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I have a 2021 BMW G310R, and this year I bought a 1978 BMW R60/7. When I first rode the R60 I found the steering so heavy that I thought the front tyre was flat before I realised the handlebars were a lot narrower than on the G310R. Applying gentle counter steering transforms the way it turns, even ...

What is the pass rate for second tests? Are most that fail first time getting right with the next attempt?

Two fascinating articles Horse.

And once again stating that speeding is responsible for around 4380 deaths a year on UK roads. We clearly need to educate them to stop quoting deaths on European roads as deaths on UK roads.

Agreed. It horrified me to see them doing it, even before I learned to ride a motorbike myself.

According to my instructor, who has a steady business with repeat CBT with them, they are mostly from Brazil and used to terrible roads. There they learned to keep their feet down ready to prop the bike up if it went into a pothole.

You can easily spot them in Guildford: L-plate trimmed to the smallest possible size, riding along with feet one inch above the tarmac, hands in handlebar muffs.

If “Speed Kills” than the emergency services would be responsible for most of the deaths on the roads. The fact that this is not true is because they are trained to drive fast before being allowed to do so without supervision. Therefore the message should be “operating a piece of machinery without b...

A six figure grid reference is accurate to 100m. It is generally not too difficult to remember and repeat two three digit numbers.
Eight figures gets you to within 10m.

The bus lanes in Guildford are going 24/7 and getting cameras to catch anyone flouting the rules.

One has been suspended, with signs saying “bus lane suspended, use both lanes”. Almost all traffic is driving down the right lane and ignoring the old bus lane. It’s as if I have my own private lane.