Geoff said:
Some of us remember when it was really easy to get a bike license...
When my Mum did hers, as she went around the block out of sight of the examiner, her exhaust fell off - ooops... So she sort of rammed it back on as best she could, burning her gloves in the process and eventually made it round the block back to the examiner... He was looking at his watch, wondering where she'd vanished to, perhaps? But he still passed her, noisy exhaust & all