How much experience did you have before your test

[yambabe]

3 years on an H100, probably about 5000 miles in total. Passed my car test after I'd had the bike aboput 18 months, hence the delay in doing another CBT and getting back out there.
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[MonkeyKnuckle]

4 years driving.

Did a 5-day DAS, turned up on the first day having never sat on a bike before, passed my test a week later.

[gazzeh]

half a year on a rs50 - got 1 minor

[Darth]

15 years of driving experience
> CBT
> 4 months/1600 miles on a chinese 125
> 2 days DAS training
> Passed full test with 1 minor

Happy days!

[Howling Terror]

Not much, but loads more than most here.
Had a few goes on friends bikes when i was 17. Then nothing until i was 38. So i'm not a born again biker.
My uncle loaned me a XL125, did CBT (had a go on the instructors GPZ) after 2 yrs the XL125 went back and i got a CG125 another CBT cos i couldn't afford to have lessons nevermind a DAS course.
Crunchtime came in November last year as my CBT was due to expire as well as the tax,mot and insurance on the CG. Still couldn't afford lessons so thought what the hell Theory wizzed through then booked my test online with only 5 days left on my CBT. Passed the A2
Now riding a CB250RS and i'm happy i did the A2 because it allows me to have fun and is forgiving with my mistakes. Cos lets face it we all make them now and again.
I'm sure that after 2yrs of riding on A2 i'll be better prepared for what the 600+ machines offer.
I'm here for the long haul, sure it'd be bloody fantastic to have my dream machine waiting for me straight after my test, but i think it'd be showing some scuffs on it before too long.

Like Spock says to Captain Kirk "Live long and Ride"

Pat

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[Silver]

4 years in a car.

Passed CBT then did a couple of months on a KH100 before passing DAS first time.

[Serendipity]

My CBT was the first time I had ever sat on any motorcycle. Never even been a passenger.

A week after getting the CBT I bought an RXS100, had one lesson and started to ride to work every day. I clocked up about 3000 miles over the next five months before having one more lesson and passed my test first time.

I then continued to ride the RXS100 to work for the next year before moving up to a Diversion. In those days (early 1990’s) I could have just got straight on a litre sports bike after the test, but caution and lack of cash helped me to take it slow. Don’t regret it. Very good experience.

I had already passed my car test and been driving for a year before my CBT.
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[arry]

a day on CBT, a couple of days rider training on 125's, a day on a 500 then test.

Scary really, when you think of it like that

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[craigs23]

About 6 weeks, which must have been 800 miles or so back when I was 17.

[vt6]

Cbt, onto a 3 day DAS and pass. Only other experience was a summer of motorcross when i was about 10. Although been driving a car for 4 year. I was quite suprised how 'easy' it is to get onto any bike you can afford to insure though. Was straight onto a cbr 600f for myself. All good

[SpicyBlimp]

cbt - first time on a bike

6 hours of lessons over two days (2nd +3rd Jan 2008)

Test on the friday, 3 minors (4th Jan 2008)

had been driving a car for ~ 18 months prior

[andi]

About 2 months with no training way back when ......
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[trevoriv]

First time on a bike and on the road doing my CBT on the monday and test with a couple of half days on a cb500 inbetween on the thursday.

No prior car or bike experience.
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[Skudd]

As soon as the stableisers came off my push bike I was learning the skills that I would need for a bike.
Had a 50cc at 16yrs for a year then a 125cc for a year but was under no pressure to pass as funds wouldn't allow me to get a bigger bike.
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[T0MMY]

1year on TS50X, what a beast Then nearly a year on a TZR125 before taking test just before my 18th birthday.

Had to retake my test 10 years later but that's another story That time I had to do the DAS as they had introduced the 33bhp stuff.

Never had any motorcycle lessons nor driving lessons for that matter but passed all car and bike tests first time (but then the bike test is a piece of piss ).
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[Skynet-T800]

Did CBT then 20hrs in total for 125's & 500's (no biking experience before CBT).
Passed with no faults.

[Shaun]

Hmm, 12 months riding, 3 months on a CG125 and 9 on an RS125, covered about 9000 miles, passed 2nd time with no minors.

It's funny looking back to those days, when it took me like an hour and a half to get from home to the wheel, fun times.

[The Tot]

14 months - 9 months on my dad's piaggio NRG followed by 5 months on my XR125 - did about 12000 miles in that time, mostly city stuff but occasional hoons into the country.
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[cyclops12]

got my first bike when i was 8 years old
that was an old RD200 i couldnt change gear or push it myself lol
dad sat me on and pushed me off first gear only
from then had vairious motocross bikes YZ125,250 CR250,RM400,MACO490 [ beast]
on my 16th birthday was on the road with a dt50 it beat a pushbike then a cb125 superdream followed by a DT125
done my part one on the dt no cbt back then
i hired a nsr for my full test and passed then a gsxf 600
bought a new RGV250P 1994 and rode that for 3 years and had the use of my uncles gsxr1100 and fireblade
had my accident 1997 then nowt for 9 years ,woke up one morning and thought i must ride
got the busa a couple of weeks later , had it converted and aint stopped smileing
not sure whats next ill prob streetfighter it in a couple of years
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[pikestar]

4 days DAS.
Never even sat on a bike before that.

[Oliver_FF]

7 months and 5,500 miles. Never driven a car still.
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[t121anf]

just those complete on the CBT and DAS lessons.

prior to that i had been driving for a long time doing silly mileage.

[Pie-Roe]

about 250 miles on my a2 training.

I did about 8k bike miles, then 100 car miles, then passed car test.

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