Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

good luck with Mod 2 its easier than Mod 1 I think - just a guided by voice ride! make all your mirror work and lifesavers really obvious!! they love that shit

@hugo7 they want to see that you 'make progress' and are savvy enough to understand that two wheels have advantages over four wheels. as @eb says loads of lifesavers and dont forget to cancel your indicators.

Much like all other comments, relax (not easy I know)
I talked to myself through mine, when I had the indicators on I would say that they were on to remind myself to turn them off.
Lifesavers cannot be done enough.
Mirror checks need a full head movement not an eye flick.
If you get a chance to open the pipes, do so, you need to be at the speed limit (where possible).
Maintain correct distances from the car in front.

My mod2 was a load of pulling in and out of kerbs to prove I can do so safely.
The only maneuver they will do is an angled start, where your view is obscured by a van.
Poss hill start if you have a hill.

I was told by my instructor not to filter unless the examiner tells you to, even then he said they will probably lead and get you to follow, but I am not city based, I wasn't taught filtering on a lesson.

Lastly, good luck matey!

same here - the only thing my instructor said about filtering was apply common sense, if its easier to wait, wait - avoid creating a third lane

anyone used any m/bike specific padded shorts before? Or can I get away with cycling shorts - for long rides - ta

Cheers for the tips and good will.

I'm OK at filtering, but it's not something I wanted to have to do a lot. Oh well we'll see. Finger crossed no snow/rain!

As a cyclist a motorbike test is easy, you understand traffic and the risk it poses to 2 wheels.

You'll be fine.

Just watch out for bus lanes and speed limits.

Fingers crossed!

I have some slightly weird advice but it worked for me.

First time I failed my test I was dehydrated to fuck. Second time I made sure I was hydrated and I didn't make any of the daft mistakes I made the first time.

Also I second what the other guy said about filtering. I didn't want to be filtering on my test so I didn't - the tester will tell you if he wants you to filter. Personally I appreciated the break of sitting in traffic.

Best of luck with it man, you'll smash it.

Good luck!

My friend got marked for a minor for not filtering (making progress). Failed that time due to entering a roundabout in the wrong lane - they count it as a major.

Best way to check roundabout lanes is have a look at the sign that details the exits when you hear the instructor tell you which exit to take - anything past 12 o'clock they expect you in the right-hand lane.

Good Luck Hugo, all the good advise has been given. My examiner was in a car! I lost him on a few filters which he seemed happy about.

My instructors advise was 'imagine you're having tea with the vicar'.

Good luck fella. 3rd time was the charm for me. First time fail was for being decidedly TOO confident. Second for losing the examiner in a thunderstorm and getting lost. Shit happens, just try and relax!

Casablanka - is the fuel in the exhaust petrol or just oily black spooge? If the latter that's pretty normal.

Is that showing your age?

I failed my first UK bike test in colchester, never ridden there I bike that had more neutrals than gears. The wonderful clunk of getting a gear and the nuetral light going out then release the clutch and nothing. Keep stamping on the gear and the third or forth time the gear went in. Then second time in brentford I passed even though I lost the examiner.

Too difficult to hide it....

Bit better than the drive round the block and wait for the examiner to jump out infront of you.

That's how my Dad got his. Drive round the courtyard, don't fall off. Having not ridden a m/bike for 50 years he could go out tomorrow and get a Hayabusa!

If he rode the stuff from 50 years ago the stuff now would be easy.

Like riding a norton and a modern max norton.

My Uncle died on a Norton not long before I was born, Norton Commando.

Met a guy years ago who bought an 1100cc bike before he passed his test, the day he passed he got on the bike and stacked it at the first roundabout, hadn't learnt to counter steer and lean.

That is the oddest thing bikewise, cc means quicker in reality smaller and lighter means quicker. My fav bike is an rs250 with suspension set up for me, mainly the sag. That bike made me look like a riding god.

Sorry to hear about your uncle.

Learn to pass a test and then learn to ride.

Same thing with my TZR250, fantastic bike to ride. backing into corners and coming off roundabouts with the front wheel off the ground and rear spinning sideways!

But it wasn't the latest cbzzx 1400 with extra wizzy bits.

One of the bikes I liked was an Mz250 if only the brakes were better and the tyres gripped. That bike I got my knee down, followed by my elbow and then my arse. It was a love hate relationship.

Oily black spooge and a lot of it so it was coating the back tyre in pretty deadly style