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[Sir Tigger KC]

I did my bike test back in the days when the man stood on the corner with his clipboard and told you to go down the road turn right, right again and right again and arrive back here. 

So off I go on my Yamaha RXS100 round the first corner and the bike konks out!    I'd forgotten to turn the petrol tap back on!!    Furiously kick started it back into action, hared around the rest of the course to the last corner, slowed down and sedately arrived back at the tester who was none the wiser and passed me!   

[Andy B]

I did my bike test back in the days when the man stood on the corner with his clipboard and told you to go down the road turn right, right again and right again and arrive back here. 

So off I go on my Yamaha RXS100 round the first corner and the bike konks out!    I'd forgotten to turn the petrol tap back on!!    Furiously kick started it back into action, hared around the rest of the course to the last corner, slowed down and sedately arrived back at the tester who was none the wiser and passed me!   

I borrowed a bike to do my test on .... Z250 ... that had a conventional fuel tap. My GT250 had a vacuum operated on, off tap, so I never thought to turn the fuel tap on the Z250. It conked out at the dockyard gate. It took me a little while to realise what the 'fault' was. 

On the test, I misunderstood the examiner & ended up at the wrong end of the road from where I supposed to be ...... did the same as you & gave a hand full of throttle to the correct bit of the test & then took my time as I rode passed him.    Dunfermline Nov 1980 ..... 

[BazaJT]

Actually passed my test way back-1970 or early 71-but in many changes of address since the bike entitlement has disappeared from licence so it'd be back to square one for that.Just figured on a small commuter bike for work,to save me a 3 1/2 mile walk each way.Not viable to use the Mig for this,the fuel consumption and parking charges[there's no parking on site for cars-but bikes can!]would be prohibitive.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Not worth tackling DVLA to see if you can get your bike entitlement reinstated? 

[bootie]

Unless you have the original pass certificate, not a chance I'm afraid.

I lost my entitlement when I changed over to photo card, even though I still had my original dispatch riders card from the services, they will only accept copies of the original pass certificate!
Oh and it's not their fault the bike entitlement went astray!!!??!

JM2PW.

[Rog]

I was expecting a thread about cognitive behavioural therapy   

I really can't mention what I thought it was about . . .