It's instant here. Just tell the doc what you want and he gives you them


Similar here.

Open the NHS app
Confirm which pharmacy
Select the item(s) by mid-morning
GP signs it off that afternoon (my GP works Tues - Fri)
Collect from the pharmacy (or have it delivered)



Instant?


Yup ...

Big Yin said that they'd seen a shift from scooters (CBT, tax, insurance, etc) to e-bikes.l*

I'd guess that toughening of CBT etc (which I agree with) would increase that shit.

* Potentially illegal

If it involves riding a BMW, I'm out. Every one of mine broke down or had bits fall off.

Some people only want a > 125, they have ridden their little bike for years and still have to do the cbt repeater. It's absolute bollox.


From how most of the local food delivery riders demonstrate their skills, even that one day basic stuff isn't sinking in.

eg Riding around roundabouts, and ...

Supermofo wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2026 4:18 pm I noticed the APR Mboy mentioned, you'd have to be mad or desperate to finance from them and judging by what's sent them under, that's where they made their money on the backhanders for the finance.

And the potential for likely compensation payments?

You know when people complain about not being able to get their prescription, repeat or new, in microseconds? That's because there's systems in place, or should be, to minimise mistakes happening.


It takes a week for repeats to work it's way through the system here.
Not great but not overly ...

UK training is really good on slowly wobbling around cones, and higher speeds on bends - but rubbish on the gap between the two.

Hmmm this post got lost ...

Sometimes, however good your planning, you may arrive at somewhere and just have to get on with it.

Imagine having to turn uphill here (Vale Street, from Park Street, in Bristol):

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One for anyone who intends to either feet-doen paddle around, or three-point turn.

https://mcia.co.uk/posts/industry-riders-and-retailers-call-for-motorcycle-licensing-reform-to-boost-safety-without-creating-new-barriers

[NB I don't agree with all of this, but here it is as an FYI]

The joint submission therefore also calls for wider reform, including:

An incentivised ...

MrLongbeard wrote: Fri Jul 17, 2026 11:27 am

Horse wrote: Fri Jul 17, 2026 11:20 am Not that tall, either!

The wife at 4' 10" would disagree.

We're verging towards ...

MrLongbeard wrote: Fri Jul 17, 2026 10:54 am

Horse wrote: Fri Jul 17, 2026 10:35 am Think you're short on tall bikes?

Meet Jocelyn Snow.

5'1" ain't short short.

Not that tall, either!

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It just never occurred to me not to know which foot to put down!!

... after that time I looked at where my feet needed to go and made the conscious decision :lol:


Making the decision is just the first part of the process. Subsequently, was it a conscious action (the press) to initiate lean ...

Never did have a bike I could put my lel



If you keep the bike fairly upright, you really only need toes of one foot.


Which foot to put down is a conscious decision many riders don't - can't - make, they don't know how to do it.



:o :o :o :o. ? ?



As a reminder:
When about to stop ...

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40-something bloke passes bike test on a training school bike. Rocks up at Park Lane BMW and buys a R100RT.


That's similar to how we were invited to train at a BMW dealership.

August 1st new registrations, 10 bikes sold - 5 to people without bike licenses!

That was pre-DAS, so they weren't ...

I learned that the first time I rode a Triumph Tiger 955. I had to hang off the seat to get a toe down! Lovely bike, fantastic engine, but in heavy traffic a nightmare if I had to stop unexpectedly.


A mate was taken ill, I rode his Varadero back. Easier to not stop too often ...


As a ...

Never did have a bike I could put my left foot down confidently cos they were all tall :lol:

Proper planning is so worth it, especially for stopping :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Of course here I have had to go back to left foot down, but I still check, just in case :angelic-green: :angelic-green ...

Perhaps - and this isn't taking the piss - if you'd had better training on the basics, the U would have been easier for you.


Oh totally - but I didn't get the training because it was limited in the DAS course!!


It hurts to say it, but some trainers aren't as good as they ought to be. In ...

Supermofo wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2026 10:30 am

Horse wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2026 9:41 am 1. Isn't 'being cool' one of the reasons for biking?

Not gonna lie. Huge vertical wheelie = Cool. U-turn...yeah not really.

Falling over because you put both feet off the footrests, panicked, grabbed the front brake with the bike leant over? Not at all kewl!

I always struggled with U-turns but I think that's partly because I didn't start on a little bike - apart from the CBT and a couple of days on the DAS course.


Perhaps - and this isn't taking the piss - if you'd had better training on the basics, the U would have been easier for you.

I've spent ...