Could you pass the test?

Facelift model XJ600 Diversion. The one with twin discs.

Surprised the VFR doesn't have 'em.

 

You should really have them fitted, the speed you ride.

 

You really should get a new insult book.

 

Rich and I went from Gillingham to Charlton Park for a rugby match in
1980. On my TS185. With our kit in a rucksack on Richard's back.

Wheelies from the lights were unavoidable, but the long slog down the
A2 was purgatory[1], and the last thing I needed after my first (and
last) non-school rugby match.

Two up to Brighton on a KH250 was bliss by comparison. Though this
could have been enhanced by swapping Richard for the lovely Denise.

[1] Even more so for Rich, as the pillion pegs were on the swinging
arm.

 

I got 28/35 on the LGV, and I didn't understand half of the questions.

 

Bollocks, I only got 26. I blame not knowing what colour which lines were
and how many copies of the gubbins sheet I needed.

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The speccy Geordie twat.

 

****. Well I just got back and by **** is it slow! hehehe.

5 fucking days he reckons.[1] With all the test fees, practical before
the test, lorry hire and all that assorted shite, it's gonna be over
£1,200! That's assuming I pass first time.

[1] Saying I was used to driving a shit van no no brakes, no handbrake
and a clutch that bites on the floor fell on stoney silence.

****!

 

You could always tell him about the thing with the envelope.

 

What are you learning in? I did my cat C training and test in a 7.5T
Iveco - which was a joke as I had the entitlement on my licence already.

My instructor wasn't impressed when I started doing 50 in a single
carriageway NSL...

 

One of these: http://www.wallaceschool.co.uk/images/index_3.jpg

A ten tonner by all accounts which as technicallyy a class 2 isn't
really much bigger than a 7.5 tonner. In fact, that's what I thought it
was. The blerdy thing's got a five speed box as well which isn't quite
what I was expecting either.

Lucky bastard. I didn't get above 30.

I think I'll take Ginge's advice and tell him about the envelope.

 

Good luck and here is a simple little adage to remember is "gears for go &
brakes for slow" Don't use your gearbox to slow the lorry... use your brakes
and change the gear once you've scrubbed off the speed. It took me quite a
while to get out of the cog down & match revs method.

 

I told off a few times for that. Another thing is the brakes. They don't
seem to work slowly IYSWIM. I mean they're either on or off. If you're
going along at a snail's pace 10mph and rest your foot on the pedal,
nothing happens, you have to actually *put* your foot on the brakes. I
mean it's all or nothing, there doesn't seem to be that much control;
not what I'm used to in a van or on a bike anyway.

Cheers.