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first time with 2 minors !!!!!!!

all you need is 6 calms pill to make you all relaxed !!!!!!!

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Quick, send me some then cos I'm bricking it now!!!

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This is the thing, I've been wanting to get it all done and dusted for about 2 months now (since booking the DAS) and on the day of the test, I met the examiner and thought - 'well, I'll try it, but I can't promise myself anything'. I was totally relaxed, almost like I didn't try hard enough at times.

--knowing fine well the only time I'd done a full U turn without a foot down was about an hour before!


Did it first time on the test. Fingers x'ed for next time :)

....and good luck - although you shouldn't need it :smt002

Kev

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Bring back the old days when the examiner stood on the corner and watched you wobble off

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my instructor was in a car on my bike test. he got out of car and watched me do hill start, u turn and emergency stop. fell off 17 times practising the u turn the day before my test. good luck

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Afternoon all.
Being an old git I kinda feel sorry for you newer riders, who have to put up with all that malarky.
There was no such thing as a CBT, one just stuck L plates on a 250 & off one went.
The test itself was areal giggle, as there was no following you around, the examiner walked round the block, after giving one directions as to which way to go, therefore he could only see ones riding for less than half the time.
Examiners used to scuttle down alleyways to try & catch one doing something daft when out of view.
I did my test on my 250 Honda, which had no indicators, & an exhaust note that would get one an instant ticket these days.
From good morning, until I had the pass slip in my hand was no more than 20 minutes at the outside.
It's no wonder they tightened up on it eh!
Good luck next time Ooger.

Cheers.

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yeah i failed my first two on U-turns.

first left it in 2nd tried to pull off stall, fail!!

second looked down lost concentration and foot down, fail!!

3rd time might have well been on a air strip it was so wide, i think i could have passed on a Rocket III.

keep going and good luck.

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I suppose its been a while since the majority of you lot went though the test, so heres another one for ya:

Rumour has it that you can be asked to push the bike round a U turn as well (i.e as well as ride it).

The opportunity for a thumbs down on this is if you didn't flick in into neutral before you cut it off. Clutch in is an obvious signal to Mr Luminous Jacket.

Oh, and the "dropping it" thing still applies.

:D

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Its not that usual mate.

Its to demonstrate that you can control/manoeuvure the bike under your own power. It can also be done to demonstrate that it is physically possible to u-turn in the alloted road.

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Thanks - funnily enough I was only out for 9.2 miles and about 20 minutes (they say it takes 30ish). The serious fault was done after maybe 15 minutes too, so maybe he just wanted to get back - I was last of the day.