MarkW Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 My wife and I had our Mod 1 tests yesterday, where for some unknown reason we each chose to debut a completely new manoeuvre. My wife went first, and absolutely nailed all the slow-speed stuff. Then came the emergency stop, where after a slightly slow first run she excelled herself by caning it through the speed trap and applying the brake with the throttle still wide open. She’s never done that before. Oh well - off to the gate of shame…Then it was my turn. Again, no worries with any of the slow speed stuff, so I felt great going into the last three faster manoeuvres. First up the controlled stop, where I went through the speed trap at 45 kph. The examiner suggested a tad more speed for the emergency stop, which I duly provided by belting through at 65 kph. He liked that, but said it was just making life harder than it needed to be so I should be a bit more conservative for the hazard avoidance. I went through the trap at 52 kph, and for the first time ever clipped the blue cone with the toe of my boot. I’ve never even come close to doing that before, and have always found it the easiest of all the manoeuvres. Ah well, such is life. We’re both back there again next week, and at least it’s a nice ride out. Quote
klingelton Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 I'd love for my wife to take an interest in 2 wheels. She's not in the least bit interested though. Quote
MarkW Posted June 4, 2014 Author Posted June 4, 2014 She loves it! She had a bit of a baptism of fire though - our first ever road ride was in torrential rain and she dumped the bike on a slippery corner and gave her shoulder a nasty bang. There were a couple of days of muttering about the whole enterprise being a silly idea, but she got back on and hasn't looked back since. She's definitely better (or at least more consistent) than me at all the slow-speed manoeuvres, whereas I'm fractionally ahead out on the road. Not that it's a competition or anything... Quote
klingelton Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 but she got back on and hasn't looked back since. Tell her to remember her life savers! Quote
MarkW Posted June 4, 2014 Author Posted June 4, 2014 but she got back on and hasn't looked back since. Tell her to remember her life savers! Quote
littlecat Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 nothing better than being able to share your love of bikes, and take off together ( or separately lol ).good luck for next time, im sure you'll both nail it Quote
Tango Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 Bad luck mate.....hopefully it'll be 2nd time lucky for you both..... It's great having someone to share your passion for bikes with..... Quote
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