Have you taken the NEW Motorcycle Test?

Took my cbt on the Monday,mod 1 on the Thursday than mod 2 on the Friday. Think its better having the two tests now.

Hi Alex - took my Mod 1 & 2 both in July and passed both. The Mod 1 test centre was in Birmingham adjacent to B'ham airport and the main London train line so plenty of distractions from planes coming in to land just over your head and high speed trains blasting by at 125mph. I found the test area so much larger than the car park I'd been trained on and the tarmac much grippier. No real problems except nerves.

Mod 2 was done in Redditch and as luck would have it the examiner turned up in a car. I'm sure he couldn't see everything that was going on control wise as he was not always directly behind me. Still I'm not complaining if I benefited from him being in a car. Nearly 2 months down the road my confidence in the SV gets better everyday.

Anyone thinking of taking a Mod 1 test should not be put of by stories regarding the swerve test - it's so much easier on their grippy tarmac.

+ 1 passed same places in july, it was a silly place to put the offroad course.

Originally Posted by hindle8907

Thats a really good comment by jonjo123 making sure your pupils have the same bike is really important.
i was on the same bike for every day training and then on the pratical i was on a totaly diffrent bike which put me off alot .

I passed on the old system but have to agree that for me, using the same bike helped my confidence - it was my request (perhaps superstition) instead of a newly delivered bike being offered on the morning of the test.

I've taken the new test ..... passed both parts in one day, and with ZERO faults all day !!!

A wee bit off-topic and a very big "up" to all passing their tests but please remember, people, that even the eldest most experienced riders still learn things and improve their riding, safety etc. almost every day.

Nope,passed mine just after my 17th birthday(1988...........jeez 21yrs ago,i must be getting old