Thelodger
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Post by Thelodger on Feb 29, 2012 14:38:43 GMT 10
My daughter got her licence.....Ps at least.
I just sent her to check the PO box about 4km round trip......her first drive alone and it made me wonder......where did you go on your very first LEGAL ride....apart from the Cop shop?
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madadz
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Post by madadz on Feb 29, 2012 14:48:16 GMT 10
My mate Larry took me for a run up to Yarramundi lookout and few other local trips.
But my first big ride was up the Putty.
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Saz
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Post by Saz on Feb 29, 2012 15:13:20 GMT 10
I rode back from Singleton to home, trip of almost 100km. Excluding the learners course it was my first ride on a bike. On my first trip I a) dropped it  (girly moment) b) Gave it too much juice out of a right hand turn, ended up fishtailing the back of the bike on the dirt patch on the side of the road.. but I somehow saved it boo-yeah!! ;D ;D Never looked back  |
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bluestorm04
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Post by bluestorm04 on Feb 29, 2012 15:50:37 GMT 10
......where did you go on your very first LEGAL ride....apart from the Cop shop? A - it was 1979 B - it was a very ill handling XL175 on full knobbies C - so long ago I have absolutely no idea D - I'm tipping it wasnt very far.... |
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Post by Sharpest1 on Feb 29, 2012 16:02:56 GMT 10
My first legal ride was back from the RTA. Apart from that, I have no idea as it was sooooo long ago.
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wayneb
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Post by wayneb on Feb 29, 2012 16:20:50 GMT 10
It was around the streets of Crookwell on a DT 250 than out to my grandparents property to fang it around the paddocks.
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spitfire
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Post by spitfire on Feb 29, 2012 20:12:51 GMT 10
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duck
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Post by duck on Feb 29, 2012 21:42:24 GMT 10
I borrowed dad's kingswood in 1991 and had to have it towed home... I did the clutch. He made me fix it under his guidance. I ended up learning a lot mechanically with that car!
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shayne
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Post by shayne on Mar 1, 2012 7:42:56 GMT 10
Well my road riding started a few years after I had my car licence. I was 21 when I got my bike licence, on my dirt bike. So my first road ride was on my KDX200 to gte to the dirt in Cloncurry for a fang. Bloody good bike that was too. As I had been riding for many years already there were no "fun" issues to report. Apart from the obvious fun of course! |
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pete
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Post by pete on Mar 1, 2012 8:53:09 GMT 10
First legal ride was when I picked up a brand new Suzuki TS50 trailbike. I had never riden a motorcycle before and it was in England in 1979. I paid £380 for it and I got my license by paying £5 at the DOT. No test, no paperwork...things were a lot simpler then. At 16 you could ride a restricted 50cc motorcycle (limited to 30mph), you could also ride anysize motorcycle if it had a side car attached to it ...even a Z1300...oh and I made the 5 mile trip home fine albeit a tad anxious
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2012 11:16:22 GMT 10
My first legal ride was on a bike my old man used to ride to work on, a Suzuki Honcho, a 90cc 2stroke trail bike (what a weapon) in 1971.
Now that you've all stopped laughing, my last illegal ride was on the same bike about 3 months before. The cop actually kicked me in the arse then took me home and my old man did the same thing.
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malone
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Post by malone on Mar 1, 2012 17:20:11 GMT 10
Hmmmm too long ago to dredge up from the memory banks I think .... 1976 was a longgggg time ago. Had my bike licence for 3 years before I had a car licence and then another 3 years before I had a car ...
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incy
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Post by incy on Mar 1, 2012 20:17:20 GMT 10
I'm pretty sure I went to the Pub. Which was about 40km away. Long time ago. XL250 an old twin shock model.
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homer56
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Post by homer56 on Mar 2, 2012 16:09:32 GMT 10
Had dirt bikes first no license first legal ride was cb750 Honda strait to the big bikes lol..had license about five months got pulled up speeding an he told to slow down a bit an that he didn't wont to have to pick me up of the road lol farkof I said I'm a good rider..two months later I hit a car (karma) broke my arm an my pride.. I was 21 at the time which was a long time ago..
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pete
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Post by pete on Mar 2, 2012 17:06:46 GMT 10
Went from a KLX250 to a CB750FC 82 model ...know how you felt...got cleaned up by a DHL courier on the way home from tech
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chicko
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Post by chicko on Mar 4, 2012 10:02:24 GMT 10
Old IT250 got my P's (restricted to a 250cc didn't matter it was a 2stroke haha) lasted about 2 months till I piled into a stationary Hilux at about 70k's out the front of the local soccer ovals where some mates were playing a game,I had failed to see the Hilux stopping in front of me for traffic  |
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bigsnoopy
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Post by bigsnoopy on Mar 12, 2012 15:47:06 GMT 10
......where did you go on your very first LEGAL ride....apart from the Cop shop? A - it was 1979 B - it was a very ill handling XL175 on full knobbies C - so long ago I have absolutely no idea D - I'm tipping it wasnt very far.... +1 except it was a TS185 |
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