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Bobber Dave

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About Bobber Dave

  • Birthday 18/06/1956

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  • Bike(s)
    Yamaha XV950R
  • Location
    West Sussex

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    Bikes, photography, AV, woodwork and gardening

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  1. I think it depends what you want a bike for, if it's just for fun I would be inclined to get a 125, so you can practice at your own pace. One point though, you say you failed your mod 1 because you were 3k/h under the required speed limit. I thought you were allowed +or- 3k, which would only be a minor. Anyway good luck on whatever you decide
  2. Weather permitting looks like a good day out. http://www.brightona.co.uk/event/brightona-main-event-2015/
  3. Also you don’t need to take compulsory basic training (CBT) to ride a moped if you passed your car driving test before 1 February 2001. You’ll still need to complete CBT to ride a motorbike, however.
  4. Well done on taking the plunge into the biking world, (you're never to old) I passed my test a couple of months ago aged 59. While I was doing my training there were 3 other riders of simillar age on the course, and we all passed. You will need to get used to riding at 70, as part of the mod 2 will be on a NSL road, but the majority of the test will be on 30/40 limit roads. First thing I did after my test, as I was riding alone, was to wind my bike upto 95 on the way home. I quickly throttled down as I was getting buffeted, and I realised I could die. Still it was exhcilarating. Unlike you though, I did my CBT last year and bought a 125, which I rode around for a year, before doing the DAS. This definately helped. I think as an older rider you tend to anticipate hazzards earlier, but your reactions are slower, so it's a matter of riding to your limitations. And once you pass your test, it is only the begining, nothing can beat experience, the more you ride the more confidence you will gain. And as for rearward vision http://www.kapowgifts.com/store/24350.jpg .
  5. Thats not how I was shown. From start, left/right check. pull off, lifesaver and then turn. My instructor actually said, when you do your lifesver, keep your head turned and focus on an object in the distance. All I can say is that I passed with no minors.
  6. I thought that was what you are meant to do. I just hope your practice was better than this bloke.
  7. Don't park to close to the white line when you do the U turn. A bloke I was training with had a little wobble at the begining of the U turn and just touched the white line, before turning and failed. Just take a deep breadth, and visualise what you are going to do, before you start off, as mister-t says its not a race. Oh and good luck
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