16 days and counting!

[Shaman]

After my last off which cost me some disfigurement and my licence, I've waited a long 5 months to get it back.

I now have 29 days (until the 9th of November) until I am licenced once again!

This being said, I've only been able to sit on a few bikes here and there due to my lack of licence but I can't wait to get back out there and stay rubber-side down (for a nice change).

Still working on getting a bike but I may have something organised with a certain KSRC member to keep one of our scoots 'in the family', so to speak

My question is this: what can I do to pass the time and take my mind away from counting down the hours until I'm back in the saddle? Any / all suggestions welcome The top 3 creative responses will win an autographed picture of me for you to cherish and cuddle at nights.

My secondary question is: in SA, do I get all 12 points back on my full licence when it comes back to me?

EDIT: Thread title updated due to impatience

[Gosling1]

If you buy the bike right now, you get 29 days to give it a really good clean, fix anything that needs fixing ? Or, just do heaps of laps on MotoGP 07 !!

SA is like everywhere else - your licence will be reinstated with 0 points *accumulated* on your licence ie. its brand-spanking. Licences start with 0 points, once you accumulate 12 (or more), thats when it gets suspended.

I use to think you start with 12 and work down, but its actually the other way around - You start with 0 points and work up.

[mick_dundee]

Neka would suggest surf porn and masturbate furiously, crossowrds are better for your grammer, http://www.jigzone.com" target="_blank can keep you occupied if you like jigsaws. Online gaming perhaps? Get a PS2 and a copy of TT perhaps? couple of options for you

[Neka79]

i tried a few things... other than what dundee suggested (although the porn one IS fun)

bought a pocket bike... but then got bored of it until i find sumwhere close to ride it

bought a nitro car- good fun, but everytime i take it for a bash i hurt it, and it costs me more $$

just try not to think abt it mate...

if u lost ur license for accumulation of points, then u should go back to scratch (as Gos said)..if it was for sumthin else, u may only get 4 points....

i only ever get 0 points back (no offences allowed at all) as i lost mine for DUI..after a DUI u have to do 12months without a point, then u go back to what ever points u had accumulated..this is why my license is so complex...

i get mine back in 3 weeks or so..ill have 0 points for a year, then i should go back to 12 points..hopefully!!

[mike-s]

Do as i did, just forget about it and accept that you're walking everywhere / scamming a lift off your missus. Thankfully we were overseas for a month of it, but thw two months was sufficiently long enough without having a little shitty calendar with red crosses through each day.

I only started thinking about getting my license back when i had about 4-5 days to go before it was returned, called the RTA on the friday before (license was returned on the Monday) to confirm the return date (and was advised to call back on the day it was supposed to return as they sometimes *do* have problems with licences being reinstated on the correct day).

Things i undertook,
1) build random shit, ergo my half built airboat i am going to finish as i've spent a shitload on getting bits for.
2) repair a bike, im halfway there.... ish.
3) get your missus to *sigh* and go "ok, i'll take you there" when you want to go out
4) train, bus, pushy & a buttload of patience.

[Shaman]

Well I have the following things to keep me occupied in between now and then:

- My fiancee
- 4x Indoor soccer games with Neka
- Studying for MCSE

... just doesn't seem to help when you wake up in the morning and see a clear sky and just want to be out in the saddle in the twisties somewhere

Mind you, I also have quite a few episodes of Top Gear

[Plaz]

Quit YA whinging and bitching you big sook!!!!

I have until June 18 Next year!!!!

PS buy a nitro car!! they don't break that often and repairs are pretty cheap (and also help pass the time) and you have never seen as big a smile on Neka's face as when he's belting his truggy 20 feet in the air at 60KM/h (except maybe when he's doing Mick's option 1)

[photomike666]

Buy a BMX and go jump over some stuff - that's what I do & I haven't even lost my licience.

[Neka79]

PS buy a nitro car!! they don't break that often and repairs are pretty cheap (and also help pass the time) and you have never seen as big a smile on Neka's face as when he's belting his truggy 20 feet in the air at 60KM/h (except maybe when he's doing Mick's option 1)

yea until i bust shit, have a sulk and go buy the parts to fix the bloody thing...

speaking of which..got all the nuts/bolts i needed to make it go again.. so since im off work 2moro.... might take it for a play...

[Shaman]

I definitely got an RC car and got it working last night and took it for a bash... so much fun!

Doing donuts and drifting in the dirt is so much fun... I reckon my mixture is too rich, still (as it's set from the factory for the first few tanks to break it in). 2 more tanks and I can start leaning it out, according to the manual. It goes kinda quick but it got some 'turbo boost' when it was just running out of fuel one time and went about double the speed before potting to a halt

I might already need to be looking into an ally can for it (I like the 'Ninja' brand - same font as the kwaka logo but for RCs ) because mine only came with a plastic-looking can...

[Neka79]

mate u got it sussed?? good work....

ur only running 10% fuel?? u wait till u get 16..then 20 !!...i ran a 1l bottle of 10, then 2 bottles of 16... ive just bought a bottle of 20 for this weekend... hopefully u will have urs run in by then...

i like drifting at bmx tracks- around the burms..then i get bored of that and launch it over the burms....woo hooo


lets go play !!

[javaman]

You need social acticity .. like bukkake !

[Shaman]

You need social acticity .. like bukkake !

Stop press. We're doing this

ur only running 10% fuel?? u wait till u get 16..then 20 !!...i ran a 1l bottle of 10, then 2 bottles of 16... ive just bought a bottle of 20 for this weekend... hopefully u will have urs run in by then...

No, I mean using the screws on the engine to lean out the mixture - my manual recommends leaning it out after the first five tanks (once the engine's run in) - it increases engine temp and makes it run faster and uses less fuel. I think I'm on 10% actual fuel mix, though.

[Glen]

Buy a BMX and go jump over some stuff - that's what I do & I haven't even lost my licience.

....maybe suss out whether the fractures will heal in the time left until you get your license back though... I seem to remember someone with their arm in a sling the last time I saw them

[Neka79]

You need social acticity .. like bukkake !

Stop press. We're doing this

ur only running 10% fuel?? u wait till u get 16..then 20 !!...i ran a 1l bottle of 10, then 2 bottles of 16... ive just bought a bottle of 20 for this weekend... hopefully u will have urs run in by then...

No, I mean using the screws on the engine to lean out the mixture - my manual recommends leaning it out after the first five tanks (once the engine's run in) - it increases engine temp and makes it run faster and uses less fuel. I think I'm on 10% actual fuel mix, though.

1st- u gunna be the bukkake target??

2nd- u actually need to retune ur car everytime u put a different fuel in it!!
run out the bottle of 10% as it is... then when u get 16% u will need to play with the fuel mix anyway...dont run it too lean too early or it might cause probs...maybe just a minor tune to lean it a little... it makes a huge difference when u put more potent fuel in it anyway...

then u end up rooting around for a day trying to get it right..the high rev mix, and the low rev mix.... ahh its half the fun...