On a more serious note.....

Originally Posted by ooger

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.

Originally Posted by ASM-Forever

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.

Yep - its always good to wheel it round first to find out you've got about 10cm of a margin of error for when you're riding it! Does wonders for the confidence!

Don't worry. I failed my first test on not cancelling in the indicator. Then had 3 weeks off the bike and passed with one minor fault. Just make sure you get those couple of hours in beforehand.

Better luck next time Ooger. I passed my DAS on the worst weather day for years, July 20th and had to deal with rain, floods and being completely soaked - The examiner said the weather probably went in my favour.

I took my DAS over 2/3 days and after an initial assessment the school offered free lessons if I failed, until I pass. 2 others on my test day failed their tests in the brilliant sunshine that followed the downpour both at the same junction with a filter light! I went back to the school after about a month with my new SV and was told that the other 2 had passed on their next try taking up the free lessons on offer for them too!

Good Luck on your next one.

good luck i failed first time on not looking to the left after my u-turn incase cyclists were there even tho i did look to the right and pulled back into the right of the road. Took test 2 weeks later and passed with one minor, good luck!!

I failed 1st go too...foot down on u-turn...only the millionth person to do it and won't be the last Got home, threw things around, calmed down, went back out 2 weeks later and passed

Good luck...anyone that passes 1st time is a freak of nature.

Yayyy! I'm a freak of nature
Passed 1st time ... 3 minors:
1. Toe down on U-turn ... thankfully, examiner said it was simply nerves and that I didn't take (or need to take) any of the weight of the bike (or me) on that toe.
2. Missed a life-saver.
3. Pulled away when it wasn't safe to do so. (I disagree on that point ... it was clearly safe for ME to pull away, but my car-driving examiner didn't quite have the room to pull away - even though he still pulled out, so even though I'd been told to ignore him and "ride for yourself", he penalises me for not giving him the time and space to pull out behind me?! Not that I actually gave a sh*t as he'd just told me I'd passed )

I had to push the ER5 round in the road too, and bloody horrible it was too ... wet road, lined with trees, hence most of the road and certainly the gutters were both filled with wet leaves! I was actually MORE nervous about pushing the bike around than I was about doing the U-turn!

Oh and do I qualify as a super-freak of nature? Cos I also passed my driving test 1st time (albeit 20 years ago - no parallel parking, no hazard perception test, no theory - just a few quick "highway code" questions at the end)

I think the key to me passing both tests though was that in both tests there was a clear point at which I thought I'd failed, and from that point onwards I drove/rode a lot more relaxed.

Pete

Originally Posted by Pedro68

Yayyy! I'm a freak of nature
Passed 1st time ... 3 minors:
1. Toe down on U-turn ... thankfully, examiner said it was simply nerves and that I didn't take (or need to take) any of the weight of the bike (or me) on that toe.
2. Missed a life-saver.
3. Pulled away when it wasn't safe to do so. (I disagree on that point ... it was clearly safe for ME to pull away, but my car-driving examiner didn't quite have the room to pull away - even though he still pulled out, so even though I'd been told to ignore him and "ride for yourself", he penalises me for not giving him the time and space to pull out behind me?! Not that I actually gave a sh*t as he'd just told me I'd passed )

I think the key to me passing both tests though was that in both tests there was a clear point at which I thought I'd failed, and from that point onwards I drove/rode a lot more relaxed.

Pete

Well done, well done!

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In other news - I've got my eyes firmly set on a curvy? 02 electric blue 650S but its 90 miles away and I can't ride it back until I have my license!

Fingers crossed the seller is patient......"I want that one!"

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by Pedro68

Yayyy! I'm a freak of nature

not as freaky as me...

passed both car and bike 1st time, passed both theory tests first time and got 100% on both of them, not counting the hazard perception part for my bike one, which i still contest only nostradamus could get full marks on...



edit: additional freaky points awarded for passing on friday the 13th

Me too, 3 minors, on both car and bike.

Originally Posted by ooger

In other news - I've got my eyes firmly set on a curvy? 02 electric blue 650S but its 90 miles away and I can't ride it back until I have my license!

Fingers crossed the seller is patient......"I want that one!"

LOL ... well there's your incentive for passing

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

not as freaky as me...

passed both car and bike 1st time, passed both theory tests first time and got 100% on both of them, not counting the hazard perception part for my bike one, which i still contest only nostradamus could get full marks on...

edit: additional freaky points awarded for passing on friday the 13th

Fair play
Additional "freaky points" duly awarded to wolfie