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About time I said hello.
I guess some of you will already know me. I'm Mark Able, and I run Able Motorcycle Training in Trowbridge. I've only just signed up, so I've got to find my way round, and find out who's on here. Would be nice to hear from any ex-pupils, and to see how everyone is doing. I will try and sign on regularly, but am pretty busy, so it probably won't be a daily thing. But anyway, 'Hi' to one and all... [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
P.S. Some folks in Swindon might also remember me as I used to work for CSM Rider Training at Abbey Stadium.
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Hi and welcome from an ex-pupil! [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
BB
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Hello and welcome from an ex pupil, you'd know me as Rosie. Nice to see you on the forum, be even nicer to see you at the Sally one Thursday evening [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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Hi, Welcome,,also a Ex-pupil not so long ago!!
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What you doing in Woking??
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That was just me being stupid... ::)
Westbury... :)
Blimey, I didn't realise there was so many people on here that knew me. I'll go through and suss out who you all are eventually... [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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Ah, bet there are more ex-pupils on here than you expect!
I did some advance training with you in Frome and Trowbridge early 2007. It was a refresher following a major off. I did a day on a school bike then a day on my FZ1
I'm sure Dabz (James) will be along soon to welcome you too
BB (otherwise known as Judy)
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Originally Posted by Blackbonnie
Ah, bet there are more ex-pupils on here than you expect!
I did some advance training with you in Frome and Trowbridge early 2007. It was a refresher following a major off. I did a day on a school bike then a day on my FZ1
I'm sure Dabz (James) will be along soon to welcome you too
BB (otherwise known as Judy)
Hi Judy, how you getting on now? I guess you must be comfortably back in the saddle by now? Use your bike much?
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Yes, I'm fighting fit again, although I must admit I haven't done too many miles this year due to loads of other commitments getting in the way but I'm off to the Manx GP late August so that will add a few more miles 8-)
BB
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Hello Mark from another ex pupil of 13 months ago. Determined only to ever have my YBR125 after one month of passing my test I bought a MT03! (restricted)
Always seem to be driving my car or cycling when I see you or your colleagues - but I do ride my bike alot!
Rachel
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Hi Mark and welcome did my training from Frome and you recently put my lad through his paces
Bob
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Originally Posted by 1709
Hello Mark from another ex pupil of 13 months ago. Determined only to ever have my YBR125 after one month of passing my test I bought a MT03! (restricted)
Always seem to be driving my car or cycling when I see you or your colleagues - but I do ride my bike alot!
Rachel
Good stuff Rachel. Give us a wave next time... ;)
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Originally Posted by bobf279
Hi Mark and welcome did my training from Frome and you recently put my lad through his paces
Bob
Hi Bob. How's Rob getting on? What did he get himself?
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Originally Posted by rosie
Hello and welcome from an ex pupil, you'd know me as Rosie. Nice to see you on the forum, be even nicer to see you at the Sally one Thursday evening [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
Hi Rosie. What's the Sally? Am I missing something? :-?
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ay up mark tis another ex pupil did me trainin with you in april, hope things are good, tell nico to get his arse on ere. c theee round
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hello mate and welcome to WB! [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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Managed to pick up a bargain CBF 250 with only 2267 miles on the clock for Rob, he loves it
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Hello Mark. I feel a bit out of place here as I am not an x pupil of yours :(
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welcome :) I did my training when you were still based in Frome about 4 or maybe 5 years ago.. (would have been using 'James' rather than the nickname!). I've been recommending you guys ever since...hoping to send a couple of CBT students your way very soon!
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Hello Mark
Didn't train with you but my wife Pat did and you got her through it.
First met you about 20 years a go through Kev the BT engineer.
Is Les still working for you, as I haven't seen him around for a while?
Cheers Kev
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incidentally I can watch the CBT being done out my bedroom window since I moved...often get woken up on a Sunday by the sound of the bikes (which doesn't bother me in the slightest being an early riser AND a biker hehe)
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Originally Posted by Mark_Able
[quote author=rosie link=1248895536/0#2 date=1248895978]Hello and welcome from an ex pupil, you'd know me as Rosie. Nice to see you on the forum, be even nicer to see you at the Sally one Thursday evening [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
Hi Rosie. What's the Sally? Am I missing something? :-?[/quote]
No mate its the WB meet ,every thursday all year round..
http://www.byteways.co.uk/salutation/
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What Jack said!! The bikers from this forum meet every Thursday at the Salutation Inn just the other side of Castle Combe. If you would like to meet and ride over one Thursday, be glad to show you, I usually meet a few from Trowbridge opposite the Fire Station about 6.30 [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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Originally Posted by rosie
What Jack said!! The bikers from this forum meet every Thursday at the Salutation Inn just the other side of Castle Combe. If you would like to meet and ride over one Thursday, be glad to show you, I usually meet a few from Trowbridge opposite the Fire Station about 6.30 [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
I might come and have a look sometime... [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
Would be good to see a different venue. Do many turn up?
