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Bloody hell, I don't usually get nervous about anything, but ye gads im nervous about tomorrow! I've got my DAS training tomorrow and Sunday, with my test booked for Tuesday. The instructor chap assured me when i booked that id be fine with such a short course, as i can already throw around a trail bike, but now im not so sure - its a tall order to learn roadcraft in only a couple of days!!
I ha a three day training course which I thought wouldn't be enough. then they told me
day 1 was CBT, fo pootliong round a car park while they explained to some e-jit what a clutch was
and test was on day 3 which they pulled out of a hat, and I had mine at 7:30
So that's a one day course then is it
Then the instuctor f
d up and took us to the wrong test centre, so we had to "make progress" through rush hour traffic to get to the right one 10 miles away
Mildly stressed by this point
Still passed though
day 1 was CBT, fo pootliong round a car park while they explained to some e-jit what a clutch was
and test was on day 3 which they pulled out of a hat, and I had mine at 7:30
So that's a one day course then is it
Then the instuctor f
d up and took us to the wrong test centre, so we had to "make progress" through rush hour traffic to get to the right one 10 miles away Mildly stressed by this point
Still passed though
Haha!
Well i think im getting one 2 one tuition, tomorrow is CBT 10-4:30 - he knows i can already ride, and that i can already perform a U turn of sorts, and that i know about traffic signs etc. Sunday is all day on a 500 to learn roadcraft.
Only thing that worries me is that i really dont know Trowbridge very well, and thats where im taking my bloody test!
Well i think im getting one 2 one tuition, tomorrow is CBT 10-4:30 - he knows i can already ride, and that i can already perform a U turn of sorts, and that i know about traffic signs etc. Sunday is all day on a 500 to learn roadcraft.
Only thing that worries me is that i really dont know Trowbridge very well, and thats where im taking my bloody test!
The golden rule when taking your test is to spend more time looking over your shoulder than you do looking straight ahead! As long as the examiner can see that you're diligent and safe, you stand a good chance of passing.
PS try not to do a rolling stoppie, or back it in during the emergency stop....!
PPS Good luck!
PS try not to do a rolling stoppie, or back it in during the emergency stop....!
PPS Good luck!
Davel said:
Watch for one way streets and positioning yourself in the correct lane for exiting them.
They love to see you sitting in the left hand lane of a one way street, which you may not have noticed, when you're about to turn right
You'll be fine but master those u-turns.
Cheers, good tip. Ive been driving for 4 and a half years so know stuff like that - although i dont have a clue about the road layout for the town where im taking my test!
Shouldn't worry about not knowing the place you are doing the test. All you should be doing is travelling straight ahead unless the examiner tells you to take a left or right turn. It's your response to his instructions, safely I might add, and the traffic around you that they are looking for.
Your instructor will take you on the favourite test routes anyway I should think. You'll be fine, just remember to keep looking over your shoulder at every junction, parked car, traffic light etc etc etc.
Your instructor will take you on the favourite test routes anyway I should think. You'll be fine, just remember to keep looking over your shoulder at every junction, parked car, traffic light etc etc etc.
Good god, when I did my test, you rode round the block four times and the instructor ran up and down an alley watching you. There was even one corner where you could drop it and he would never know. When he told you he would ask you to do an emergency stop, it wasn't too tricky as when you came round the corner, you could see him holding his clipboard. Not exactly rocket science then!
Mind you , he was still a bstard. Told me to prepare to ride, so I got ready and started my bike. He said "I did not tell you to start your engine" so I switched it off. He said "Start your engine" cnut. How can you prepare to ride without an engine!!! 
I think he was deliberately fcking with my mind Still passed first time!
How things have changed in 22 years... lol. Good luck on your test!
Mind you , he was still a b
stard. Told me to prepare to ride, so I got ready and started my bike. He said "I did not tell you to start your engine" so I switched it off. He said "Start your engine" cnut. How can you prepare to ride without an engine!!! I think he was deliberately fcking with my mind Still passed first time! How things have changed in 22 years... lol. Good luck on your test!
The emergency stop is best , when you are out with the instructor he will ask you to go round the block . Once out of sight , learn to wheelie then on the emergencey stop learn to do stoppies
My instructor was very pissed off by the end of the day . then on the day of my test we were running late , he showed me how to carve cars up in traffic
Passed 1st time
My instructor was very pissed off by the end of the day . then on the day of my test we were running late , he showed me how to carve cars up in traffic
Passed 1st time
Man, what a weekend i've had!
