HighlyTrainedNovaTeacher

The things I'm most worried about are: - forgetting the correct "course" on the day. For all the faffing about on details we have done, I haven't done many run throughs of it yet, and have only 3 hours lessons left. There's 2 variations and they only tell you which one to do at the time of the test. - the fact that they don't give you any kind of warm up on the day. Nothing at all. It seems really crappy for the sake of being crappy that does to me - just give me one run through please.

Question! If you buy bottles of beer, can you get some cash back for them if you return them?

Hope it's good for the weekend

Tuesday morning!

Another few lessons and then the test! The guy yesterday said that I should be able to pass it if I 'ride like normal'. Got to remember not to overdo it on the 'ipponbashi' and slalom... best to drop a few points than get that instant fail!

Just re-reading this, and to clear up one point You can get the oogata license without a 125cc or 400cc. I am doing just that right now.

This kind of stuff for me is one of the things I dislike most about Japan. Always kind of feel disappointed by it. It's so crap.

People who constantly promise stuff and equally constantly under-deliver. That really annoys. Just don't promise stuff you can't do please.

(Cost aside!)

I was about to update it actually. Finished "Stage 1" which is all the basics over 14 lessons. I now enter "Stage 2" which looking at the book they gave me just has tons of common sense highway rules kind of content. Quite how that will last 17 lessons not sure. I am pretty confident now though, so I imagine that after 17 more hours riding I'll be a decent and confident rider. Must say, I thought it'd be a chore but I'm enjoying it.

For those not wanting to be confused by snowdudes confusion: Driving schools are not legally able to provide licenses. Driving license centers do that. So if you take lessons and a test at a driving school, when you pass you will need to go to the driving license center to go through the procedure of getting the license. This is the way it works. If you don't have lessons and/ or take the test at a license centre, ie not a driving school, the situation may well be different. But as we are talking about driving schools...

Test taken at driving school. Not sure who the judges are. I will get some certificate to take to the license center which is where I get the license. As others said, driving schools don't dish out licenses.

Normal - up to 400 Ougata - over 400 Seemed silly to go for the normal one when I know I want a big bike, so I went straight from nothing to ougata. More lessons and time (and money) but get it over in one go. Hopefully!

But you have your life savings to enjoy, don't you?

Yep right from the first day. I was surprised too!

It's time........ for a new one, Saitaman.

Scratch that. Not what I "want", but what I will realistically "get".

Bloody hell just reading that I'm confused!

Here's my thought - why are so many people overwhelmingly cynical, by default it would seem.

Hot dogs are always nice and healthy.

I'm learning on a 750cc and it's not as monster as I thought. Eyeing up anything between 650 and 1000 now, though still very unsure about what I really want/

So on a weekday the problem was at the Tokyo end?

Is that the best spot up in Hakks, Mr Wiggly?