Mod 1 and Mod 2 Wednesday!

[bobybobybob]

I have my bike test on Wednesday.

Mod 2 I will do fine on, no doubt.

I'm so scared about Mod 1! I fear I will hit a cone doing the swerve! I can do everything else fine, just not really practice the swerve. I did on the road while out with the instructor, but there were no cones...so I have no idea how it will be on test day.

Any tips on the swerve?

[P.]

Swerve is NOT hard, dont think about it. It is a MASSIVE gap.
Go round the bend at 20ish, pin it in 2nd/3rd if you are on a 125 and you'll fly through.

Close the throttle after flicking it back the other way and prepare to stop.

I thought I would do fine on mod 2 when I did it... I failed Down to me being a general idiot though and riding in the right hand lane where I should have been in the left.

Mod 1 is easy peasy mate Good luck!

[bobybobybob]

[carlosthejack...]

The only difference in the advice that I would give you is to throttle off as you hit the speed trap. But definitely pin it as you come out of the bend. In 2nd if you're on a 500...
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[bobybobybob]

[P.]

Do it all in 2nd, you'll be fine.

Just get to a decent 30-35 and go for the swerve. You'll be told how if you was slow and get to do it again.

I think I scored 62 and 64 on the swerve and emergency stop... was told thats a little high? So aim for close to 30!

[bobybobybob]

[Kebabmonster]

Throttling off as you hit the speed trap is good advice. I did this, but did it a little too soon, so I was a couple of k's under the speed. I kind of knew I was cos I'd really only treated it as a trial run knowing I'd be allowed another run so long as I didn't hit any cones.

Second time, bit of pressure on, but throttled off a bit later and was 2 k's over the min, passed no bother.

The nerves kill you more than the swerve, cos in reality, if you're confident, and you've had good general training, it's a piece of piss.

Andy.

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[bobybobybob]