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dont make the same mistake i did.... get your p's asap!!! i let my L's lapse out... stupidest thing i ever did... actually not getting my licence 10 years ago when i was 16 was the dumbest thing i ever did.

anyone out there know any good bike forums? more so for sports bikes and if possible in vic.

cheers.

Top work! Enjoy yourself and ride safe! + 1 for Netrider.com

And madbung fkin LOL @ see you on the road scag!

See you on the road like we saw the night rider!

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dont make the same mistake i did.... get your p's asap!!! i let my L's lapse out... stupidest thing i ever did... actually not getting my licence 10 years ago when i was 16 was the dumbest thing i ever did.

i've had my learners for 10 years, LOL

Got them a few weeks ago as well.

Looking for the time to do the course.

QLD laws don't permit learners to ride alone.

yeah that's pretty poo not being able to ride alone. I had my learners since 16, actually jumped on a bike on the road when I was 21, putted around for 4 weeks and did my prac test and straight onto my RE's. Piece of pie :P

i wish i had gotten in before the laws were changed this year cause then i could've gone straight from my learners to open licence just by doing Q-ride. now i have to abide by the restricted vehicles laws, but that doesn't bother me because i don't have a bike, and if i did get one i would get a 400cc dirt bike to ride around the road. they go well enough for round the streets (will still beat most cars to 60kmh), and i grew up riding dirt bikes so i know how they handle, plus i could ride out to my grandparents farm and ride around there on it too.

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Ah temporary australian's aren't they grand. I rode for 5 years 4 of which where in toowoomba. Sheesh there are terrible driver's up there nearly got made dead every day. Thinking about buying a R6. Bike's are cool.

Been down in the ACT the last few weeks riding around, can ride on your L's down here by yourself, and i have been in quite a few bloody near misses.

Been cut off 3 times this week by idiots who cant remember im still beside them in the next lane.

Some bitch looked right at me when we were stopped at the lights then proceeded to drive along beside me for 500m before swerving into my ane and cutting me off without thinking twice about it.

Every other tool on the road should look before changing lanes and learn to drive!!!

loud exhausts save lives.... seriously.... riding silent bikes is just dangerous...

my gsxr has a race pipe on it and people can hear me coming from a block away, which means soccer mums and taxis wont change lanes into me because they can hear me before they see me... so many times a quick rev has let someone know i was next to them...

loud exhausts save lives.... seriously.... riding silent bikes is just dangerous...

my gsxr has a race pipe on it and people can hear me coming from a block away, which means soccer mums and taxis wont change lanes into me because they can hear me before they see me... so many times a quick rev has let someone know i was next to them...

As a car driver I agree with this statement... those silent scooter things that are always grey and trying to sneak around and cant accelerate are deadly!

loud exhausts save lives.... seriously.... riding silent bikes is just dangerous...

my gsxr has a race pipe on it and people can hear me coming from a block away, which means soccer mums and taxis wont change lanes into me because they can hear me before they see me... so many times a quick rev has let someone know i was next to them...

100 percent agree!!! Can hear a lot of the bigger bikes with their race exhausts coming from a mile away....doesnt excuse the fact that so many people dont bother to look before changing lanes.

I know i definitly have a good look when i go to change lanes, especially now since finding out how dangerous it can be on a bike.

Good luck with your L's champ, make sure you do A LOT of riding round to get aquainted with the road, and most of the idiot cagers out there.

Also agree with the pipes, dad had his left leg broken when an old bloke ran him off the road doing a lane change, thats why the first mod i had done to the R1 was the twin yoshi's. Neighbours hate me when she is started in the morning now tho...

Just some tips and understanding from my experience (hope this doesn't scare you out of one of life's great pleasures):

Firstly, I'm just gonna throw the generalisation out there that old people are the worst drivers for motorcyclists because they never bother to do headchecks (bit physical for the elderly), some are horribly deaf (loud exhaust pipe or not), some are in a total dream and some are too focused on not hitting the car in front. So stay the f*** clear of old people if you see them.

The most important advice I can give you is that everyone on the road is your enemy and you need to stay the hell away from them where you can. Remember before each ride how easy it is to die out there. Never when riding lapse into a state of ease like you do in a car...because a poor reaction or no reaction to someone elses mistake can kill you. We say other drivers are the most dangerous obstacle for a motorcyclist...this is true but the onus is on you to stay clear of cars, because it doesn't do you much good being in the right and dead. Get pole position at the lights and take off clear of all cars (make sure no cars are running red lights across the intersection, it happens). Never sit right beside a car...sit in front where they can see you or behind far enough that a quick stab of the brakes will save you should they decide to merge over. Peak hour traffic is usually safer to ride in than regular traffic. The left lane is also the safest because if a car taps you when changing lanes, you'll go off the road as opposed to making love with the diff of another car or oncoming traffic.

Now onto my controversial opinion that other motorcyclists probably don't like to hear...we all do stupid shit on a motorbike at some point, whether it's a mono, speeding or just a fast lane change...and there are ALOT of idiots on motorcycles too. There are plenty of bike accidents by cause of a car driver but you are doubling your chances of this happening when you sneak up on a car expecting them to see you when you weren't there 2 seconds ago. So treat the roads with respect like you are driving a truck of precious cargo, not like you own the roads.

Things would be alot safer if everyone had a motorbike licence IMO, because it makes you more aware that there may be motorcyclists around you. Also, hardly any drivers appreciate how fragile the human body is on the road, with or without a cocoon of metal around you. The subconscious assumption of a car driver is also that if he/she f***s up, he/she will hit someones car and pay for some damage. The reality is that there could be a bike there and they will kill someone, they just don't keep this in mind when they are driving.

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