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On which bike did you pass your test?

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This is the first time I’ve submitted a topic, and I do so with trepidation, since the subject excludes contributions from pillions. Additionally, I believe that members of the Armed Forces did/do not have to take a motorcycle test under certain circumstances. As a newbie, I have no entitlement to put forward agendas, but allow me to outline my ideas on this subject. I think that just posting “Suzuki 250” or “Honda 125” and leaving at that is a little, well, lacking in detail. So perhaps you could inform us of why you chose that particular model, or how reliable it was, or the year you passed, or how much trade-in you received for your “L”-plater when you part-exchanged it for a Van Veen Wankel… little items which may be of interest to the readership of this site. Marks will be deducted for inacurate speeling. I got through in 1974 on a Honda C90, reg HTB 88K, purchased for seventy-five quid from a (fairly-reputable) car dealer at the age of 17. Up to then I had very little interest in motorcycling and saw the C90 as a cheap way of getting to and from work. It was that and much, much more. Soon I was riding on 80-mile circular weekend trips. Reliable as the Honda was, though, it struck me that if I wanted to go much further on a regular basis I’d need a bigger bike, and if any gurlie needed a pillion ride on the larger machine it would be desirable if I could transport her legally. Hence my test application.Every so often - even ten years afterwards - someone or other would inform me with absolute certainty that my test pass wasn’t valid because the C90 didn’t have a clutch lever. That may be the legal position now (I don’t know) but it certainly wasn’t then.I could’ve ridden anything up to 250cc on an “L” plate in those days, but I think I was right to take the test when I did. The trouble is that I’ve never had the slightest desire to drive a car after riding that little Honda. And it was the only bike I’ve ever owned that I’ve managed to get off the clock- when I was riding down a fairly steep hill, the speedo tried desperately to register past its 60 mph limit but the needle had nowhere else to go… PS- It was also faster than the Honda SS 50 owned by the 16-year-old spotty lad next door.

This is the first time I’ve submitted a topic, and I do so with trepidation, since the subject excludes contributions from pillions. Additionally, I believe that members of the Armed Forces did/do not have to take a motorcycle test under certain circumstances.
As a newbie, I have no entitlement to put forward agendas, but allow me to outline my ideas on this subject. I think that just posting “Suzuki 250” or “Honda 125” and leaving at that is a little, well, lacking in detail. So perhaps you could inform us of why you chose that particular model, or how reliable it was, or the year you passed, or how much trade-in you received for your “L”-plater when you part-exchanged it for a Van Veen Wankel… little items which may be of interest to the readership of this site.
Marks will be deducted for inacurate speeling.
 
I got through in 1974 on a Honda C90, reg HTB 88K, purchased for seventy-five quid from a (fairly-reputable) car dealer at the age of 17. Up to then I had very little interest in motorcycling and saw the C90 as a cheap way of getting to and from work. It was that and much, much more. Soon I was riding on 80-mile circular weekend trips. Reliable as the Honda was, though, it struck me that if I wanted to go much further on a regular basis I’d need a bigger bike, and if any gurlie needed a pillion ride on the larger machine it would be desirable if I could transport her legally. Hence my test application.Every so often - even ten years afterwards - someone or other would inform me with absolute certainty that my test pass wasn’t valid because the C90 didn’t have a clutch lever. That may be the legal position now (I don’t know) but it certainly wasn’t then.I could’ve ridden anything up to 250cc on an “L” plate in those days, but I think I was right to take the test when I did. The trouble is that I’ve never had the slightest desire to drive a car after riding that little Honda. And it was the only bike I’ve ever owned that I’ve managed to get off the clock- when I was riding down a fairly steep hill, the speedo tried desperately to register past its 60 mph limit but the needle had nowhere else to go…
PS- It was also faster than the Honda SS 50 owned by the 16-year-old spotty lad next door.

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