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TheSTIB

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  1. Just to update this post. On 5th January I had my Mod 1 & Mod 2 test.....and passed! 0 minors on Mod 1, and 2 minors on Mod 2. Thanks to all who have been following my haphazard journey from CBT to A license. I loved my Mt-125, but when I took the L plates off the affair was over. Now riding a NC700 (don't laugh!) and loving not having to wring the throttle in order to get anywhere!
  2. After spending 3 Days on my DAS I was feeling pretty confident at nailing Mod 1 this morning. Get to my instructor this morning, few figure 8's, u-turns etc. and about to set off when he gets a call from the test centre. The contractors overnight gritted the Mod 1 test area and spread that much of it over the place it was unsafe to do any of the high speed manoeuvres. Being Britain and all nobody can just sweep it off the area (Health & Safety ), they have to wait for the contractor to come back this evening to sort it. Everybody's Mod 1 cancelled today! Earliest date I can do Mod 1 is 5th January because of work commitments. bast*rds!
  3. Did my Motorbike theory yesterday. 49/50 Theory, 41/75 Hazard perception...failed Considering I have been driving for 30 years and currently drive 50k miles/year in my job I was gutted. Like the others say on this post I was spotting the developing hazards too early....and got 0 points for 2 clips as they said I had cheated??? My fault though as I hadn't done any practice on the hazard perception, ordered the DLVA dvd and get some practice in just to see what they are looking for. You will nail it next time.
  4. Passed my CBT in February, bought a MT-125 which arrived last weekend and loving it! I had the money to do DAS, but I wanted to do it the old fashioned way. Its got stacks of power (relatively) as I use it to commute in Plymouth (30/40mph zones). Spent the weekend with my good friend who has a NC750 and his comment was "you ride your bike like you drive your car" (I drive a Honda Jazz ), really not sure whether it was a compliment or not tbh! Everybody is different (as opinions are like as*holes, everybody has got one ). Go with what you feel not what people advise, after all its your arse on the seat and you will be the one riding it. I have my theory test in a fortnight and already booked my DAS for the end of November. This gives me 8 months of experience on a tiddler, and assuming I pass I will be trading in my MT 125 for a ...(I won't actually, for me its a commuter, 140MPG on the display makes me grin every time I look at it). Just my 2 cents as a newbie biker.
  5. After my first disastrous CBT with oversized gloves I booked another for the following Saturday. Whilst everybody in the morning was listening to the instructor (this is a helmet, this is a motorbike etc.) I was left to my own devices to have a couple of hours riding around the training area, U turns, figures of 8, slaloms etc. The additional bike time I spent was well worth it. Hopefully you will be able to do the same second time round rather than having to sit through the early stuff again.
  6. On Saturday, complete with torrential rain and high wind but armed with new (fitting) gloves, I passed my CBT! Thank you all for your support. Now it's time to look at bikes/gear etc.
  7. I guess that's a fair point. However as I drive as a courier for the Police I keep up to date with the latest changes. I would say that knowing absolutely nothing about bike riding I have still passed the mock Theory as common sense generally prevails. The only 1 or 2 questions I got wrong were only concerning bikes, not the highway code etc. I don't mind doing it again (other than paying for it!), and have mine booked in for next month to get it out of the way.
  8. Been lurking on this forum since a few of my friends dragged me off to the Motorbike Show at the NEC in November. At 46 I considered myself too old to learn how to ride until I spoke to a biker who started when he was 60 (now 69). So I booked my CBT, bought the books, watched hours and hours of CBT instruction on YouTube and felt reasonably competent. Today was the day, so off I went with a mates old but serviceable gear; Jacket, trousers, gloves (I had my own lid). Started on a Duke 125, and really struggled with throttle/clutch control. Instructor suggested I try a MSX as it tended to be more forgiving for new riders. It was better, but I just kept stalling, over-revving even whilst braking. I was the only complete newbie and I felt at times that I just wanted a great big hole to open up in front of me and swallow me whole! By lunchtime I couldn't tell my left from my right, which foot goes where etc and to save my own sanity I called it a day. I was nowhere near ready to go out on the road as my confidence was completely shot. Trudged back to the office and rebooked CBT for next Saturday (4th Feb) because I really enjoyed the morning, it just seemed my body was doing the opposite of what my brain wanted. Pulled off my gloves and the instructor said "are those not a bit big?" I said I don't know, they fit but I really struggled with fine control on the levers/throttle. He looked at the size, XXL Winter gloves and passed me a pair of gloves that fitted....well like a glove, which were a medium. He asked if I wanted to carry on with proper sized gloves and I replied that my head was a mess (even more so now that I realised my mates gloves were completely unsuitable, my hands were moving within the gloves whilst riding so no wonder I had such poor control). Moral of this story... get sized up for gloves before your CBT
  9. I didn't pass my car test until 1997 and had to do the (then) new theory test. Why should car drivers have to resit a theory test for motorbikes? (other than to fill the coffers of the treasury...)
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