36 Years Ago Yesterday

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I passed my bike test on a borrowed Kawasaki KH125

[KungFooBob]

I was 7 years and 8 day old.

[Yorick]

Took mine in 1977.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Took mine in 1977.

I'd have thought you'd have taken it before your 30th birthday

[Yorick]

Took mine in 1977.

I'd have thought you'd have taken it before your 30th birthday

40th

[KungFooBob]

According to my license I passed mine 09/01/1996.

Four months before my 18th birthday.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

According to my license I passed mine 09/01/1996.

Four months before my 18th birthday.

I owned a GSXR750 Slingshot then, traded it in for a YZF750 in the spring of 1996.

[Mr. Dazzle]

It's my 20th anniversary this year, I did my test 2 days after I turned 17.

[Horse]

According to my license I passed mine 09/01/1996.

Four months before my 18th birthday.

17 02 77 cars
24 03 77 bikes

[KungFooBob]

It took me 8 more years before I decided I wanted to drive a car.

[Yorick]

It took me 8 more years before I decided I wanted to drive a car.

I waited 11 years. Only took car test when I needed a car to visit clients and carry IT stuff.

[Horse]

It took me 8 more years before I decided I wanted to drive a car.

I didn't buy a car until 2008. Only took me 31 years ...

[Skub]

I passed my bike test in 1972 and didn't bother with a car until 1985 when I was 30.

It will be 50 years biking next year,if I make it that long!

[ogri]

23 years old, moped in 1977, bike test in 1982, car test in 1992 .

[Dickyboy]

35yrs & 1 month for me, on a mates borrowed c90 because I only had a 250 at the time, naughty me..
Passed my car test 3.5yrs later, had to take test in secret coz parents thought I already had a licence, wonder what gave them that idea...

[Cousin Jack]

Mine was 1964 and I was just 18

I can't remember the exact date, but it was summer, and I rode to the test in jeans, a light anorak and suede winklepickers. CE marked winklepickers of course. It absolutely pissed down partway there and I was soaked, literally to the skin. I recall taking my shoes off and pouring the water out of them.

I was cold, wet and pissed off. So pissed off I DGAS. I passed first time.

[Bigyin]

I didn’t take my bike test till I needed to produce a valid full license to get a job as a bike courier as they wouldn’t take me on without one. I “may” have been riding under dubious legality for a few years previous to my test as I was 20 by the time I took it.

My bike was the last one I got

Pilots licence age 17 in Sept 1984
Car license age 19 on 21 11 1986 and I got engaged on the same day
Bike license age 20 on 20 04 1988 on a CG125 borrowed from a mate as I was riding an RD250LC at the time

[Druid]

40 years for me. I had to borrow my mate's Suzuki Hustler because my Honda wouldn't start.

[Supermofo]

I passed my bike test on a borrowed Kawasaki KH125

Snap. I did my test on a borrowed KH125 as well. I had a KH100 but my mate gave me his shop's 125 for my test (no idea why).

According to my license I passed mine 09/01/1996.

Four months before my 18th birthday.

I passed mine a month later 15/02/1996. It snowed on the day of my test and was bastard cold. It was 3 months before I was 20

[Taipan]

Never bothered taking a bike test until i started riding again around 1990? Seems mad to say it now, but not many of us bothered with it back in 70s & 80s? Stupid thing was it was so easy to pass back then, you just rode round the block and at some point the examiner would step out and hold up his board and you did an emergency stop and that was it!