see what happens this weekend. Well you will, I'm at my sister's wedding the inconsiderate cow!

I agree he's got nothing to prove. He does just love racing and I appreciate that. I'm a fan too but I'm a fan of Marquez, of Lorenzo, of Dovi, all of them. For me Rossi making the decision to get back for Aragon is reckless and says he really wants to fight for the championship. I don't understand how after all he's done, he thinks that returning so soon after a serious leg break is a good idea. I appreciate he wants to get back on and get racing but why rush such an injury. He stands a good chance of making matters a whole S*** ton worse if he comes off and damages that leg whilst its still healing.

So I guess most that are interested will have already been following this closely. But as of dinner time today Rossi's confirmed he'll be attempting to race this weekend at Aragon. 22 days after his leg break and he's hoping to be cleared by officials, fit to race. We'll see, but truthfully I think its a mistake, realistically speaking Dovi, Marquez and Vinales need to pick up a couple of DNFs in the next few races with Rossi winning them to bring him back into contention and I can't see it happening. http://www.motorcyclenews.com/sport/motogp/2017/september/motogp-official-rossi-to-attempt-to-ride-in-aragon/

In a world where Sykes has this off...Rossi 19 days after a double fracture of his leg is back racing laps...its really amusing to see a football player was unable to play for his club because he had a reaction to a shaving gel on his leg which developed a spot, preventing him from putting on socks...

Suffered some burns to his forearm I believe too? It looked like not much compared to some crashes we've seen but then they don't all burst into flames. The mere sight of flames and fire makes it inherently more spectacular to the general audience I think.

I said this to the wife when she failed her driving test. She made one major, which was so bloody stupid that you know 100% it was because she was bricking it with nerves beforehand, but other than that it was a good clean drive. I told her the same thing, we know you can drive cleanly and safely and pass the test, you just need to take your time and try to keep calm. OP it sucks the big one but unfortunately by this time there's nothing you can do about it. Just make sure you take all the time you want in the next attempt and pass it

Cheers mate yeah we've got a youview+ box coming which I believe has a 1TB hard drive for recording bits on which is useful. We've never filled out Sky HD box that was 500gb I think so that'll be more than enough. As for Kodi, we have an android box and a firestick with Kodi on that I use for movies and TV box sets which is why Sky Cinema is not something that I've ever been bothered about. I can't ever be bothered with getting mediocre stutter streams for sports though so that's why I fancied getting BT sport back. Having spent the weekend watching the BSB in perfect clarity I thought yeah I like that!!

The sad face is because it dawned on me that many of you were still probably no more than a twinkle in your Dad's eye when I started and it makes you realise how fast time passes. On the plus side, I am glad that I no longer serve. My dad was only 15! In all honesty though mate, huge respect for everything you did. Absolutely LOVE reading your posts on here, very rarely have I not learned something. The amount of wisdom you can shine on situations is incredible.

its definitely a limited time offer. Its a 12 month contract so it'll be that price for the next year. I'll see how much it goes up next year and start changing stuff around. Its becoming like insurance and utilities TV now. Where every year they'll up the prices and start rinsing you for cash until you grow tired of it and start ringing up for better deals and shopping around.

It really depends on how much TV you watch [mention]Joeman[/mention]. I literally only watch the bike racing. There are next to no TV series I bother with that I can't get on Netflix or Amazon Prime, the wife only watches stuff on free TV channels, we needed a few kids channels so BT was the perfect balance really. I'm not sure what Freesat HD offers so I can't really comment, but I'd have a google and see wha tthey offer and whether there is anything you want but wouldn't get.

After years of being a Sky customer I've grown tired of being ripped off and sacked them off last night and switched to BT. Was paying upwards of £75 a month to Sky for a basic package with HD and broadband, meanwhile friends were getting the same package with SKy Q upgrades and multiroom for closer to £40-50 a month. Rang to see if they could do any better and if I switched to fibre broadband they could offer me £58 a month or if I wanted to ditch some of the few channels that I did have they could offer me £50 a month. Asked BT about they're packages and I've got fibre broadband and the full TV package (which includes BT Sport and Eurosport in HD for the bikes ) I'm paying £45 a month. No activation charges or set up charges. Me and the wife scanned the lists comparing Sky to BT channels. Although Sky clearly have many many more channels of the ones that we could get for those prices we're only losing the Sky specific channels (Sky 1, Sky Atlantic, Sky Arts etc) never had Sky sports or cinema so not losing them because I never had them, but I'm gaining BT Sport for the Moto GP and some champions league and a few select football matches so I'm happy with that. I can't believe the lack of commitment from sky though. I asked about any discounted offers on movies/sports they could do, "Nothing sir sorry." Any upgrade offers on Sky Q or multi-room? "Nothing sir." Could I get a new HD box because mines on its way out after 5 years, "No sir sorry you'd need to have Sky cover at £10 extra month." Absolute con artists