Starting To Ride A Motorcycle or Scooter

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D-Rider · #1 Post by **D-Rider** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:25 pm

Here are some links to information you may need if you are starting out on bikes or moving up to a different license category:

The Department for Transport's guide to obtaining licenses:
Routes to Your License

More Info on Learning and Tests:
Learning & Tests

Applying for a Provisional License:
Provisional License

Other Drivers Licensing Info:
Drivers Licensing Info

Your Bike:
Tax & MOT

..... and besides all of that .... it's fun (but do it safely and remember we're all still learning)

It has been said that when you start riding you are given 2 bags.
The First is full of Luck.
The Second is Empty and is for you to fill with Experience and Skill.
The trick is to fill the bag with Experience before you empty your bag of Luck.

..... good advice but remember that some people's bags of luck are not that full to begin with and can't necessarily be relied upon.
Best to learn from others mistakes rather than your own - so listen to those with experience and think for yourself about your riding.

And Finally:
Remember that every other B@$#@£D out there on the road is trying to kill you (and they are also completely blind) - Those assumptions are what has kept a lot of us from disaster.

Rickyrock · #2 Post by **Rickyrock** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:32 pm

Good advice D

Gio · #3 Post by **Gio** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:07 pm

I've never had any luck, but I'd not change any of my lifes experiences.

Viking · #4 Post by **Viking** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:54 am

Just to expand on D's comments a bit.

If you take the assumption that every single other road user (be it a bicycle rider, a car driver, or a truck driver) is a homicidal maniac that wants to do nothing less than kill you and you ride accordingly, then your bag of luck will last longer.

Especially when it's raining - car drivers seem to switch off their brains more than normal when it's raining.

snapdragon · #5 Post by **snapdragon** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:08 pm

good advice - just how to not empty that first bag

Gio · #6 Post by **Gio** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:59 pm

snapdragon wrote:good advice - just how to not empty that first bag

Surely it depends if you were issued with it in the first place

Viking · #7 Post by **Viking** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:41 am

snapdragon wrote:good advice - just how to not empty that first bag

Don't leave your house in the first place?

snapdragon · #8 Post by **snapdragon** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:21 pm

Gio wrote:
snapdragon wrote:good advice - just how to not empty that first bag
Surely it depends if you were issued with it in the first place

think I possibly emptied most of it whilst training