Re: No test for me today, went down in training :-(
 

Perhaps that is some of the problem ? Maybe you're putting to much pressure on yourself to get it done before the test changes so you're stressing about it and not being relaxed and taking your time over your lessons.

In your position I'd just wait till I was ready and healed and then go back and talk things through with your instructor and take things easy till I had my confidence built back up. Better to learn and make mistakes in the care of an instructor than rush it through and not be prepared for life once you've passed your test.

I found I had loads to learn once I had pased and my first few months involved a very steep learning curve indeed.

Take your time dont rush a few months either way isnt going to make any difference in the grand scheme of things

Re: No test for me today, went down in training :-(
 

Its not a hoop, its done to show you can control it. Also my instructor pointed out it gears you up for carrying a pillion. If you can't do em singular controlled, you've no chance of carrying pillions...hmmm thats why i don't carry pillions:rolleyes:

Re: No test for me today, went down in training :-(
 

Exactly, it's to show you can control a bike, not particularly because a U turn itself is massively important.

Anyway off topic..

Sorry to hear about the off.. my foot got a little squished in the last little off I had, that was wearing para boots too so fairly sturdy!

Re: No test for me today, went down in training :-(
 

Sorry to hear about this. I know how you are feeling, I was practising U turns on the 500 at the school, went down several times but on the last one I got my leg trapped under the bike it twisted my knee and I ended up with a damaged cruciate ligament.

However the 3 months away from bike school gave me the opportunity to practice U turns on my 125 (I live on a very narrow street - it was a challenge :)) so when I went back to the 500s I was so much improved the instructors were extremely surprised.

I know you have an SV waiting but can your budget stretch to a cheap 125 to practice on? Also if you take your restricted test the SV takes restriction very well from what I have read on here so you would still be able to ride it.

It is demoralising and quite frightening getting back on when you have hurt yourself so early in your biking career but you have to make a decision about whether you are going to give yourself a chance to succeed at this or not. I say go for it, it is worth it!

Good luck and get well soon.

Trace :)

Re: No test for me today, went down in training :-(
 

Sorry to hear about this, but like others have said the only way to get the confidence back is to get back on the bike.

I know it's easier said than done. When i passed my test i dropped my SV on a island the afternoon after passing and that is when my fear of junctions arrived and slow speed stuff. I had to pull myself from under my bike and then had to ride it home which was a very slow ride!!! Completly my fault (wrong gear trying to pull of and then grabbed the front brake)

Maybe once you are better do your lessons/test on a 125?! It is a lot easier (just a bit of a jump after you have passed). But if you are putting yourself under a lot of pressure your brain isn't free to think. (even tho my instructor told me not to think and let it happen)

Keep your chin up and rest that leg of yours..... and you never know you may be able to get your test in before the changes!!!!

Lily

Re: No test for me today, went down in training :-(
 

I dropped my instructor's bike when I bounced of the curb on a U turn (I swear the road was too narrow). Fortuately I managed to jump away from it.

I dealt with the blow by thinking there's no real damage done, and now I've dropped it once, I no longer need to worry about the 1st time I drop it.

Turn it into a positive experience and get back on the bike!!

Re: No test for me today, went down in training :-(
 

Hope your foot/legs ok. I think all of this is a positive riding experience, at least you know what your doing wrong, so you can try to correct it. I hope it does'nt put you off riding.

I also dropped the bike twice when trying to do my U turn (think it was the way the instructor was trying to tell me how to do it!) I have also dropped my bike when a boy racer came up right next to me when i was trying to turn right at a junction, I am still not 100% confidence on my bike, but i think with a bit of practise i will hopefully get better and will be able to learn from it.

Re: No test for me today, went down in training :-(
 

Even after years of riding a bike it can get away from you, my first[1] ever 'stationary' drop was 9 years after passing my test!

In both cases as soon as I realised it was a lost cause I dived off it. Bikes can be fixed, people have to heal and even a small injury can come back to haunt you.

Druid

[1] Ignoring two rolling off the stand while it was parked incidents!

Re: No test for me today, went down in training :-(
 

hope you recover quickly , we have all had our little quirks where we do something and drop the bike so welcome to the real world just take your time and build up your confidence again and you'll do fine all the best paul

Re: No test for me today, went down in training :-(
 

GWS. I dropped by CBR125 a week after passing my CBT at about 1mph when visiting a Fox's Diner....slipped on the only patch of gravel in the whole car park, bike fell on me, about 200 eyes were looking at me with a bike on my foot, wearing Oxtar boots. All was fine, got help getting the bike off me and surprisingly not embarrassed at all and I couldnt stop laughing.

When I was taking my DAS training, my instructors observed my riding and said that our group of 3 needed more slow riding work and that is what we concentrated on including stopping at junctions using the gears and back brake only (side roads only mind) and we must have done about 30 U turns over the 2.5 days we had.

Get better and decide then how you want to move forward, you sound as though you are keen to get back on the bike, which is a great start but only when you are ready and perhaps have some mates with you when you got out practicing for encouragement.