[QUOTE="JC"] Fish?[/QUOTE] Fresh fish from Grimsby is nice.
In uk.rec.motorcycles, Oldbloke said: I'm serious! Slow speed control, how to accelerate to get out of trouble, get through gaps you thought weren't possible (this takes practice of course because you don't want to come flying off when you snap a brake lever on a lorry on the way past ;-)), learn how traffic and traffic flow moves and best of all, know almost exactly when the lights are going to change
BRC I used to live with a foreman of a steel erection company in Leeds and he had to spent two month in Grimsby on a project. I've never seen anybody losing their temper so easily, just speaking about a place. I learned a breadth of new swearwords too. ;-)
Well, I'm sure that if I'd have had the choice of a 'compentency' test to an 'advanced' test, I'd have gone for the compentency one. That's all I ever want to be. It's not my fault they call it an advanced test! And can I ask what you consider the difference to be between 'competent' and 'advanced' ? I don't know what the IAM pretentions are tbh. Certainly, I've not seen any on the group I belong to. Either that, or maybe, just maybe...I might BE police standard ;o) (It's ok...I *was* only joking before I get flamed......) Yeah, right.
How difficult was it for you to comprehend what I meant? **** off you oirish ****. -- Lesley ZXR400SP "Not bad for a Scouser" SBS#11[with oak-leaf cluster] BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12 BONY#54P BOB#18 Un-cork me to reply
Probably not... which is the trouble ;-P -- JackH - D.Bot (University of Speed) BOTAFOT #110 - BOTAFOF #29 - GSX750F "We might be ugly, but we don't care..."
Well done indeed. I still haven't got round to actually taking mine The TVAM seem *very* fussy about the standard you need to be before you get put forward so I'm still on 'A' where I need to be 'A+' [1]. Oh well, hopefully in the next few months I'll pull finger and actually get round to doing the test. That said, I thought about it the other day and the only reason I'm doing the IAM (now) is for the insurance discount - bimbling round Wales with Geoff and Dave is far more enjoyable and I learn more <shrug> - and that doesn't apply as I'm getting older and the bike is rapidly depreciating, and a few of the 'social' aspects. Oh well, something else to stick on the fire^w wall. [1] Not helped by previous instructor who simply did not understand or chose to understand that a GSX-R600 makes **** all power at 4000rpm and that was NOT the ideal rev range to have when moving (or in fact, ever).
I did. But he wasn't overly interested 'too uncomfortable' or something - probably true when compared to a VFR. Anyway, my new (old granny on a Fazor - I kid you not) instructor seems much more fun
I used to know a guy who had a job erecting TV aerials. He reckoned he could have a dozen erections a day. -- Platypus - Faster Than Champ VN800 Drifter, R80RT DIAABTCOD#2 GPOTHUF#19 BOTAFOS#6 BOTAFOT#89 FTB#11 BOB#1 SBS#35 ANORAK#18 TWA#15
Sounds entertaining. I once saw an old granny on a pan, she can't have been more than 4 and a half feet tall but had no problem with the bike, or even putting it on the centrestand.
Ginge wibbled like a little girl.... My gran was like that on her comode too. -- Lozzo ZZR1100D, GPZ500S, CB250RS x3. BOTAFOT#57/70a, BOTAFOF#57, two#49, MIB#22, TCP#7, BONY#9, ANORAK#9, DIAABTCOD#14, UKRMT5BB, IBW#013, MIRTTH#15a/16, BotToS#8, GP#2, SBS#10, SH#3, DFV#14, KoBV#3. Url for ukrm newbies : http://www.ukrm.net/faq/ukrmscbt.html www.mjkleathers.com
Competent; riding to an average, or slightly better than average, standard. Advanced; riding to a standard much better than average I cannot believe it's possible for someone to reach an advanced standard after 5000 miles of riding. I'm not afraid to insult people if the mood strikes me. That *wasn't* a dig at you. If I'd made a dig at you it would have been a lot blunter than that and I'd have left you in no doubt that I was having a dig at you. Look at my posting history for heaven's sake. I despair, really I do.
