Weebl

You hear all sorts of horror stories when you look at doing a test, like 'they will fail you for blinking twice in a five second period' or 'they will fail you for not running over old ladies' If you stop in the middle of the road to wave old ladies across you will be obstructing the highway, so will probably fail, if you stop because they are halfway across or waiting at a zebra crossing then you are in compliance with the law and will pass. Personal, fairly recent experience tells me that they are pretty damn good, all they want, is to see you ride safely in a number of different situations. A 'slight' hesitation at a roundabout or while your brain processes which lane you should be in etc will not fail you. I know this because I did both on my test. It is natural for you to ride differently than you normally would while being tested, you are trying to show how safe and good you are and that makes you hesitate a bit or even sometimes make the wrong decision. They know this and won't leap on the first minor thing they see and use it as an excuse to fail you, from what I saw they certainly are not looking to fail people. Just remember, the last person who had your bike sat at home waiting for them to come back from MOD 2, passed (and I thought I had failed when I got off the bike, I had a massive list in my head of major f@£k ups I had made, 1 of them was written up as a minor, 2 others were mentioned but not worth putting on the paperwork, the rest were not even mentioned) Good luck

2500rpm idle way to high The bike would be a nightmare to trickle along in traffic burn't clutch def be on the cards. Dip beam has the wattage output as high beam both normally 55 watt just the angle of beam is change. Best to find a route where you give the bike some work if possible and get some charge back in, or stick an optimate charger onto the battery as and when. PS Most important, make sure you use a correct charger, a high powerd car type charger will cook your battery if left on for to long. Yes, 2500 RPM is stupidly high to have as idle when riding, but if you read the thread we are talking about leaving the bike idling to charge the battery, not permanently changing the idle to 2500 RPM, The idle as set is perfect for the bike to ride with, but not enough to leave idling and have the battery charge properly, I know this because I set the idle. I said to put the headlight on dip because if you are leaving it on for an hour on main beam you are likely to annoy people driving past much more than if you leave it on dip, not because I think it draws less current. I also did not suggest going for a longish ride which would be the easy option as he does not have a full licence.

Charging system was not podged the last time I used the bike. I had not ridden it any distance in the 2 weeks leading up to the couriers collecting but it was at 12.5 volts when it went on the wagon. I know you have had it turning over a fair bit and have probably given the battery bit of a shoeing and as said, a 5 mile bimble ride won't do a deep ish cycle recharge. The advice given about not leaving a bike idling for an hour is good, however in this particular instance, with that bike you can do it as the cooling system is excellent and it will be ok as long as it is a cool day, dusk would be my recommendation. As counter intuitive as it sounds put the headlight on dip as well. You can tweak the choke up a bit to bring the idle up (even better would be to reach under the tank to the carbs and tweak up the idle on the idle adjust screw to about 2.5k)

Mate, the couriers have broken something dropping it. Have you been in touch with them yet? I am really annoyed, I handed over a fully working, non fairing smashed and fully indicator attached bike and that is not what you have received.

10/40, halfords motorbike oil is fine. The stuff in it is exactly that and only about 800 miles old

It's definitely the later engine out of the mark 2 mate, and like I said, I can only apologise for the hassle you are having, she always started on the button for me. I also think you should name and shame the courier company, the more I think about our last conversation the more annoyed I am getting. I would push them for compensation. The pictures in the ad were very recent and she was in exactly that condition when he wheeled her into the van!

[if its been sat] Is fuel getting through to the spark plugs? Try and start it a few times, then take the spark plug out and see if there is a trace of fresh petrol in there Spark plug - is it firing? Black? - clean it/replace it, but i doubt its the plugs are the HT leads worn? Is the battery flat? - we will find out once you have charged it lol was it working ok before? As for it not changing gear, has the bike been sat for months? I know with my bike, it will only change gear once the engine is running, but it will go into neutral alright It's my old bike that Luke just bought. Fuel and sparks are good. It will be a sticky bendix. I have already suggested the rocking back and forth. She has not been ridden for about 3 weeks but was started the day before collection so she should not be too jammed up.

Thanks Weebl -is that not connecting it to the battery though or do I splice it into the brake/horn wire? Would prefer if it turned off when ignition off. You connect it to a power line. If you want it on the horn line find the power line going to that and connect it there. Don't inline it unless you have to, odds on that one of the power connections for something like the horn will be a terminal screwed on, screw it on there with the existing line. Don't stick it on anything like the lights, ancilliary stuff like the horn is OK but don't mess with a power draw that is fundamental to the bike. Realistically, you are best off getting a mate who knows wiggly amps to help you out, if you really are clueless with electrics, you should not mess with them, at least until he has shown you some basics.

Positive wire goes to a power line, earth goes to earth (random bolt on the frame should do) it does not really get any simpler? Red is power, black is earth, not a lot more to say really?

You haven't done something really silly like turning the petrol tap off to remove the tank for the work you have been doing and forgotten to switch it back on? Or knocked the kill switch to the off position while fiddling with the headlight? Easy done, I know, I have done both before

You can do it on your 24th Birthday. It would be unfair otherwise, a bloke with no experience is allowed to take a test for an unrestricted licence on his 24th, but you with a pass under your belt for a restricted licence and at least 18 months of experience having to wait.

Yep, CBT and Theory can be done in either order but both must be complete before Mod 1 and 2

It looks to me as though you are supposed to put the bolts through the slots with big washers behind them? Probably like that so you are not dictated to on where the bolts go on your plate, but you can move them depending on plate size and letters.

I rode a bike when I was younger (16 to 18) then nothing apart from the odd spin on a moped which I had a grandfather rights license to. My eldest got a bike, I remembered what fun it used to be so went for my test. CBT is about 8 till about 3 (6 ish hours on a 125) Mod 1 training was same again (6 ish hours) Mod 1 test was miles away so the ride there and back was also Mod 2 training (another 3 hours) Mod 2 training 6 ish hours then the ride there at an hour or so. so 22 ish hours start to finish, but I have ridden before and have driven for 20+ years, my instructors said I took straight back to it like a duck to water. If you have not ridden before and don't even have a CBT I can't see how you will get it all in before Jan 19th. How old are you?

If you can ride and have good road awareness and can remember the few points that your instructor will tell you are very important to do on your test then they are easy, if you cannot then they are hard. Take an assessment lesson with your chosen instructor and ask him how much training he thinks you need, you will be going some to get them in in time though.