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<blockquote data-quote="Robert Watson" data-source="post: 129971" data-attributes="member: 38"><p>I got my license at 16 and it covered cars and motorcycles with no extra testing. I started on an 80 cc Yamaha but switched to 4 wheels pretty quickly. By the time I was 20 I thought of myself as a pretty good driver. Then I took up racing a car on a short paved oval track. I did that for a couple of years and then knew I was a better driver! </p><p>In the late 80's I bought a motorcycle, 550 cc of UJM, and rode it for couple of years. I now needed to do a simple parking lot road test as they had introduced a separate procedure at some point of my non motorcycle owing days. I passed it easily and thought a was a pretty good rider. Then I took up Vintage racing at the local road circuit (Westwood), 1.9 miles of a bit tricky up and down and twisty pavement. It was run by the local sports car club and the Motorcycle club rented it every Wednesday afternoon/evening in the summer, so that's where I would be with the BSA 750 triple. After a few years of that and racing there, and at a track in Seattle and another in Portland, I new I was a pretty good rider. </p><p></p><p>From those two experiences I have told anyone who would listen (not many!) to go and do some track days, it won't be cheap but it will be cheaper that what value you put on your life!</p><p></p><p>I knew a guy once whose card listed his qualifications. I questioned the first one he listed </p><p></p><p>CS&E</p><p></p><p>Common Sense and Experience</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robert Watson, post: 129971, member: 38"] I got my license at 16 and it covered cars and motorcycles with no extra testing. I started on an 80 cc Yamaha but switched to 4 wheels pretty quickly. By the time I was 20 I thought of myself as a pretty good driver. Then I took up racing a car on a short paved oval track. I did that for a couple of years and then knew I was a better driver! In the late 80's I bought a motorcycle, 550 cc of UJM, and rode it for couple of years. I now needed to do a simple parking lot road test as they had introduced a separate procedure at some point of my non motorcycle owing days. I passed it easily and thought a was a pretty good rider. Then I took up Vintage racing at the local road circuit (Westwood), 1.9 miles of a bit tricky up and down and twisty pavement. It was run by the local sports car club and the Motorcycle club rented it every Wednesday afternoon/evening in the summer, so that's where I would be with the BSA 750 triple. After a few years of that and racing there, and at a track in Seattle and another in Portland, I new I was a pretty good rider. From those two experiences I have told anyone who would listen (not many!) to go and do some track days, it won't be cheap but it will be cheaper that what value you put on your life! I knew a guy once whose card listed his qualifications. I questioned the first one he listed CS&E Common Sense and Experience [/QUOTE]
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