Booking MOD 1 without ever having gone test centre??

[T3hscott]

ok so i had my 3rd lesson today on the 500 and was advised by my instructor to book my MOD 1 as he feels i'm ready, the only problem is i have never been to the test centre.

The only MOD 1 stuff i have done is the slalom and figure 8, emergency stop and U-turns as well as practicing evasive steering on country lanes at speed (this being my swerve test practice). I did mention to him today about going the test centre and he said it wasnt problem but i got the indication he ment to watch not to have a practice. now i have a friend who has passed and he went to the test centre and got to have a few practice tests but yet my instructor hasnt mentioned it.

am i best of waiting or should i listen to my instructor and book my MOD 1. He did say that we would do a full 2 hour lesson the day before my test and also have an hour before test on the day to practice.

any opinions or commecnts would be helpful

cheers guys

[Martyc]

I never saw the test centre til my mod1 (but it is a fair way and a really boring ride) but the school I used did have a huuuuge private yard with the whole thing set out as per the centre and it was fine for me. I didn't even think that the DSA would let you practice on their premises anyway? Might be worth a trip just to see it in the flesh and maybe watch a person or two go thru it (try not to put them off, their gonna have nerves as it is!) but it's nothing spectacular as long as u know the drill you'll be fine. I'm always weary of schools that don't have premises where they can practice the swerve etc off road, because things can, and do, go wrong occasionally.

[T3hscott]

The school I am using has the slalom set up but we rode to a very large unused car park ad practiced the emergency stop and U-turns also tried the swerve a few times was a crude set up though as the instructor set up his gloves as the cones and we used the parking bays as the "trap"

[Colin937]

i had a 2 hour lesson in the dsa test area before my mod 1, my instructor hires it off them on the weekend, which was good as the cones never get moved. If he says your ready then you should go for it.