It clashes this week with another meet in Swindon. Nothing to do with bikes really. There's a Muscle car/Hot Rod meet at the Sun Inn at Coate Water roundabout every first thursday. There's a few custom bikes turn up, but I go for the cars. ::)
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Hi Mark and welcome to WB......I'm not an ex student but I do intend to be a future one as I'm just a pillion at the moment, so hopefully our paths may cross sometime soon [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
P.S. Do you have anything for short people to learn to ride on????
Tina ;D
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Hello mate and welcome to WB.
I know about 3 or 4 people here at work wanting to do their bike license (once the army let's them have some time off).
Do you cover the Bulford area?
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The sally meet gets anwhere between 4 and 104 bikes lately depending on the weather - back in the hot spell at the end of June/Start of July we were getting 80+ a few weeks running, last night I forgot to count but I'd guess about 35-40?. Very friendly bunch too and great cheesy chips :D
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Originally Posted by Tina
Hi Mark and welcome to WB......I'm not an ex student but I do intend to be a future one as I'm just a pillion at the moment, so hopefully our paths may cross sometime soon [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
P.S. Do you have anything for short people to learn to ride on????
Tina ;D
How short are we talking Tina? We've got Yamaha YBR125's and Suzuki RV125 'Van Van's. They're fairly low, but some still struggle. Also, we use Suzuki GS500's for Direct Access (DAS), and not many under 5' 4" can fit on them. If that's the case, you might want to consider getting your own bike for DAS. :-/
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Hello mate and welcome to WB.
I know about 3 or 4 people here at work wanting to do their bike license (once the army let's them have some time off).
Do you cover the Bulford area?
We're based in Trowbridge now, so as long as they can get to us, we can look after them. Although we can't discount CBT's, we're offering a £50 discount for members on ANY full licence courses. We're cheap(!) anyway, but this just makes us very cheap... [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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Originally Posted by Kevinb
Hello Mark
Didn't train with you but my wife Pat did and you got her through it.
First met you about 20 years a go through Kev the BT engineer.
Is Les still working for you, as I haven't seen him around for a while?
Cheers Kev
Hi Kev (Tiny!),
Good to hear from you. Les gave up to look after his son, who was going through a few problems at the time. The current crop of instructors are me (Mark), Lee, Freddie, Nicko, Jamie, Rob, and we're just training a newbie, Garry. ;)
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Originally Posted by Dabz
incidentally I can watch the CBT being done out my bedroom window since I moved...often get woken up on a Sunday by the sound of the bikes (which doesn't bother me in the slightest being an early riser AND a biker hehe)
James, you're always welcome to come over for a chat... [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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Mark,, get Nicko on here [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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Mark,, get Nicko on here [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
I would do, but the language might not pass the moderators... ;D
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hahaha [smiley=happy.gif]
Still would be funny,
Can you as him if its ok for you to give his No to me ..
He was up for a ride out at some point ,when he gets some time off lol
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[quote author=Tina link=1248895536/15#24 date=1248985893]Hi Mark and welcome to WB......I'm not an ex student but I do intend to be a future one as I'm just a pillion at the moment, so hopefully our paths may cross sometime soon [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
P.S. Do you have anything for short people to learn to ride on????
Tina ;D
How short are we talking Tina? We've got Yamaha YBR125's and Suzuki RV125 'Van Van's. They're fairly low, but some still struggle. Also, we use Suzuki GS500's for Direct Access (DAS), and not many under 5' 4" can fit on them. If that's the case, you might want to consider getting your own bike for DAS. :-/[/quote]
sounds like i may need to pop up and try a couple on for size....there is another girl who wants to learn too so we both might have to pop up as we were hoping to go thru the training together.....fingers crossed [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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woop woop another biker chick to the fold!!! go beamer!!! ;D
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Go for it Tina, if I can do it anyone can!!!
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Originally Posted by Tina
[quote author=Mark_Able link=1248895536/15#29 date=1249327360][quote author=Tina link=1248895536/15#24 date=1248985893]Hi Mark and welcome to WB......I'm not an ex student but I do intend to be a future one as I'm just a pillion at the moment, so hopefully our paths may cross sometime soon [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
P.S. Do you have anything for short people to learn to ride on????
Tina ;D
How short are we talking Tina? We've got Yamaha YBR125's and Suzuki RV125 'Van Van's. They're fairly low, but some still struggle. Also, we use Suzuki GS500's for Direct Access (DAS), and not many under 5' 4" can fit on them. If that's the case, you might want to consider getting your own bike for DAS. :-/[/quote]
sounds like i may need to pop up and try a couple on for size....there is another girl who wants to learn too so we both might have to pop up as we were hoping to go thru the training together.....fingers crossed [smiley=thumbsup.gif][/quote]
You're both welcome to come along any saturday or sunday morning while the CBT's are going on, and try the bikes for size. Our training school is at Clarendon College, Frome Road, Trowbridge, BA14 0DJ. The guys are normally on site up until about 12.30, then they hit the road for the afternoon road session. You might have to do a bit of hunting around to find them, as we've got three training areas licenced for CBT's within the college grounds. There are two to the left when you go in the main entrance, and one right up to the rear of the swimming pool. Let us know what you think... [smiley=thumbsup.gif]