That's the lot then

Passed the test, got the bike, got the gear, booked th advanced training,
just need the "miserable bleeding git" attitude... Pip where did you get
yours?

D

 

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Is it considered adviseable to pass test and get advanced training in a
short space of time?

Something inside my head suggests getting some miles under the belt and
then going the advanced route.

 

That'll help install the miserable git attitude, too.

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it. 'Mr Bennett thoughtfully selected a stout ibstock and left the
house.' - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, II.

 

Doesnotcompute wrote

Miles? Experience? Knowledge? **** all that old bollocks *I* have got
a certificate.

 

Good point, wrong term really, I am taking "additional training" rather than
advanced training to help me improve, along with putting in some miles, got
to be a good thing don't you agree?

D

 

It's unlikely to be a bad thing, but it could be a waste of money.
You don't necessairly know how to improve until you know what's in need
of improvement. Nothing beats experience.

£0.02

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, David Thomas said:

Where do you live?

Become a despatch rider for a few weeks, honestly, that's all it takes;
not only will you get some "traditional training" but you'll develop the
miserable git attitude in next to no time

 

Cost is minimal because it's a club, you know the sort of thing, IAM
observer associate and what have you

Nah, I'm pretty sure I'm crap at everything

Nothing beats experience.
Except a bad experience

D

 

<wonders if Salad Dodger will be able to resist this one...>

 

Hell, yes.

The Dodgaah will know well that this one is well suited to the IAM.

 

David Thomas wrote

The IAM are cunts.

See, now until I had my third mid life crisis a couple of years ago I
was in the training business and we always used to reckon that you need
a bit of time for consolidation of what you learnt the first time before
you come back for a second.

No such thing as bad experience. Good, bad or indifferent, they are all
learning opportunities.

Get some miles on your CV and then think about spending some dosh on
selected areas, if you feel you still need it.

Give it time man. Many of us around here have literally man years of
experience on bikes and still do really silly things, like stop and
forget to put our feet down.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, steve auvache said:

Heh, I did just that once when I filled up with petrol. I sat on the
bike to fill up (as you do) and forgot to put the side stand down before
I got off.

Oh how I laughed.

 

Yeah yeah, but when one is skint one will understand that options are a
trifle limited yes?

D

 

<looks skyward with red face and whistles tunelessly>
(twice in two days)

 

Thought we had switched to diesel round here, black is the new green and all
that ;-)

D

 

Oh. I think it's absolutely essential.

That and covering your bike in pointless purple tat.

 

*snort*

 

Ken, are you listening?

 

She's had bits sewn on?

 

Ears, don't forget ears.