34 years ago today.....

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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. ;)
 
I'm sure there's no coincidence that I passed my test on the 1st of April [emoji38]
 
Lutin said:
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. ;)
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Just to make you feel a wee bit older, I was 12 days from my 7th birthday! :D
 
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.
 
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 :oops:

Nick
 
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.
 
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!
 
dodursley said:
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!
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I had to look that one up -

phillips_gadabout_scooter.jpg
 
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 :D
 
austin said:
Andy will be along shortly playing top trumps with a test passed over 50 years ago or something.
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Nah, dodursley has me beat by 2 years. :D Took my test on a borrowed James Captain as my own bike broke down the previous day.




Andy.
 
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