yep failed.  spewing.  heres the thing,  i think it was because i was on a hd.  dont get me wrong not looking to pass blame,  i did go over the limit by 10k's at one stage - small issue with my speedo as in its not working atm - rolled the dice on this old lady in front of me.  seeing she took an age to take off and get up to speed from some lights i thought she was a good thing.

anyway the bit that pissed me off was the instructor fellow said a few times - quote - "the problem with you harley riders is that you never indicate".  he threw in a few other you harley riders this and you harley riders that.  pfft.  give me the shits.  he reckons he couldnt even see my indicators and that you should be able to see them from at least 30m away.  i told him that i usually go the way of hand signals so noone cleans me up from behind.  his thoughts were that you shouldnt need to worry about hand signals !!!  when i did my first test years ago hand signals were part of the freakin test !!!

just shits me as i now need to stuff around again on some given day.  plus im hanging to put my apes back on as im thinking its smarter to wait until im licensed.  i have attached a pic of my bike  ......  look at the indicators !!!   they stand out like dogs balls.  ok maybe not. 

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That's the annoying thing Chef, fucking around on another day to do it all over again!

failed mine the 1st time ,turned up in all black leather on a black bike and knew within 5 mins I wasnt going to pass .

2nd attempt ,passed ,turned up in yellow and rode one of their bikes .
fucking bullshit power tripping cunts

Got mine at a half day course in Melbourne, where the blokes were about teaching you to ride safely, not on a power trip,had a bloke who couldn't even ride a straight line between the tram tracks and fell off when doing an emergency stop, failed the test in every category then got on his own bike and rode out on his L plates. I was amazed he even got there to do the test.

 Lucky you didn't get a Lickie while you were at it Killer.

Was talking to a young girly a few weeks ago when me and the mates were on our ride. She is a boarder at my cousins joint and her first night was the night we arrived 

Anyway, she was expalinig how she failed her learners for breaking a couple of rules. We all looked at each other in unison and said "There are rules ???"

I guess I was lucky some 30 odd years ago the instructor fell off his bike and threatened he fail me if I laughed, only went about a klm down the road, he fell off returned to office walked out with Licence, then laughed by box off.

Jesus Rodders was about to post pretty much the same thing.

Harley, unroadworthy.......wouldn't even get to the start line.

10 k over the limit....immediate fail

Hey, if you want to push the envelope good on you but don't have a bitch about it if you get found out.

Blokes spend time on here criticising car drivers about there lack of awareness, lack of driving skill etc then moan about this sort of thing.

 

Went dirt bike riding the day before my license test and it had been about 6 months since i'd been on the dirt bike and I could barely fuckin walk, sore all over. Lucky the test was on of their Honda CB250's.

 

Hey Chef, I tend to agree you trod on your own dick for this one. C'mon, we all know EVERYTHING has to be spot on for the Test; better luck next time Mate.

But those 'Harley' comments do indicate some attitude from the get go. I failed my first bike licence attempt too, but I honestly believe the Instructor was on a power trip.

Back then I'm 18 with long hair and mounted on a borrowed Honda CB400. He's maybe 50 and super straight and he didn't acknowledge me as he strode up (helmet on) - no giddays - just started explaining the ENTIRE route in one sentence as he climbed onto his bike. It went something like this:

'When a gap becomes apparent we'll exit this Facility over there (pointing) and proceed to the trafic lights where upon the green signal we'll turn sharp right and follow the road until something mumble f*ck mumble f*ck and at this point we'll take a left turn and follow that road to the something and then we'll blah de f*ckin blah blah blah...

WTF?! He described the whole f*ckin' inner Brisbane suburban testing trip in a circuitous route all the way back to the Licence Testing facility. I wasn't a City boy and rarely ventured inta Town, much less the cheesey suburb I found myself in (Coorparoo).

So I'm totally lost before we start and I say, "So we come out of here and turn right and travel how far before we turn left? What road did you say?"

"OH PAY ATTENTION WILL YOU?!" Seriously. He gave me a bit of an angry spray and I lead off knowing full well this is gonna turn ta shit.

Now I'm watching him in the mirror coz I honestly have no idea what's coming up next. Then he disappears. I hang a U turn and find him parked down a side street. He glares and gives me another spray as I shoulda slowed down enough for him to overtake and guide me. And I think me and Mr Perfect turned back early soon after that. Yeah, I'm sure we didn't complete the trip. HE HAD SPOKEN!

Maybe he travels that route 20 times a day but I DON'T! F*ckin' cockhead.

 

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I kick my leg out to indicate, only if I'm texting though otherwise its too dangerous.

 Some funny stuff, comments,

Bloody RTA testers, put a uniform on them and they think they are Hitler.

I got my rider license when I went for my L's for a car, 30 more questions on the test. Had to hold my L's for a week than went for P's in a car and the rider was included, no bike riding test at all.

They call it a test for a reason (its not a quick lap around the block for fun)
10k over is fail
speedo not working is a fail
indicators are probably not legal

im pretty sure hand signals are not legal either

Spelt your nickname wrong, should be with a WIT not a SLEEVE Ya shoulda turned up pissed as well , just to make sure he didnt run out of excuses to fail ya

in wa you get your bike license sort of in 2 stages. first is your re so with that your limited up to 250cc. the r license is for any size. you have to have your re for min 12 months (something like that may have changed to 2yrs) before going for your r. mate you have to go get your learners - the lot !!! unbelievable. dont know what the nsw system is like compared to that ?

i did my re over 15 years ago. my memory of that test was being tested on emg braking, head checking, road positioning, figure 8's and hand signals. the nazi i had made me do my figure 8's on freaking hill !! .... lucky the instructor i went with made me do that in case i got that assessor.

 Killerchef,,,, Quick question , at school did you spend most of your time stood in the corner with a big pointed hat on , With a big D on it .

Because i think you've got to be a fucking dumb dunce, to go take your test  on a bike with no speedo and illigal indicators ,,, Err Derr , try there bikes next time

Boxa,,, quick question, in life do you have to practice being a pole smoker or does it just come naturally. Your just so good at it.


And thank you for such insightful advice.

Nope but i do practice polite , courteous , and respectful ... and i HAVE A FUCKEN LISCENCE ,,,, Let this one be a lesson learned , just cos you buy a Harley don't mean you need to adopt an attitude , , Showing up for a test, on a bike with no speedo How much more moronic and fucking stupid can you get , , Did you have your Harley shirt with the bad ass flames and the belt buckle has well

Fact is mate with that attitude the guy has probably extended your life by a few weeks . Its not always morons with attitude who get killed , but its riders with a attitude , that are more likely too.

Unless of course you don't have attitude in which case i apolagise , but if its not attitude , its just being a dumb cunt , in which case you should'nt be on the road , . Either way you would'nt be welcome on a ride with me , fucked if i would want my day spoilt by having to pick some dumb cunt with attitude off the road.

 Got my license years ago, just took my Army bike license into the RTA and five minutes later out i walked fully licensed , no test, no p plates,no charge and no restrictions. Only good thing i ever got out of the fuckin army !!

 

Yeah, I had that change over with a 'Heavy Vehicle' licence when I left the Army. Hardly a gift though, the AJ courses ran for weeks!