New driving test centre to open - Halfords

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#16 Post by **mangocrazy** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 2:28 pm

randomsquid wrote:
mangocrazy wrote:
Cathcart wrote:Personally i was on too powerful a bike at 21 for my maturity.
I think I've always been on too powerful a bike for my level of maturity...
I bought an FJ1200 when I was 19. Didn't end well.

Yes, not just fast, but big and heavy as well. I imagine it needed a fair amount of persuasion to change direction at speed...

lazarus · #17 Post by **lazarus** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 7:02 pm

Cathcart wrote:To be honest, it does sound like the start of a bad joke but then, does it matter where the examiners are stationed?

Well no it doesnt. But that begs the question of "why halfords". Why can they not operate from home and save costs?

randomsquid · #18 Post by **randomsquid** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 10:10 pm

mangocrazy wrote:
randomsquid wrote:
mangocrazy wrote:
Cathcart wrote:Personally i was on too powerful a bike at 21 for my maturity.
I think I've always been on too powerful a bike for my level of maturity...
I bought an FJ1200 when I was 19. Didn't end well.
Yes, not just fast, but big and heavy as well. I imagine it needed a fair amount of persuasion to change direction at speed...

They're surprisingly capable but remarkably bland.
Mostly it was a dinosaur problem. Large mass under the control of an underdeveloped brain.

#19 Post by **mangocrazy** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 10:34 pm

randomsquid wrote:
mangocrazy wrote:
randomsquid wrote:
mangocrazy wrote:
Cathcart wrote:Personally i was on too powerful a bike at 21 for my maturity.
I think I've always been on too powerful a bike for my level of maturity...
I bought an FJ1200 when I was 19. Didn't end well.
Yes, not just fast, but big and heavy as well. I imagine it needed a fair amount of persuasion to change direction at speed...
They're surprisingly capable but remarkably bland.
Mostly it was a dinosaur problem. Large mass under the control of an underdeveloped brain.

Elegantly described...