Mod 1 Passed...My Tips

[steve__b]

Passed mod 1 on first attempt

I took it with Riders in Wolverhampton on Suzuki Gladius 650cc.

I found the on road rides were good familiarity for high speed mod 1 exercises' getting to know the sound and feeling of 32 mph in 2nd gear.

On emergency stop, I had 2 attempts to get to required speed. On hazard avoidance swerve (final exercise), I thought "do it, don't f**k it up'' so I built up speed on the curve then as I aimed for the centre of the gap between the speed measuring device cones, I thought "open full throttle and give it loads, if I come off the bike b*****ks to it"(I knew I wouldn't). I aimed for an imaginary white cone dead centre in between. As soon as I was going through speed device, throttle closed, I aimed for the centre of 2 blue cones (not looking at the blue cones but aiming for an imaginary white cone in between) as I counter steered then I kept countersteering towards last 2 cones and braked once bike was on the straight. I found aiming for the imaginary white cone kept me well clear of the real cones.

I found that 6 mph was perfect for all the slow maneuvers, including the slow walk.

On the figure of 8, you can go round the last yellow cone as long as you are showing you are in control.

I took a deep breath just before doing left and right lifesavers for every exercise

Hopefully this post on my test experience can be tips for mod 1 .

Good luck if you are taking mod 1 and thanks to you who posted who have taken mod 1.

Mod 2 to book and pass next then job done

[Psychybikey]

Well done and thanks for the tips