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I remember my emergency braking. I think it was 60 you were meant to to. Apparently I was nearer 100!
My quip was that at least I know how to use the brakes properly!I do agree about not enough training. I think advanced sessions over the first year once you've passed should be mandatory. One a month or so.
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I want to do something like that for sure. Either that, or something track related to get to grips with high speed bike handling.
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Yeah, would be hard to get 'track' time or similar as part of the actual test. Most learn by doing and by experiencing and progressing their abilities in the real world, but yeah a monthly 'you have 3 things to work on, come back in a month and we'll assess you'
Chak
BrickMan
Test wise, glad its over, been riding on and off for 15 years in different countries, just never had a full fat UK license. Despite the ball ache to get a UK license I don't think enough is done to give riders the skills to handle a bike properly, its all just highway code stuff, the MOD 1 love it or loathe it is a step in the right direction, but should prob have a higher speed course where riders can get a proper idea of how a bike works in corners.
Bike wise, YBR is fixed!!!! New genuine Yamaha coil turned up (none available in UK, also no clutch cables, bonkers how tricky its been to get such run of the mill components) from europe, plugged in and dada, no konking out every other gear change. Put new/old one back on to sanity test my connections and yup, within 200m konked out, new/new coil back on and working flawlessly, so defo a dodgy component.