it would be intresting to observe how many old bikers would need to be re tested

It would also be interesting to know how long it is before Tornado64 needs to retake his CBT (again)–assuming of course that he bothers.
It must be a real pain in the bottom every two years–and expensive too.

Well no not exactly.
You chose to ignore the intention of the law.
Isn’t it convenient when you do that??
Pass your test–people will respect your opinion much more.
As far as I’m concerned and judging from other comments made here, you remain a wanabe, and in that respect I’ll regard you views after you’ve passed.

but at the same time can you tell me what law i’m breaking by not doing ??

As I said above, you’re not breaking any law.
However, you are bending the law to suit yourself.
I have no doubt that in the minds of the law makers, a provisional license is considered a stepping stone to a full license–not as something to be permanently renewed for the sake of convenience.

Also, the word on the streets is that our beloved government are thinking of changing the law to limit the amount of times a CBT and then a provisional renewal can take place.
So you’d better take your test while you still can.

but why ?? a 125 will do 70 ( any faster is illegal ) , i have no intention of riding on motorways , all a larger machine would be doing would be serving as an expensive macho toy with larger price tags than a car , if i wanted to pay the same as a small car the small car would win every time

no doubt they are nice bikes but it just doesn’t compute paying the same or more as having a small car with the advantage of getting drowned as well

you are perfectly correct saying passing your test is a benchmark as am i in saying that it only proves you achieved that benchmark for 1 hour of one day !!

As I said above.
In my view you’re playing the much quoted (by you) traffic laws to your own ends. When it suits you to quote them, they appear sacrosanct, but when you chose to ignore the spirit of the law by your refusal to take a test, you display both arrogance and hypocrisy. It appears to me that you feel above the need to pass your test and demonstrate to both other road users and the relevant authorities that you are competant and that is arrogance. The hypocrisy is because you happily quote (and judge others) but ignore the bits of the statute book you don’t fancy.

I often exceed the speed limit, so I have no doubt that you would chose to criticise that, but you’re quite happy to do that from a position of arrogance and hypocrisy yourself.
Then again I don’t usually make value judgements on other people in the way you do, but because of your earlier insistence that people were muppets etc, I’m making an exception in your case.
So, pass your test.
You have no place passing comment on other people’s skills until you have done so.

Same the RAF world over, the Motor Club is where cars go to die 😀

One or two of them are a bit collectible these days.
Funny old world, innit?

But however you chose to box it up, it’s the mark of competence that the law chooses to use.
You may well be a brilliant rider–the best here by some margin, but in the eyes of the law, you haven’t yet reached the benchmark, and until you pass that test, you cannot move on.
And as I keep re-stating, you also chose to exploit a loophole in that law to continue riding–albeit in a very limited fashion.
You’re keen to quote the law at people here but turn a blind eye when it suits you.
If you’re as good as you indicate, then applying for the said test and passing would be a sensible (and easy) course of action I would suggest. At your age, (I guess over thirty) and experience, I would think a direct access course would be no problem.

Those RE5’s go for telephone numbers now and they were complete sh*te back in the day.

I had a Super wetdream once ( a 250N–I don’t normally admit it), it was close to being the laest exciting thing I’ve ever ridden.

I find with that Honda V4 the best thing to do is drop the engine out if you want to work in any comfort.
Is he in the US??
Carb spares are still available here from Silvers.

why do you presume that ??? because everyone who has passed a test is the ultimate rider ??

No because the authorities–that’s the law, that you’re so keen on quoting to other riders on here uses the fact of passing a test as a mark of competence.

As I said before, people like you take endless advantage of what is for all intents and purposes a loophole in that law, to continue riding. Without showing the commitment to passing a test.
You also talk about people who you feel bring motorcycling into disrepute.
I actually feel that endless renewal of provisional licences has the same effect.

And the Bonneville is a strange choice for off road work.
What mods did he do to that..?