Rymez2K

Anyone else going to this.

Its down in Ardingly, myself and 5 mates from Maidstone are planning to ride down tomorrow morning?

Blimey that went for 300 quid.

What a bargain.

Definitely check the battery as it may be on its way out.

Mine cat had similar symptoms, when the battery was on its way out.

This will be my next purchase.

A lot easier than a paddock stand especially if you are on your own.

I recall seeing a post on here about how to make your own.

I also put a bit of heat shrink tubing round the joint after soldering.

Holds the joint together nicely and seals it up.

and i fit them myself?

Mine where simply a case of taking off two engine bolts one either side.

Put in the new longer bolts and aluminium washers and the bobbin and tighten.

Takes less than 10 minutes.

If you look on the R&G site they have the instructions for each model.

Cheers

Pete

Sounds like a great idea.

What sort of time are you looking at?

Its a great ride down to Rye.

Have a look at this link.

http://www.motuk.com/Motorcycle%20MOT.asp

+1 for the rear reflector.

Forgot to put one on when I changed my rear plate.

Yeah I would say mod 2 is the easiest.

Although Mod 1 you know exactly what to prepare for, layout etc.

Cheers

Pete

Hi mate,

At least you could find hourly lessons, all the places near me would only do a days lesson, which is impossible to fit around work.

I therefor chose to do mod1 and 2, on my own.

Mod1 is easy enough to practice for, you can google the measurements and buy some cheap cones, and practice.

The actual mod 1 test layout is huge.

In all I have been on the bike for about a month and done about a 1000 miles.

Mod 2 is basically just listening to the examiner and driving sensibly, lane position, obs etc.

In that time, I have read up loads and watched heaps of videos online to help.

I would recommend the road craft its a bit slow in places but gets you thinking.

I will now be using the money I saved to in this to do, bike safe, enhanced rider scheme, iam/rospa etc etc.

Hope that helps

Cheers

Pete

Over the moon, passed mod 2 this morning.

Was super nervous, and then made some small mistakes, by the time I got back I thought I had failed.

Especially when I got back and the examiner didn't ask me the pillion questions.

Then spent 5 minutes waiting for the other chap to finish in the room.

So we go in and then he asks me the pillion questions and I am like what.

And he said guess I should tell you you've passed.

Wooooooo! He said I rode really well, apart from doing an extra couple of rear obs at roundabouts.

Right think it's time to start looking for something a little bit bigger.

Also looking forward to doing a bikesafe soon.

Cheers

Pete

Woop woop!

Passed module 1 this morning.

Felt a lot more confident this morning knowing what to expect and knowing where the place was.

Also felt a lot smoother on the low speed stuff, and way more confident on the bike as a whole.

Got 1 minor for a sloppy obvs on my U-turn.

Right now to book module 2!

Pete

Yeah I did mod 1 last week, yeah no questions, there is a link to them somewhere on here.

The mod 1 layout is massive, you should be fine.

Just don't do what I did and panic and apply a little too much back brake on the e-stop.

Good luck for it!

Cheers

Pete

If you are on a windows machine I have a hazard perception app that I got, with loads of practice videos.

Only one or two of them actually where in the test but I did pass so must be ok.

If you are interested pm your email address and I can it over.

It also has loads of test questions etc.

Cheers

Pete

Aaargh! What a mission.

Left the house about an hour and a half early this morning.

Then spent 45 minutes trying to find the place. Being directed all over the place by Tomtom and locals.

Arrive at the test centre only be told the test centre for bikes has moved!

After asking more locals they direct me in sort of correct direction.

Decide to pullover and check on phone, tomtom goes skittering along the road. But is alive.

DSA website doesn't work eventually get hold of them and find the right place with about 15 minutes to spare.

Was super nervous, and all the slow bits where 100%, obs etc.

Then on the emergency stop for some reason I panic and lock up the back.

Doh! Fail!

Nevermind it was good to see how massive the place is and even on the cbr the slow stuff is really easy.

All booked for next thursday, time to nail it.

The examiner was a pleasant chap and explained everything well.

The end..

Pete

Thanks for all the information folks, aaaaah loads of paperwork to bring then.

Good times, one day with these new fangled PC's they will do away with that.....

Now if I can just controll the nerves I should be fine.

Pete

Exciting stuff, booked my mod 1 test for Friday morning.

Going to do it on my own bike and try and save some cash. Been out with some cones trying to get my confidence up!

Quick question, the DVLA still have not sent my V5, anyone know if their will be an issue if I just take the small green bit?

Cheers

Pete

So I am trying to book mod 1 and is it just me or did anyone struggle with the DSA site?

Firstly I have tried about 5 test centres and even choosing no preference not a single booking comes up.

Secondly you have to enter a stupid captcha thing every single time you search for a booking.

The theory booking worked fine, why on earth is it so hard to book the practical.

Am I expecting to much from a gvt website?

Rant over.

Pete