Saturday - CBT, on a Honda CG125 - piece of cake, except that i was blatantly too big for the bike - i couldnt turn right, or do a U turn without sticking my knee out as the bars hit my knees!
Yesterday - out on a GS500 from 10am thru to 5pm, knackered! Bloody great fun though. Really got used to the bike, and aside from a few stupid mistakes (forgetting to cancel indicator, and <ahem> going over the pavement at one point) I was fine. I did have a half days tuition lined up for today, but my instructor assures me im fine and dont need it. We're
starting at 8:30am tomorrow, aiming to be on the road by 9, so ill have from then until 11:41 (test time) to polish out any imperfections in my riding. If i fail, ill be frustrated as i KNOW i can do it, its just a case of keeping it all together on my test.
My main worry now is the weather - its been nice for all my training, and the weathers forecast to be belting it down with rain - ill defo have to practise my emergency stops before my test if its raining hard!! LOL
Anyway, ill post up the result, as i wont be able to ride tomorrow even if i pass - cant get my road tax until my covernote turns up a few days after i arrange my insurance! Doh!
Saturday - CBT, on a Honda CG125 - piece of cake, except that i was blatantly too big for the bike - i couldnt turn right, or do a U turn without sticking my knee out as the bars hit my knees!
Yesterday - out on a GS500 from 10am thru to 5pm, knackered! Bloody great fun though. Really got used to the bike, and aside from a few stupid mistakes (forgetting to cancel indicator, and <ahem> going over the pavement at one point) I was fine. I did have a half days tuition lined up for today, but my instructor assures me im fine and dont need it. We're
starting at 8:30am tomorrow, aiming to be on the road by 9, so ill have from then until 11:41 (test time) to polish out any imperfections in my riding. If i fail, ill be frustrated as i KNOW i can do it, its just a case of keeping it all together on my test.
My main worry now is the weather - its been nice for all my training, and the weathers forecast to be belting it down with rain - ill defo have to practise my emergency stops before my test if its raining hard!! LOL
Anyway, ill post up the result, as i wont be able to ride tomorrow even if i pass - cant get my road tax until my covernote turns up a few days after i arrange my insurance! Doh!
I wish!
Unfortunately i failed. Doh.
The test itself went really well - got 5 minors (mainly as the examiner is really picky about moving away from the kerb without an indicator, something my instructor has told me to do...). Anyway - i failed because i failed to cancel an indicator. Im really annoyed about it, as i was really careful - i pressed the damn button, i even looked down at the bulb on the dash to check - but it was sunny and i thought it was off but it wasnt. Anyway, thats life. The examiner wanted to pass me, he said everything else was fine. He said he was sat there thinking "come on mate, cancel that damn indicator then we'll be alright".
After that moment I just said sod it. We came to a NSL so i 'vented' - cue 11k rpm, 60mph and one examiner left behind He commended me afterwards for 'making progress' - apparently he had to give his car (thats right, car - it was raining!) full death just to catch me up!
Ive rebooked for the 25th of this month - if all goes as it did today (except for the indicator!) ill be fine - even the examiner said everything else was fine, just that damn indicator.
Such is life - roll on the 25th!!!
Unfortunately i failed. Doh.
The test itself went really well - got 5 minors (mainly as the examiner is really picky about moving away from the kerb without an indicator, something my instructor has told me to do...). Anyway - i failed because i failed to cancel an indicator. Im really annoyed about it, as i was really careful - i pressed the damn button, i even looked down at the bulb on the dash to check - but it was sunny and i thought it was off but it wasnt. Anyway, thats life. The examiner wanted to pass me, he said everything else was fine. He said he was sat there thinking "come on mate, cancel that damn indicator then we'll be alright".
After that moment I just said sod it. We came to a NSL so i 'vented' - cue 11k rpm, 60mph and one examiner left behind
He commended me afterwards for 'making progress' - apparently he had to give his car (thats right, car - it was raining!) full death just to catch me up! Ive rebooked for the 25th of this month - if all goes as it did today (except for the indicator!) ill be fine - even the examiner said everything else was fine, just that damn indicator.
Such is life - roll on the 25th!!!
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