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Thought I would post regarding my CBT experience Day started off ok, the instructor was late and only one other person had turned up and he was resitting his for the third time because he only wanted a 125cc. After a quick meet and greet the instructor went off to get the bike and rental gear, and promptly returned with a little 125 scooter, it was in a sorry shape (to be expected I suppose) and the gloves were in worse shape! started the CBT in what must be the usual fashion walking around using the stand etc. Shortly after it became time to ride and the biggest problem became apparent... The scooter would stall every time you closed the throttle.. I was assured that once were on the road it would be ok. We did a few exercises and practiced life saver etc, we were all done with them by 1100 took a thirty minute brake and we were off out on the open road! I made the mistake of closing the visor and it instantly steamed up and spent a good while trying to work out how to open it (first time wearing a helmet!) The nightmare of the turning off bike continued throughout the road test, resulting in one hairy moment at a roundabout! We did some more exercises and rode around for a while taking a couple of brakes. Then went back to the lockup where I was told I had passed and got my cert and was home by 1430 All in all, I felt somewhat under prepared for riding out on the road and I was somewhat surprised people with no road experience are allowed to after doing such a short course. 4 days later I had my first bike delivered a CBR 125 was somewhat concerned about gears as I had never ridden a geared bike but worked it out in a few mins Really enjoying my daily commute and only almost been killed once by someone reversing out on me! Will be booking my full test at some point