muldoon74

Watched a few YouTube videos so I could get a handle on the order of tests etc.. other than that only training is just over 2500 miles on my bike and going to local car park/industrial estate and doing 10/15 mins of u turns figure 8s before or after most rides.. one mistake and my confidence went… oh well. Next time!

f**king fuming m8!!!

Not giving up, just have a few financial issues and ideas to sort now. Should I sell bike, pay it off an use remainder for deposit on new bike and CBT resit? Do I keep it (preferred) and search for a cancellation CBT (has to be a weekend, work requires 2 weeks notice for annual leave) and pay over the odds for it? I need a bit of luck.. Not had much in life TBH but could do with a wee bit.. I just want to get out on my bike again. Yes being 125cc it struggles (as I have intonated to in other threads) but bimbling about and learning skills (apart from putting foot down and bawsing up emergency stop obviously).. CB125F is awesome. My brother (32 years experience) said to me that everyone puts their foot down when turning occasionally and its a ridiculous thing to be pulled up on these days. So.... decisions to be made...

Update: Failed it. When asked to go to stat point after speed trap test on my U-turn (actual U-turn was fine) to get into position I didn't take as much space as needed and just rushed it. Put my foot down to steady myself and knew I'd bolloxed it up. Next up Emergency stop. Caught my right foot awkwardly so didn't use rear break and also fingers slipped off front break a wee bit and therefore opened up throttle. Result: Please go to main building where you were instructed to park up when you arrived.. No hazard avoidance, straight up fail. Worst part is now my CBT has ran out and all training schools around here (and within about 25 miles) are now fully booked until mid June or July or are ridiculous expensive. So my wee CB is grounded....

f**ked it. put foot down getting into position then bolloxed my emergency stop coz I’d put my foot down and knew it was done!! raging with myself.

Adding to this my 2023 CB125F was made in Thailand.. Not the hotbed of Engineering excellence people imagine but its absolutely awesome for reliability and build quality (at its price point of £3049 on the road)...

So my CBT is due end of April.. Through various misfortunes and life bollox I had to take it twice (20 years apart).. Same with hazard Perception and Theory.. Resat my Theory in Feb (I think) and got to thinking.. Had the money to DAS training for April however, again life gets in the way and had to spend it.. Not keen on paying £180 for CBT resit so booked my A1 MOD 1 AND 2 (£90 for both..) for this sunday and thursday next week respectively. Will give me a wee bit breathing space regarding repetitive tests (that, in my opinion are just money makers) and get rid of L plates. Pass these and only DAS training , MOD 1, 2 for bigger bike and I can get bigger bike. Anyone else done similar due to money/circumstances etc..? Not the path I wanted to follow but its how its worked out.

A fair few KTM and BMW engines are made in China... Just saying..

Good to know, cheers… I think I read the width for u turns etc is 7 meters… measured that with my tape measure. It’s ridiculously wide! just watch me fail on that now..

More worried about the MOD1 tbh.. first couple of months biking I’d go to an industrial estate near me and take 10/15 mins at beginning or end of ride to practice u turns etc but that’s slipped away a bit.. so I’ll be watching a few mod1 videos and taking note of requirements to practice in lead up to it.

Yeah can do it on own bike. just need all correct documents with you.

That's my thinking. Mainly thinking of saving money though. £180 for CBT again.. Bollox to that. Still won't be doing motorways on my wee CB125F though.. Too many w**kers.

Just booked MOD1 and MOD2 for end A1 (125cc) for end of March and early April. Couldn't get same test centre on same day. But they're within 4 days and test centres aren't too far. One is local, within 10 mins, the other is about 20/25 mins away. I was saving for DAS but won't be able to do it before CBT runs out end of April, work family and all that shite, (first was 2003, second was 2 years ago April,.. Bollox to doing it again when I have 1.5 years experience on my own bike and am capable of passing both MODS..) Assuming I pass MOD1/2 I won't need to do Hazard perception (Hazard perception passed again a couple of weeks ago..) or CBT again so saving myself over £130... Not the way I wanted to do things but best for my circumstances as they are.

https://www.amrmotorcyclesltd.com/product-page/royal-enfield-411-scram-premium 4k for a brand new Scram 411? Not to be sneezed at..... (I'm seriously considering this post-DAS..) AMR in Glasgow aswell..

Did the exact same when my Cb125f was about 6 months old (it's a 2023 registration and had about 800 miles on, mint condition, never dropped (even now) and they phoned me at least 12 times within 2 days. A dozen emails chasing the trade-in/sale. ) They offered me £1600. A drop of £1400 in 6 months for something barely run in and had just had it's first service 200 miles before. Ignored them and they stopped communication attempts after a couple of weeks. I'll be selling it privately when it comes to it and using cash to pay it off/deposit/new lid/towards insurance...