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I must be at this rate, theres probably not much I dont know about this damn test haha I still stand by that Id rather keep retaking this one than my MOD 1 though!!

Tell her she’s the reason people fail tests

That once passed it would have been a non issue solved by I finger in the air Funny how I enjoy biking more and I cant seem to pass this test and I just tolerate going out in the car yet I passed that first time

Im glad Im stubborn and want to see it through thats all i can say!

Sort of! they do say ' ride for you not for me as well' but... More likely for this to happen if they follow in a car but if you disappear off beyond the ear piece system and the examiner cant catch up at some point (eg if a bypass was moving but busy so nowhere for them to overtake/filter and they cant ask you to pull over), if it's within the first 30 mins of the test you can end up with 'invalid' because they werent able to witness enough of your riding. The last 10 mins you'll be ok if you are quite a way ahead as you are usually on the way back to the centre and they've seen 30mins of riding which is enough.

I wish Id been the one to arrive at the junction later, just so I could sit back and let them faff around. I suppose they had probably tucked in like they were going to turn right but I was busy worrying about if i needed to do X checks, what the speed limit was once I picked speed back up etc.... the rest of my brain didnt really scan the other driver. As I say, Im not sad or mad. Just meh!

Attempt two. Identical outcome just at a crossroad not a roundabout. My road to go across as I got to the junction first (it was clear). Both of us going straight across. OR SO I THOUGHT. They just didnt indicate and then turned to their right. No minors. WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING TO ME. Not even sad, just empty. No more spaces in Lincoln until January. Feel like Ill never pass.

well done [mention]Tomspark93[/mention] and [mention]Joebaxi[/mention]! Would deffo prefer to repeat MOD 2 over and over than do MOD 1 again, in fact id probably rather have dental work without anaesthetic! it feels weird to be in a confined space on a motorbike and having to dodge cones. Plus the rules on a minor/fail/pass are much more black and white so you know when you've flunked it!

Yeah but thats why there are report functions in messages and thread comments and also the ability to make people foes...

I can confirm the tea is overpriced

This! I was a nervous rider as well but a bigger bike despite being heavier and more powerful is actually easier to ride! You'll be ok

I made a right turn. In the debrief the examiner said the gap was big enough for me to safely move in to but he didn't feel it was big enough for him to also follow me so it was a fail. No other major or minor faults. This is vaguely similar to my fail. No minors but was failed for pulling out at a roundabout and was too small of a gap. Car behind indicating the wrong way. Sucks but I just rebooked. Examiner wasnt a dick about it, he told me to get back inasap because my riding was otherwise great. One of those things, accept it!

I dont have much knowledge on the technical side of bikes, but having had a 125 and riding a 650.... aren't all 125s generally a little slow to pull off??

I was half expecting you to include in that sentence "with one arm" That's next year's challenge...

Look for the couple involved in a role reversal, where the husband is attempting to convince his wife not to spend so much money on bike stuff That was me and my fella today....

I did get to essentially deadlift a 200kg bmw off the floor, I impressed myself

Yeah still try and flog the map. I printed one out at work yesterday lol

I got some gloves 40% off and a few deals to be had, only people charging above the odds are the brand shops eg Yamaha and the newsagents outside!

Anyone here today? (17th) Come say hi! You can’t miss me I’m in black with white dots and a rather tall man in a baseball cap

I think this baby deserves a new thread. My fella is looking at getting a street triple and I darent ride it as I know i wont want the MT anymore if i do that ! Seem like awesome bikes

The 125 is forgiven but after spending a few days on a 650 I feel like Im fighting it a bit still, willing it to be a bit more powerful. No biscuits, I had a few days in such a strop i didnt feel like eating very much at all but then I was ok! Ive had a fair bit of cake since. No more stopping. Just waiting for my new date now, and turning the sky blue whenever I see people driving like pricks and hoping they arent around on test day.

Sorry, I only read the first page of this topic but I read this and these bits here are exactly what I think. For my experience, I was taught with red pens and Xs, circles, notes and question marks... or the dreaded 'see me' especially in Maths. Im not bad at maths, but I was very unwell in my first school so missed a lot of the basics, so I had to cobble together a lot of the patterns to make the more advanced stuff make sense. Sometimes this went horribly wrong and I hated feeling like Id let people down or failure in a lesson was the worst thing that could happen (this was through my parents rather than the school, my dad was an ex-headteacher and I was petrified of him until I was about 14, and my mum never questioned him) so my books were usually stained with tears as well as red pen. It wasnt until secondary school I got a teacher that understood why I was they way I was and built my confidence around maths, and I was soon jumping up ability classes into the one just below top. I dont think the colour of pen or using an X makes much difference, it's how you are taught and how you are brought up.

Got any spare? Lol, sadly just two, the second spoken for!

Im going this Saturday. I struck lucky and won some free tickets!

Yup we have a few roads like that! Which if used properly are effective but very few do.... which is weird because I recall using it almost every time I went out on my driving lessons!! Also came up on this test and I got no faults for.