Bender

Yea I could see how that would stick out, although I have a friend who put a 10x8 at the side of his and the neighbours don't appear to have complained. Could you not have something in the top corner of the garden and have access via the drive, I can see how security is going to be an issue along the side. I'm in the middle of putting a shed up for mine, well it started out a shed I think I got a bit carried away.

There are 8ftx8ft shipping containers on eBay for under 1k, while it may be expensive to start with it will hold most of that value and is secure.

Welcome I never had problems with hill start so cant help there, but I would imagine a bike that losses power when pulling away cant be helping, you pretty much need confidence in what your riding, there are plenty of other things to worry about lol. Practice practice practice and throw in some lessons along the way, its always good to make sure your not getting bad habits and have some experienced pointers. Good luck.

room 101 tv prog, its the most pointless tv I have had the miss fortune to watch, or maybe if some one created a similar thread based on the prog i could put that in.

Don't look at the far curb/cars, practice tight turns right and left going slow, even if you have to go to a quiet road/industrial estate.

Have fun

I bet he's spanish

WTF

The pin lock on my caberg is so good its not even made it out of the box yet

Well done it's a great feeling. Stay safe

Pinlock, bit like double glazing for your lid, but you need one that was designed for it in the first place, leave visor open a tad, open all vents on it, ride faster better air flow les humidity, don't breath so much

Confused Its just stopping with front wheel in coned area ?

As above, i failed for putting a foot down, by the time I passed my slow control was much better, you may never do a u turn but you will do plenty of slow sharp turns in much worse places than the test center, they just want to know you have reached a certain level of bike control and they have to do it somehow.

for something which is not going to cost a lot do you really want to be ticking the had an accident box for the next 5 years with all the crap that goes with it ?

See if you can find a quiet industrial estate with a few roundabouts and have practice at seeing just how well your bike can corner, start off slow and just add a few more mph, my instructor put a lot of effort into cornering and ridding the bike out of the corner to keep it stable, he got me to follow him the first few times and built the speed up, after about the 4th time round the same little route going round quite a large roundabout i had an epiphany, I realized that i hadn't really being paying attention to just how fast or more to the point how far over i was leaning the bike, ohh my i thought, OK it might have included a few more choice words than that. He then got me to do a little slalom type maneuver and managed to get me to do 2 opposite maneuvers at the same time, not describing that very well but it was just to show me how it would feel if you try to confuse the bike, it was like trying to steer against a brick wall, the bike wanted to do what the bike wanted to do. I think where i was going was, professional help is probably going to be the most beneficial for you, as has been said.

Don't be too paranoid about it, these things happen you cant change it now, just look on it as more practice, I had 3 stop starts on the same section of road within 4mins of the test starting and all within half a mile, i got a further 2 after that later on, not including hill start, had no faults and he said there was nothing to discuss, so presumably he just liked stopping a lot. It may be that he assessed the situation and had expected the driver to pull away, unless you were in imminent danger he wouldn't have gotten involved, I'm sure he is very experienced either way just take from it the fact that you had no other issues and finger crossed next test you will be fine.

why did they give you a minor for that ? heyho, well done with the pass and good luck with the next one

Good luck, as above and keep constant drive not too many revs slip clutch, use brake as a damper to even out any fluctuations, head up and relax. Sounds easy don't it lol i hated u turns.

Cheer you up hmmmmm Well done, life sucks sometimes, but better a short period of pain than years of misery, worst case you end up single forever and have a garage full of bikes and a house full of cats and you collect empty cans in an old shopping trolley for fun at weekends. Be positive, stay strong and drink lots, alcohol is a clinical depressant though so remember to always drink without moderation when needed.

Bad luck, being told to slow down is always going to be a fail, pretty much anything they have to direct you with regards safety is going to be fail, next time never think you have failed and pay attention till the very end, I'm sure you will be fine. The advice from my instructor was until the bike is parked up and turned off don't presume anything . Good luck next time.

It certainly a lot easier when you start relaxing, keep up the good progress

Better over than under

think i was 61 through the trap but kept accelerating till i got the hand up, it was a good stop and a more realistic experience for all concerned , my instructor thought i had mucked it up as i was so close the the examiner which he could see from the viewing area, the examiner suggested i stop accelerating once i had gone through the trap for the avoidance test.

*cough*she*cough* Ohh yea, shouldve gone to spec savers

I cant imagine whats going to smack into your face at speed, i get enough crap getting through the bottom of the visor when its open just a tad for extra ventilation