Are there any maual scooters on the UK market

Alan.T.Gower · Nov 8, 2003

steve auvache said:

pete boyall wrote

The bike is a gift of heaven whereas the scooter is shite.
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Well put brother.

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Alan.T.Gower · Nov 8, 2003

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Dr Zoidberg said:

Alan.T.Gower said:

But you do have an assessed ride at the end where you must show your riding
is of a certain standard.
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The DSA states that the instructor will highlight weaknesses.

Thats as good a definition of a test as you are likely to find.
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It's not a test. You cannot Pass or Fail it.

"The instructor will also take time to de-brief you on the 2-hour road
ride, highlighting any areas of weakness whilst also praising the
stronger areas."

You can fail to complete in a particular day but you can come back to
complete it. The DSA states that you "complete" the training. When we
instruct CBT we have to state that "it's not a test it's a course of
training". We have had people who are dangerous and they were told that
perhaps motorcycling in not for them. But it's really up to them.

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Nidge · Nov 9, 2003

Grant Cooper wrote

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Are there any manual scooters on the UK market? I know for instance
that Honda's Innova is semi automatic, but are there any fully manual
scooters out there?
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Old Lambruscos (and probably Wespas too) woz manual. The 125 ones were
utterly gutless and most of the bigger ones weren't a whole lot better tho.

Why not get something worth having? [Points discretely toward bike
catalogue].

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Donegal Paul · Nov 9, 2003

"Nidge" replied toGrant Cooper wrote

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Old Lambruscos (and probably Wespas too) woz manual.
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Yep, can't beat a Lambretta [1]

The 125 ones were

utterly gutless and most of the bigger ones weren't a whole lot better
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tho.

Yep, 125 was shite, hence the common engine mods and upgrades,
exxxxcellent.[2]

Why not get something worth having? [Points discretely toward bike
catalogue].
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Oi, cnut.

[1] Who am I kidding? Fucking mobility scooters are faster than most of
em.
[2] Well, better anyway.

steve auvache · Nov 9, 2003

Nidge wrote

The 125 ones were
utterly gutless
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Fucking know nothings always giving wrong comment through iggerance.

Bung a bit of amyl in the tank and replace the can with 18" of copper
water pipe tastefully opened out at the end and I could get nearly 40
out of my old LD.

dwb · Nov 11, 2003

Alan.T.Gower said:

It's not a test. You cannot Pass or Fail it.
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People did on my CBT - some of us walked away with a certificate allowing us
to ride vehicles on the road.
Other's didn't, therefore they 'failed.

"The instructor will also take time to de-brief you on the 2-hour road
ride, highlighting any areas of weakness whilst also praising the
stronger areas."

You can fail to complete in a particular day but you can come back to
complete it. The DSA states that you "complete" the training. When we
instruct CBT we have to state that "it's not a test it's a course of
training". We have had people who are dangerous and they were told that
perhaps motorcycling in not for them. But it's really up to them.
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Um.. not in my experience of the CBT - if you were shit, the instructor said
"you are shit, come back and do it again".
There was no "but here's a certificate anyway".

But anyway, I don't care as I have a nice full licence

Salad Dodger · Nov 11, 2003

Um.. not in my experience of the CBT - if you were shit, the instructor said
"you are shit, come back and do it again".
There was no "but here's a certificate anyway".
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You're getting confused with the IAM.
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|_\_____/_| ..61132../..14035.../..3157./.19406
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dwb · Nov 11, 2003

Salad Dodger said:

You're getting confused with the IAM.
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Would you be saying that if it wasn't me? Huh? Would you?

Grant Cooper · Nov 13, 2003

dwb said:

People did on my CBT - some of us walked away with a certificate allowing us
to ride vehicles on the road.
Other's didn't, therefore they 'failed.

Um.. not in my experience of the CBT - if you were shit, the instructor said
"you are shit, come back and do it again".
There was no "but here's a certificate anyway".

But anyway, I don't care as I have a nice full licence
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I may have inadvertently posted to alt.exercisesinadvancepedantry
instead of alt.scooter.moped! Anyway, I suppose I mean a step-through
when I talk about scooters.

dwb · Nov 14, 2003

I may have inadvertently posted to alt.exercisesinadvancepedantry
instead of alt.scooter.moped! Anyway, I suppose I mean a step-through
when I talk about scooters.
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