newbie, won the battle but not the war...

[Stu]

Originally Posted by mrs24_7

Oh is that all going to change then aswel...eeek! does that mean I should try and do my test before Oct?!

I'm no expert on what's changing, and I'm sure if what you're doing is legal now they can't change that e.g. 2 yrs on a CBT.
But if you're considering a test on a 125 to get a restricted licence, you may as well do it asap so that the 2 yrs of being restricted start counting down asap.
After Oct, I'm sure the 125 test can only be harder.

Welcome to the .org and good luck with the training and test..

Originally Posted by kat_s1

iv always been pillion to my dad wen he gets the urge to hire a bike and i needed a proper lid. shame it didnt come in bright pink .

It did!

Yours is a Nitro N1200, Nitro also did an N1200 Steve Plater replica which came in very bright pink. I should know, I used to work for Nitro as a sales rep and sold thousands of the things

Ello Kat, welcome aboard, good luck with it all

hiya kat

good luck with it all

[Wideboy]

OWLA!!

yes car and bike theory are the same, give or take a few different questions, but the thing were you have to watch the vid and click the mouse is exactly the same, some of the scenes i had where the same on both tests

car license helps because you know stuff about the road already, always a bonus.

oh and welcome

reeto kat, alot of good advice been given already so i wont go on anymore, except do it all at your own pace and dont feel you have to rush into things just cos other guys did it alot quicker. but most importantly, ENJOY IT. i had lessons after my cbt and thoroughly enjoyed it, a great sense of camaradary.
good luck.

thanks peeps for the warm welcome. n all the hints n tips...

One (obvious) tip is to budget a decent amount of money for decent kit; textiles or leathers, as long as it will protect you more than normal jeans and bomber jacket like scooter chavs wear.
iv all ready got a half decent kit - the boots... but untill i actually pass and buy a bike i wont nag my parents for a full kit...

Again, I'm too wrinkly to have been subjected to the DAS/33bhp thing so whilst I was technically allowed full power straight away, economics prevented much excitement

the same thing for my dad, he passed sometime in the stone age and doesnt kno about new catagories.

It did!

Yours is a Nitro N1200, Nitro also did an N1200 Steve Plater replica which came in very bright pink. I should know, I used to work for Nitro as a sales rep and sold thousands of the things

the last nec show me n my old man went looking all over for a pink one but found purple instead.. shame really

dont feel you have to rush into things

dont plan 2, but if i cud pass before dec then il be really happy coz id hav done both my car n bike lisence within a yr...
but if not, doesnt matter coz im quiet patient.

and thank u all again!

Welcome to the forum. I used Passmasters who are at either High Wycombe or Northolt the ones I used - cannot comment on your school preferences! I had never been on a bike before my CBT and was so pleased to have passed as the instructors were very encouraging. I rode a CBR125 for a year to learn as much as I could (perhaps picked up some bad habits along the way) and took my DAS last July. I had purchased the CBR before passing the CBT but didnt buy my SV until after I had passed my DAS.

Good Luck and the best piece of advise I can give you is SMILE, ENJOY IT and DONT TAKE YOURSELF TOO SERIOUSLY... including mistakes cos you learn from them.

This link is probably useful for both of you, which describes whats changing in the new bike test - its essentially the same as the current test, but taking the manoeuvres section off-road (emergency stop, turn in road).

Nostrils' last point is also very handy - you'll smile once you've got it out of the way, but why wait until then?

Welcome!

I don't now you're age but I'm guesing that I took my test long before you were born! All you had to do day was stay verticalish so I'm afraid I can't help with all this CBT stuff.

Car licence will help as others have said because you should by now have an awareness of the road and rules and positioning etc. In my experience I find it takes much more concentration than driving a car and you need to be more 'mobile' so it's important to stay calm and relax and watch the road and traffic ahead. Good luck