Why cant i pass? MOD1 disaster tale.

nerves are a bitch. I'm SO glad I didn't have to do that off road section. Try focusing further ahead.

Try using some Rescue Remedy. It has worked wonders on a couple of students I've had who had problems with nerves.

I have no idea if it actually does anything or if it's just a placebo but it seems to do the trick.

My instrustors been fantastic. He has prepared me really well and i feel bad cos im letting him down. We've spent ages practising slow control - clutch, throttle and rear brake and ive totally mastered it, quite essential really when faced with Peterborough town centre traffic . None of this is down to him, its my own stupid fault! Thankyou all for your helpful words. Spiderman i think you may be right, i may be too busy focusing on the cones and as my instructor keeps telling me ' where you look is where you'll end up'. Wise words me thinks and ones to remember next time!

'where you look is where you'll end up'

how very true.... i still use this now 10 months after passing my test. It gets me through some situations where i have that moment of ???? when riding.

pretend the examinator is actually your instructer, eg when the guy walks over and says now i want you to do this then this -nod, then just think of your instructor looking at you and saying it picture there face and voice then set off. it helps take that "im being watched" feeling away to help settle the nerves

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by kellyjo

Spiderman i think you may be right, i may be too busy focusing on the cones and as my instructor keeps telling me ' where you look is where you'll end up'. Wise words me thinks and ones to remember next time!

Another idea, if you are allowed on the road, i mean if you have done your CBT and have the appropriate machie to be out on the road on then you can try this.

Find a road thats fairly quiet and has white dividing lines, ideally a quiet dual carriageway, and practice "shiwshing" your bike from side to side using the gaps between the white lines.

If its a single carriageway then i dont need to tell you to watch out for oncoming traffic, right, lol.

Honestly, when you get the hang of how fast you can make the bike change course just by using your hips and the right technique it may make the cone slalom that much easier.

oh and Rescue Remedy is great stuff, glad i'm not the only flower power hippy on here to know what it is. Available from all good chemists now too

[hindle8907]

where are you hitting the cones ? on the Swerve ?

on the 1st attempt i hit the cone going into the bend prior to swerve, 2nd was swerve cone itself (think i was concentrating too hard on reaching required speed and not where i was going) and today it was one of the slalom cones, no rhyme nor reason just pure stupidity!!! The white line idea is a superb idea but unfortunately i traded in my 125 to buy the sv so ive nothing to ride til ive got this darned license but i may well try it when ive passed......october 2012 then

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by kellyjo

ooctober 2012 then

You gonna let the kids eat before then i hope

Sorry to hear this

FWIW I don't believe in tests - people that are perfectly capable will mess up through nerves - I know I did - they should develop some way of assessing people throughout the course/lessons for their overall/driving riding skills, Instructors should be able to do it - they know when someone is test ready - after all they do it for the CBT!