34 years ago today.....

[Lutin]

It has just occurred to me, it being the 18th of November, that I passed my bike test 34 years ago today.

My, how time flies.

 

[Ian Porter]

Old fart [emoji1]

 

[Lutin]

Old fart [emoji1]

Can't argue with that.

 

[Ian Porter]

I'm sure there's no coincidence that I passed my test on the 1st of April [emoji38]

 

[-XP-]

It has just occurred to me, it being the 18th of November, that I passed my bike test 34 years ago today.

My, how time flies.

Just to make you feel a wee bit older, I was 12 days from my 7th birthday!

 

[austin]

Andy will be along shortly playing top trumps with a test passed over 50 years ago or something.

Me, I passed mine 37 years and 6months ago in Wolverhampton on a blue Honda CD175.

 

[Raymo]

42 years ago on a 250 BSA Starfire

 

[nick949]

47 years ago on a BSA C15 in Shirley, Brum. :respect-047: Oh yes, and again 7 years ago in Kingston, Ontario on a Royal Star Tour Deluxe Behemoth

Nick

 

[Lutin]

Okay, since we're reporting what we took our tests on - a BSA D14 Bantam.

And is was so bloody cold that even though I had passed my test, I had to ride home with the 'L' plates still on as my hands and fingers were too cold to untie them from the bike.

 

[Rubberchicken]

It has just occurred to me, it being the 18th of November, that I passed my bike test 34 years ago today.

Just to make you feel a wee bit older, I was 12 days from my 7th birthday!

Old fart. I was 13 days from my 6th.

 

[dodursley]

passed my test in 1961 on a Phillips Gadabout all 2 bhp of raw power and brakes to match, the examiner jumped out well down the road for the emergency stop, probably to ensure he did not get run over!

 

[Lutin]

passed my test in 1961 on a Phillips Gadabout all 2 bhp of raw power and brakes to match, the examiner jumped out well down the road for the emergency stop, probably to ensure he did not get run over!

I had to look that one up -

 

[hotbulb]

I had an old Gadabout when I was about 13 .. used to tear around the garden on it, much to my Dad's annoyance! The one I had used a Villiers 3K engine unit.... very modern-looking with the carb and air filter in a sort of streamlined hump behind the cylinder. The pedals had gone.... I used a pair of Stilsons as a primitive kick-start

 

[Barftone]

Making me feel young again...XL125RC...just missed the 250 test in 83ish

 

[Mikey]

A Honda 50SS a really, really long time ago

 

[-XP-]

Just to make you feel a wee bit older, I was 12 days from my 7th birthday!

Old fart. I was 13 days from my 6th.

Bloody young-uns these days, no respect for their elders!

 

[outrunner]

Andy will be along shortly playing top trumps with a test passed over 50 years ago or something.

Nah, dodursley has me beat by 2 years. Took my test on a borrowed James Captain as my own bike broke down the previous day.




Andy.

 

[Rubberchicken]

Bloody young-uns these days, no respect for their elders!

Don't worry, soon I'll be an old fart too.