Saturday, February 18, 2017

My very own (and first!) motorcycle

Hi everyone,

Today's the day!! The day I'm doing the transfer of vehicle. The day I've been waiting for since I was 18 years old, eyeing other bikers but I was allowed to take class 3 only.. Since I took my license when I was 24 years old. And now.. I'm almost 26 (lol I think I'm not shy to reveal my age here)..

I'm living my dream! 
WOOOOT!!!

Mummy and my sister insisted on coming along because afterall.. I haven't ride at all for 2 years! And of course they're really worried for me. So they wanted to see I could handle the machine.

My 2 worried family members. hehehe..

So LTA is located at Sin Ming Ave, rather ulu near industrial area.

Visit the LTA counter and the nice staff will be there to serve you even though its a weekend LOL. They close at 12pm though, so I think just try to reach earlier if you're going on a weekend.
 

I got my queue number and had to wait about 30 mins plus.

So for transfer of vehicles from seller to seller you have to have these 4 stuff:

1) A completed transfer of vehicle registration form between you and the seller (which can be found here!!)
2) NRIC
3) Insurance policy form (YOU MUST MUST MUST BUY YOUR INSURANCE BEFORE DOING THE TRANSFER!!)
4) Transfer fees of $11 (either by card or cash is fine)

The whole process was really quick! About 5-8 mins? After that congrats,

YOU ARE RIDING YOUR NEW GIRLFRIEND HOME TODAY!

That was how happy I looked. I finally own a vehicle! Although not a car (not yet hopefully in the future? ;))

My very supportive mummy and my ever so worried sister... hahahaha.

My friend (who's a biker too!) stays across the road from me came all the way down to Sin Ming so we could ride home together, and so I can be safe, and also mummy and sissy will be more at ease. Plus I might feel kinda apprehensive about riding the expressway alone. I drive, and I also know how reckless drivers can be, lorry, trucks, cars, etc..

So he helped refresh my memory about whatever I've learnt since 2 years back wahahaha. Where to stop at traffic light junctions, lane changing, blindspots, uturns, slopes and more.

He even made this video for me titled "Joyce's first vespa ride!"


Thank you WH for spending your late morning helping me out!!! Thank youuuuu!!

Still have lots to settle, stuffs to figure out.. Like season parking, bike servicing, respraying my bike, buying of raincoats, safety riding gear, and many more to name.. Hopefully in time to come I'll get everything right!

Dear 小红, we are gonna create memorable fantastic memories starting today! And singapore roads, be nice to me and my little girlfriend. :)

Hope to see you guys on the roads too!

5 comments:

Simon the Fatty said...

Hi congrats for owning your small red. ride safe!

joycelee said...

@Simon Ng

Hi! I will put my full concentration on the road. Thank you so much!! I see you are riding as well. See you around, ride safely too :)

LA ace said...

I just read your blog post thanks for sharing!!! I'm having my tp later on at bbdc 8am

ImanS8 said...

Hi there! One of your fellow bbdc learners here. Was doing my SP today (cos my pract 8 is tmr omg) and guess what I saw. THEY CHANGED THE SMALL BIKES TO GROMS. Asked an instructor if i could try and ride it but he immediately said no(cries). Anyway your blogs are really helpful in giving me a heads up for my practs, thank you so much!

joycelee said...

@LA ace

No problem!! I hope you cleared your TP :D

@ImanS8
Really?! You mean they changed the low cut bikes to msx?! WAHHHH SO GOOD!!!!! HHAAHAH the *ahem* shorter females like me are gonna be happy about this hahahaha. And youre welcome :) Hope youre enjoying yourself! All the best for TP :)