Car license after Motorcycle - easy?

[peepae]

I started on an A1 motorcycle license in 2017, and as such have only ever held my motorcycle license. Ridden a car once in a car park, was a bit nerving.

 

Anyone who got their car after moto, and was it easier or potentially even harder after having ridden a bike for some time?

 

Don't really want to spend 40 hours on lessons but I know everyone is different  

[AstronautNinja]

I'd expect the basics to carry over to a reasonable degree. Clutch control, observations, lane discipline etc. 

 

It's more road competency than anything I reckon. 

[Tiggie]

A few thing I found was my sense of speed was different. 40mph in a car feels like 30mph on a bike so easier to speed accidently.  I definitely felt like my vision was always obscured by the front pillars too.

 

Another thing my instructor caught me doing was always looking ahead at traffic queues to see if I could squeeze past.  

 

 

 

 

[Simon Davey]

19 minutes ago, Tiggie said:

 

Another thing my instructor caught me doing was always looking ahead at traffic queues to see if I could squeeze past.  

 

 

 

 

[peepae]

26 minutes ago, Tiggie said:

A few thing I found was my sense of speed was different. 40mph in a car feels like 30mph on a bike so easier to speed accidently.  I definitely felt like my vision was always obscured by the front pillars too.

 

Another thing my instructor caught me doing was always looking ahead at traffic queues to see if I could squeeze past.  

 

 

 

 

 

LOL - how many lessons did you do eventually? did you grasp it quite quick in the end?

 

 

 

1 hour ago, AstronautNinja said:

I'd expect the basics to carry over to a reasonable degree. Clutch control, observations, lane discipline etc. 

 

It's more road competency than anything I reckon. 

 

I found myself slipping the clutch a lot, as I do, but heard this is not that good to do a lot in cars (?)

 

[peepae]

One thing I noticed was, how strong the brakes are because obviously you brake on all wheels at the same time. Found myself almost emergency stopping a lot.

[AstronautNinja]

2 minutes ago, peepae said:

 

LOL - how many lessons did you do eventually? did you grasp it quite quick in the end?

 

 

 

 

I found myself slipping the clutch a lot, as I do, but heard this is not that good to do a lot in cars (?)

 

Yeah really not like with bikes. Took me a while to get used to using the bike clutch as instructed rather than years of it only being used for initial movement. 

[Tiggie]

 

 

11 minutes ago, peepae said:

LOL - how many lessons did you do eventually? did you grasp it quite quick in the end?

 

 

I can't remember now, maybe 8 lessons. Having had years of experience on the roads definitely made it easier as far as dealing with traffic and knowing what to do at a roundabout etc!

 

parking maneuvers were the hardest thing to grasp for me. 

[RideWithStyles]

Wifey did the bike first then car, the only real difference is the greater space you use/need on the road, extra swing and space to do manoeuvre.

lot less visual potential/awareness in the car due to the cage,pillars, head rests etc.

less external noises and more space/capacity inside to get used to.

getting use to the a lot shorter rev range and the exact gearing your taught to use is a note.

more stalks to get use to and remember what they all do, especially if you have a car with different orientation.

depending on the height and comfort level of the car it could feel like your going slower. 

Depends on the car, brakes and clutch actuation is different, springed pedal return clutch, and brakes can be very over servo’ed.
Being use to and road smart before hand definitely speeds the learning process.
driving a car is soooo much easier.

[Saul]

On 10/09/2024 at 14:51, Tiggie said:

 

I can't remember now, maybe 8 lessons. Having had years of experience on the roads definitely made it easier as far as dealing with traffic and knowing what to do at a roundabout etc!

 

parking maneuvers were the hardest thing to grasp for me. 

I did almost exactly the same with my car test.  I  passed my bike test in 1984 and my car test in 1986 with 8 lessons.   I am sure several years of road experience on a bike before hand was a great help.  Couple of caveats, one there was a lot less traffic around 40 years ago and two I think the tests were relatively easier, well the bike one definitely was.     I think the important factors were that I was used to controlling a vehicle and to traffic conditions before I learned to drive.  My driving instructor said that he taught me primarily to pass the test rather than drive.