MOD 1 fail... again. Sigh.

[MissR]

Bit of a rant really.

Angry at myself for doing silly mistakes! First test, knocked a cone over, stupidly. Second, only 47kmph on the swerve. The examiner really wanted to pass me both times, but obviously couldn't. Everything else was perfect, both my instructer and examiner said they couldn't fault me.

So, just irritated. That's £100 down the drain But I will not give up!!

[pinkyfloyd]

Put it out of your mind and rebook. Its only money down the drain if you quit.

You know what you done wrong and where to improve. Take it on board and learn from it. 3rd time lucky
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illuminateTHEmind wrote: I am just more evolved than most of you guys... this allows me to pick of things quickly which would have normally taken the common man years to master
Hockeystorm65:.well there are childish arguments...there are very childish arguments.....there are really stupid childish arguments and now there are......Pinkfloyd arguments!
Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[Paxovasa]

Did they give you a sceond try at the hazard avoidance part?
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Suzuki GSF600 K3 (in the fastest colour, black).

[Tig]

Oh, how annoying for you

You'll get there - next time, you'll get through it, you can do this
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YB100, XS250, GPZ305, VT500, XJ900, XV535, XL125, a scratched up ZZR600 :-S

[MissR]

Already booked it

Yeah, had two try's of each, it was just the second swerve where I didn't get any faster. I really do not like that manouvre... but no choice.

I will not be beaten!

[pinkyfloyd]

You've done it 4 times now. Should be a piece of piss next time. It looks worse than it is. If you have your own bike then nothing wrong with practicing. Get yourself to the local shopping centre at the weekend and practice in an empty corner of it. Use one of the parking bay lines as the cones and swerve around it or a manhole cover.
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illuminateTHEmind wrote: I am just more evolved than most of you guys... this allows me to pick of things quickly which would have normally taken the common man years to master
Hockeystorm65:.well there are childish arguments...there are very childish arguments.....there are really stupid childish arguments and now there are......Pinkfloyd arguments!
Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[blurredman]

Are you doing it on a 125 or big bike?

If it is a 125- then just pin it coming out of the bend! A big bike is a breeze but of course if you are nervous you don;t want to put my pressure on your right hand.

You'll do it! It's only 2mph out, you can achieve it
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CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
Past: 1991 Honda CG125BR-J, 1992 (1980) Honda XL125S, 1996 Kawasaki GPZ500S, 1979 MZ TS150.
Current: 1973 MZ ES250/2 - 18k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 10k, 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 - 40k, 1989 MZ ETZ251 - 52k.

[Paxovasa]

[Rogerborg]

https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tz2ZwgNrf2c/TR1SeTj9BZI/AAAAAAAACZw/ncBmt6hqtUU/s400/Full%2BMetal%2BJacket%2Bc.jpg

You worthless maggot! You are not fit to be in my bike corps. You will either ride your motorcycle through that obstacle course at the required speed, or you will push it through. Now drop that limp nancy boy wrist down and give me 50kph!
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[pinkyfloyd]

[Tig]

[StevenF]

Good luck for your next time!
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My Project - Honda CBR 600 F2/FM

[maria383]

What bike are you doing it on? I almost failed because I did mine on a shitty Chinese 125 which was extremely slow at getting up to speed.

Best thing to do is just nail it round the bend to keep the speed up. If you've got your own bike, get some cones and practise it as much as possible.

Good luck!
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Happiness is realising you have another gear left

[UnspeedySam]

I'm in the same boat. Failed mine on Friday 7th then I had it rebooked a week ago but cancelled for bad weather. Now waiting until my exams are finished on the 28th. I somehow managed to get up to speed first time for the emergency stop but failed to actually swerve the first time (nervous idiocy) and only did 48kph the second.

It's frustrating, I'll give you that, but you've got some experience behind you now so that can only help. I think my main problem was going round the bend too slowly and too tightly which didn't give me the space to get the little YBR up to speed for the gate.

I just want to ride my Bros now Hopefully won't be too long...Mod 2 should be a doddle in comparison.
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Riding: BMW R1150RT `02 bought mildly crashed
Fixing: Also the BMW as I get less broken bits
Gone: ZZR600 '00, TRX850 '97, RXS100 '93, JS125-6B '07, BMW R1100RS '93, Kawasaki ZX-6R-J2 '01, Honda Bros NT400 NC25 '88

[N cee thirty]

what bike you doin it on ? might be a shitter

next time though
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'00 Aprilia RS50 > '92 Honda CG > '99 Yamaha Fazer > '91 Yamaha RXS > '79 Suzuki X5 > 01' Honda Cg > 07' Honda Cg > 82' Kawasaki Z200 > suzuki gsxr 400 gk73a > honda vfr 400 NC30 Mod 2 Passed 09/06/2011

Jewlio Iglesias wrote: I actually did vote BNP once

[MissR]

On a CBF500. I'm just impressed that I managed the first bit, pushing it into the bay - I'm only tiny and weak. Took me a while lol but I did it! Now gotta do it AGAIN.

[N cee thirty]

meh you'll pass eventually

someone on here passed the 7th time lol
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'00 Aprilia RS50 > '92 Honda CG > '99 Yamaha Fazer > '91 Yamaha RXS > '79 Suzuki X5 > 01' Honda Cg > 07' Honda Cg > 82' Kawasaki Z200 > suzuki gsxr 400 gk73a > honda vfr 400 NC30 Mod 2 Passed 09/06/2011

Jewlio Iglesias wrote: I actually did vote BNP once

[nokiakeys]

Dont worry dude, you'll pass it next time... but pratice the move if you can.
Trust me you will use it. I did about about 5 times today already in London, stupid people just walking in the road with out looking.

Oh and I have to say... Rogerborg that is too much joke!!!
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CBT: 04/2010 -> Theory: 09/2010 -> MOD1 & 2: 10/2010 (That's right baby, both on same day)
Honda CBF125 -> Honda CB600FS

[MinhDinh]

I only got 50KPH one the emergency braking test just.

This was on the ER6N which is pretty fast, but I was scared to be too fast for the braking ofcourse.

Anyway, the key to the swerve test is the bend, keep it at 20MPH always, even check once when in the middle and when on the straight pin it down, use the sound to hear your speed as such, just pull that throttle down like you are catching 100 quid, then keep the rev stable o even a little higher, and think yeah I made 50JPH or more, but do not look at the speed, then do your position, swerve, rev off and stop in that box.

At the end of the day, if you hit a cone, you fail, but if you don't hit a cone because you are too slow, you fail.

On a 500, you should be able to just get there, if you have a strong wrist and some balls.
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Hit the G spot.

[ian789]

[UnspeedySam]

[Rogerborg]

YBR is a decently quick bike. Look, any non-shagged 125 can do the 50kph tests. Brazilian, Indian, Korean, Chinese - maybe even a Japanese bike - you just need to keep it in 2nd and show it the whip as you go round the bend.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[maria383]

Yea, 8 stone doesn't really make much difference on a bike... probably the only advantage of being small and riding bikes.
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Happiness is realising you have another gear left

[Beelzebob]

Aye keep at it. Pin it out the bend and have confidence that you can make the swerve... I think I had about 55 kph on both manoeuvres. You CAN stop in the space available no probs.

Remember to ignore the speedo to some extent as it WILL under-read, on the XJ6 I took my test on, 35 mph indicated was about 50 kph on the test centre speed traps.


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'09 YBR 125 -> '92 XJ600 S Diversion -> '99 Hornet 600

"Stronger than your average female lifeguard"