lazy125

De-restrict the bike before a test? I won't want to be the brave one who would do that, imagine something went wrong when you are out on the road! Plus the examiner would see the candidate and the mechanic (unless the candidate is THE mechanic to save more pennies on this hypothetical) working on the bike to get it ready for the test, if somehow they let the candidate take the mod1 test; come mod2, they would probably be asking all the Show Me Tell Me questions to make sure the bike is actually up to standard. I'm quite a newb when it comes to restricting bikes but surely there is more to it than just like say flipping a switch? The fact that Copycat73 and Run13 hasn't been back since the original post is they have either passed their tests and didn't want to gloat or they died out on the road with their modified bikes. I’ve got a level 2 but it’s mainly for cars but same can be applied for bikes too, if it’s a throttle-stop restriction it’s dead easy to remove pre-test, couple screws on the carb and it’s off, it’s pretty much just a metal plate that stops the throttle being applied 100%

So I’m getting very nervous coming up to my mod 1&2 and was wondering if anyone had advice for calming down and focusing on the road prior to the tests, so I can focus as much on riding safely during the tests rather than worrying about every little thing thinking I’ve done the wrong thing, even now practicing positioning and lifesavers although I’m doing it correctly I keep beating myself up thinking I’ve done it wrong and I should have done this and that differently and this is on the road by myself just practicing, it’s causing a lot of stress and worry and I really want to get on my first big bike this year, any advice would be appreciated!

I’ve been trying to make habit of my observations, but I’m not completely confident with the whole U-turning, I’ve had a go in a car park using three spaces as pointers and I’m able to do a uturn consistently after the practice The space available in those three spaces is 7.3m and I’ve probably been doing it in about 7m, it’s just the shoulder check before committing to the turn, would they allow me to stop and make the observation before taking the uturn? Or would that be considered a fault? As I can’t actually manage to shoulder check and uturn in one motion as it sends me off balance since I’m not focusing on where the bike needs to go. And thanks! Looking forward to exploring the forums Thank you!

I mean theoretically you could take your full A license this way if you wanted to, you’d need a bike that meets the minimum for the full unrestricted license that can be restricted down to A2 restrictions possibly through a throttle restriction and ride down to take your tests on that and derestrict it on site but I’m guessing that would probably invalidate your insurance, but for an A2 I’d rather take the training and only do the tests if the instructor is confident you’d pass.

Gonna be booking my A2 training and tests in 3 days it’s my first time so I’m getting a bit worried, I’ve been practicing on my 125 and I reckon observations I should be fine with that but I’m panicking about it, anyone got any advice for me before I take my tests?