cantrideforsh

Thank you all so much for all your help, I was going to do a training day last week but managed to get ill a few days before so I've had to delay it. Hopefully this will go better and I'll get my CBT and get out on the road sooner rather than later. Thank you all again

haha, thanks for the clip, I'll probably be more comfortable throwing caution to the wind when it my own bike but I'll try to just relax and enjoy riding instead of getting in my head about everything. Thank you so much for all your help

I did both, definitely found the scooter physically easier and there was a brief moment I was able to relax and really enjoy it but still wasn't able to relax enough to keep going. I'm 22 easier said than done, maybe it's just that the space was smaller than I'd be comfortable going any kind of speed in but even on the scooter it felt like it was way too easy to send it flying, maybe it was just the engine sounding like it's doing a lot more than it was tripping me up (going from basically idle to a little accelerator) but it felt like if I put any power into even with the clutch barely out it I'm immediately going way faster than I should. About the falling, is it normal to feel like you're going to fall over? Almost every time I turned I was putting my foot down even though I was barely leaning cause it felt like I was falling over. I was watching a lot of CBT videos on youtube and they certainly helped me with what to expect but it didn't really calm my nerves when it comes to actually riding. Thank you so much for all your help, I really appreciate it

I don't drive, I used to cycle quite a lot when I was younger but haven't for a while. I never got out on the road during my CBT and it's not something I'm particularly worried about, it was just getting used to the bike I was struggling with and getting used to being in charge of something that powerful

Hi, I just joined and hopefully won't have to leave soon, I'm just getting into motorbikes as it's something I've always wanted to do since I was a kid and now I'm an adult I have a practical excuse to do it too. I'm looking forward to hopefully spending a lot of time on this forum, now time for a sob story so I can ask for some advice haha (inb4 someone who was at my CBT is on this forum and figures out who I am. Pls don't dox me haha) I was at my CBT the other day and to cut a long story short I had to leave before noon cause I couldn't handle the stress of trying to control a machine I had never been on before. Does anyone have any tips for staying calm and not getting too scared or stressed out? I'm sure I'm being laughed at but if someone can stop laughing and maybe give me some advice I'd really appreciate it. Thank you very much for reading, hopefully one day I'll be able to return the favour and help someone else