When did you pass your bike test?

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  1. Mel

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    October 2008, still massively learning, still locking my wheels by accident :D
     
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  2. johncbr

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    1984 wow on a GP100 think i turned left turned left and left again had a fag then left again yes round the block emergency stop mmmmmm bloke behind a car i seen him he jumped out and that was my emergence stop lol
     
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  3. nickcbr

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    September 1997 - with a dislocated knee cap after falling getting on the bike for my pre test lesson. Popped it back on (the cap) and did my test, there was no way I was missing my test. Examiner let me off the push u turn as I couldn't actually walk lol. A&e after my test followed by 12 months of physio and all was well.
     
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  4. kpone

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    Hard man.

    I've ridden with a broken ankle. I cut a notch out of the heel of a pair of cowboy boots so it could fit over the gear shift, then changed gear by moving the whole leg.
     
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  5. nickcbr

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    Less hard more stupidity on my part I think lol

    The things we do for biking eh!
     
    #45 nickcbr, Jul 2, 2012
  6. WyreFlyer

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    Looks like I'm up there with the oldest, promised my parents at 16 not to get a moped but wait for a car.Passed my car test in '79 at 17 but hated it, so bought a bike and passed in march '80.
     
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  7. MrB

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    1st Feb 2008
     
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  8. stigg

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    June 1972! and still enjoying it just as much, the bikes are just quicker.
     
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  9. vino

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    ......I was.....3 months old.....
     
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  10. vino

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    Passed November 1997, aged 19
     
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  11. MrB

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    I was born a month later
     
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  12. IcarusGreen

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    1978? I was borne 3 years later
     
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  13. kpone

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    You're not making me feel any better you know.
     
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  14. gRRandeelion

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    Late spring/early summer 1970 still only 16 (just). Round the block anti-clockwise then round the block clockwise, emergency stop, about 3 questions on road signs and off with the 'L' plates. Does that make you feel better Ken?
     
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  15. RedMacGregor

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    July 2009 at the ripe old age of 58 - what have I been missing!!!!!!!!!!
     
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    Vastly. I was 9 1/2.
     
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    Oct 07 i was 22, but riding 50's and 125's 16 (1999) on provisional
     
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  18. BikersDiscountStore

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    Jan 1980 on a GT250M. The test cost £13 then, wonder what it costs for a complete beginner to obtain a full license today?
     
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    cost me £700 all in 2 yrs ago mate
     
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  20. BikersDiscountStore

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    Jeez, if I were a cynical sort I would wonder if there isn't some plot by men in grey suits to deter people from taking up biking
     
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