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There was a biker out in the blizzard snow, infront of me on the approach to a roundabout. He pulled out and his back wheel locked up and wouldnt release. He skidded to a stop. Everybody just went round him so i jumped out to help him get his bike to the side. We looked to see the problem and jesus christ, his back sprocket looked like a junkies teeth! Chain was also very very slack... I figured his day is going to be crap enough without me moaning at him for his serious lack of maintenance. Shame though, talk about bloody cold and blizzard like.

If you somehow read this mate, think yourself lucky it happened there and not on the dual carriage way or motorway you were headed for. Also, get that chain and sprocket situation replaced!

Gary

as much as i feel sorry for him in this weather,its his own fault

maybe its just me but,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,if he had taken care of maintanance like he should then he wouldnt be in that predicament.I think he can thank his lucky stars that thats the full extent of his misery

Probably cultural though - chap from north of the border spending money on a new sprocket while there's still metal left on the old one? - unthinkable, he's a reputation to uphold.

Just like another on this forum .... he may have moved from the land of porridge to Australia but the thought of changing his rear tyre before all of the steel belts had been exposed was clearly an extravagance too far.

I personally think that basic bike maitenance should be part of the test
Oil level
water level
tyres including pressures(Inflation) to correct psi/bar
chain and sprocket- inspection and adjustment.
The question should be asked if they can perform these tasks after being taught on the CBT
If they can't then they should'nt be allowed on the road.
I am ready for critisism over this, but i am entitled to my opinion

Titter ye not!

the person in question may be on their arse in more ways than one and just trying to get to the end of the month to sort these things out. Maybe their freedom was this was their only transport and getting to work was not a luxury
...now anyone got any spare tyres to donate?

Im only north of the yam yam border !

blinkey501 wrote:I personally think that basic bike maitenance should be part of the test
Oil level
water level
tyres including pressures(Inflation) to correct psi/bar
chain and sprocket- inspection and adjustment.
The question should be asked if they can perform these tasks after being taught on the CBT
If they can't then they should'nt be allowed on the road.
I am ready for critisism over this, but i am entitled to my opinion

..... you mean like it already is for both car and bike tests ...........

Cars:
http://www.driving-test-success.com/sho ... ll_me.html

Bikes:
http://motorbiketest.info/types-of-moto ... assesment/

Im with Blinkey on this, maybe the guy had no idea he should have replaced it all 3000 miles ago?
Yes there are some basic maintenance questions in the bike test but I doubt it deals with ragged to death shitters and the small gap between needing maintaining and deathtrap

Dont get me wrong, ive stretched the life of a sprocket but that was just mad!! A total beginner would spot that it wasnt right, and for the chain to come off is just mad. He needs a good slap before he ends up killing himself. Personally, theres no hope i'd be out in this weather!

Hey, we aint tight fisted up here.. Well, I am... You know you want to live up here, nobldy wants to live south of the border, its a punishment for bad things in a previous life...

D-Rider wrote:

blinkey501 wrote:I personally think that basic bike maitenance should be part of the test
Oil level
water level
tyres including pressures(Inflation) to correct psi/bar
chain and sprocket- inspection and adjustment.
The question should be asked if they can perform these tasks after being taught on the CBT
If they can't then they should'nt be allowed on the road.
I am ready for critisism over this, but i am entitled to my opinion

..... you mean like it already is for both car and bike tests ...........

Cars:
http://www.driving-test-success.com/sho ... ll_me.html

Bikes:
http://motorbiketest.info/types-of-moto ... assesment/

Well fuck me. Its been a while since i passed both He has no excuse but to be negligable then. He is obviously an idiot.
All is ok until a lorry is coming and he needs to get away quickly and his chain slips.

I know from a club member who recently passed his bike test that his training included these basic maintenance issues. But then he's an experienced car driver who's done his own maintenance for years.

I also know from someone else that not all training schools are as good - and they ask so few of these questions in the test. Very easy for someone who knows NOTHING to fail to take some of it in. In fact, from another forum where we got a lot of new bikers, many of them don't really 'get' the info even where they remember enough of an answer to get through the test.

When I did the 8 week ACU training for my test, we had a maintenace session every week when the instructors would get us to point out potential problems on each others' bikes.

TBH that's probably true for the other theory / highway code questions too. They only ask a random sample of questions - some test candidates know their stuff well and some get lucky with the questions (and others don't)

Zackly!

blinkey501 wrote:I personally think that basic bike maitenance should be part of the test
Oil level
water level

Basic bikes dont have water

.... or brake fluid .....
(as per one of the things you can be asked about in the test)