Admin Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 Hello Heavycheese, Welcome to The Motorbike forum. Please feel free to browse around and get to know the others. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. Why not tell us a bit about yourself too. Quote
Heavycheese Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 Hello, thanks for letting me in, I'm finally going for my bike licence after not having had one (a bike) for about twenty years. Hope the tests aren't as hard as people say... 3 Quote
Bender Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 Just now, Heavycheese said: Hello, thanks for letting me in, I'm finally going for my bike licence after not having had one (a bike) for about twenty years. Hope the tests aren't as hard as people say... Its just a thing that has to be done, do you have any experience? Quote
Heavycheese Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Bender said: Its just a thing that has to be done, do you have any experience? Not of the tests! Used to rip around on bikes when I was a yoof, but it's been a long time. Got my theory and hazard mystification next week, kept clicking too early on the practise videos, guess that's what nearly 25 years of avoiding idiots does for your hazard perception, got used to when they want you click now though. Edited December 10, 2020 by Heavycheese Speelinggg 1 Quote
Bender Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 Sounds like you will be fine, best of luck, keep us up to date, even the bad bits 1 Quote
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 I don’t think it’s that difficult, just involved. You couldn’t point at any particular part of the test and say it’s difficult it just has a lot of components to consider. Don’t clutter your mind and take one bit at a time, which is all you can do anyway. The necessary bits of paper eventually accumulate and the shiny new licence will be yours. 1 Quote
Heavycheese Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 Yeah to be honest, I'm not overly worried, just can't be arsed buying and riding round on a 125 for the sake of "practice" so hoping I'll get through it doing a few days training and the tests Quote
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Heavycheese said: Yeah to be honest, I'm not overly worried, just can't be arsed buying and riding round on a 125 for the sake of "practice" so hoping I'll get through it doing a few days training and the tests If you’ve ridden a bike before and you’re not an uncoordinated lump Im sure you’ll be fine. Then again I did get a 125 which I needed and I’m not an uncoordinated lump 1 Quote
bonio Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 Hi @Heavycheese. Great name, by the way I'm an uncoordinated lump, and I passed both mod 1 and 2 on the second attempt. I guess you've heard the advice of "click once, and one second later click again" for the hazard thingy. It aimed at people like you with years of experience on the road who notice the hazard too early. 1 1 Quote
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted December 11, 2020 Posted December 11, 2020 8 hours ago, bonio said: Hi @Heavycheese. Great name, by the way I'm an uncoordinated lump, and I passed both mod 1 and 2 on the second attempt. I guess you've heard the advice of "click once, and one second later click again" for the hazard thingy. It aimed at people like you with years of experience on the road who notice the hazard too early. Passing mod one first time would suggest perhaps you’re not Quote
Bender Posted December 11, 2020 Posted December 11, 2020 14 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Passing mod one first time would suggest perhaps you’re not What about the bit where he said he passed them both on the 2nd attempt? Quote
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted December 11, 2020 Posted December 11, 2020 Hmm me thinks a case of reading what you think it says rather than what it actually says. Oops. Not that it matters lump or no lump everyone (bar the odd person who maybe on there 15th test might want to consider it’s perhaps not a good idea) gets there in the end. Quote
peatear Posted December 11, 2020 Posted December 11, 2020 If you've ridden bikes before you'll likely fly through. As all the experience comes flooding back. Even I passed the Mod1 first time. With one minor being a bit fast on the hazard avoidance (69kmh ). Awaiting my date for Mod2. 1 Quote
Heavycheese Posted December 11, 2020 Posted December 11, 2020 Thanks everybody, what a very warm welcome! 2 Quote
Guest Richzx6r Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 On 11/12/2020 at 14:07, Heavycheese said: Thanks everybody, what a very warm welcome! Hi and welcome to the forum, though some are giving off warmth in what they say there still lingers the odd twat here and there Quote
Guest Swagman Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 13 minutes ago, Richzx6r said: Hi and welcome to the forum, though some are giving off warmth in what they say there still lingers the odd twat here and there As above, Welcome to the nut house. Quote
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