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thepuma
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PostPosted: 11:20 - 26 Sep 2012    Post subject: Another Mod 2 passee....Get in!! Reply with quote

Just got back from my Mod 2 and I'm relieved to say I passed.... Pheww!

Chuffed to bits to be honest. Very Happy

Ive gone from never having been on a bike to full licence in a day under 2 months and not a single lesson. I can't believe it to be honest. Surprised

Spose I better get out there and take them L's off. Razz
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PostPosted: 11:27 - 26 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Many congratulations! Thumbs Up Two months and no lessons has got to be good going.

So, sticking with the 125 or going shopping?
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PostPosted: 11:41 - 26 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very Happy Thats great going, congrats on the pass. Did you get any minors? All you need now is a nice big bike and a summer lol
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PostPosted: 11:44 - 26 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Firkit wrote:
Many congratulations! Thumbs Up Two months and no lessons has got to be good going.

So, sticking with the 125 or going shopping?


Just shows that it can be done. I didn't have lessons but to be fair I did do a lot of research on YouTube and various websites so I knew what was required, so I didn't just go into it blindly.

Unlike my Mod1 where my nerves disappeared as soon as the test began, I felt nervous and uptight almost the whole of the way round the test. It was a really tough ride in the wind and rain and I was ultra concentrating for the full 40 minutes...I'm bloody exhausted now!

Think I may be putting the YBR up for sale...but that's for another day, I'm having a JD and Coke and then heading to work Laughing
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PostPosted: 11:56 - 26 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Congratulations dude!! And you've given me confidence to be able to do the same! Seriously well done! (:
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PostPosted: 11:57 - 26 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Excelent news! and does go to show it can be done. Sometimes hearing everyone on the forums stressing over the tests does make them seem more daunting but seeing someone just go for it and have an educated bash at it makes me feel a bit more optimistic.
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PostPosted: 12:08 - 26 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Magnet420 wrote:
Very Happy Thats great going, congrats on the pass. Did you get any minors? All you need now is a nice big bike and a summer lol



Yeah I got 2 minors...both for 'appropriate speed'....both times for being UNDER the speed limit.

The first one was harsh (imho)...it was a short stretch of narrow country lane leading to a single way army bridge. The road is technically a nsl, but its very narrow in parts,very windy with blind bends and it was raining, so I decided 45 mph was safe for the conditions...obviously the examiner disagreed..LOL. Anyone on a bike travelling down that road at 60 mph in the wet needs their head examining (imho..lol) but ill take the hit.

The 2nd one was when I missed the 50mph sign on a road and assumed it was 40....so I rode at 42mph for a short while till I saw the 50 sign..examiner quite rightly marked me down for it.

All in all it wasn't a bad ride, certainly not my best, but enough to get a licence.

Happy Days Very Happy
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PostPosted: 12:29 - 26 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Congratulations!!!

Well done mate.

Got a big bike sorted yet or what plans for big bike?


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PostPosted: 12:37 - 26 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

ScaredyCat wrote:
Congratulations!!!

Well done mate.

Got a big bike sorted yet or what plans for big bike?


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Cheers mate.

Dya know what, I really haven't thought that much about 'what next'...I didn't think id get a licence so quick.

I'm not sure how much riding ill be doing over winter yet, so I'm not sure yet how to play it.

I will be restricted for 2 years so at the moment im thinking either a SV650 And get it restricted or something like the Ninja 300.

I dunno, lots to think about.

What are you doing bike wise now you've passed?
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PostPosted: 12:38 - 26 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well done mate! Very Happy Karma

2 of my friend have also passed their Mod 2 today as well! Very Happy It must be a good day for it. Smile
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PostPosted: 12:54 - 26 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Splendid stuff, never had any doubts. Thumbs Up

However, you are honour bound to rat that examiner out for encouraging you to treat speed limits as targets.

If you're feeling particularly vindictive, BRAKE might want to help "stop the carnage". Wink
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PostPosted: 14:09 - 26 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rogerborg wrote:
Splendid stuff, never had any doubts. Thumbs Up

However, you are honour bound to rat that examiner out for encouraging you to treat speed limits as targets.

If you're feeling particularly vindictive, BRAKE might want to help "stop the carnage". Wink


Well the minor I got for doing 42 in a 50 was fair cop, I accept that...I somehow missed the 50 sign so decided to err on the side of caution till I knew it was definitely a 50, so I agree with the examiner in that one.

The narrow windy country lane which was nsl, I really thought it was harsh him marking me down for doing 45. I know the road well, and I knew how narrow it gets, as well as the fact there is a tiny army bridge at the end of the road just after a blind bend, so in the wet I was just not going to take the risk of going faster....
.and dya know what, even now I've passed my test I STILL wouldn't do 60 down it. The road was only about 30 seconds long so it wasn't like I was going slow for miles.

But yeah, I'm glad its over. It's been pretty intense trying to do these tests and pass first time, so I'm now just going to sit back and chill with it for a bit. Go to the Motorcycle Show at NEC in November and take it from there.
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PostPosted: 14:10 - 26 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Congrats Puma, I know how you feel - I went from 1st ride to test pass in 7 weeks.

That smile don't wear off quickly either matey

Be safe & enjoy Thumbs Up Very Happy Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 14:12 - 26 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

thepuma wrote:
What are you doing bike wise now you've passed?


Going to stick with the CBF for a bit, discovered a leak in the house roof a couple of weeks back, going to cost an arm and a leg to repair. Big bike money is gone Crying or Very sad


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PostPosted: 14:14 - 26 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Billo63 wrote:
Congrats Puma, I know how you feel - I went from 1st ride to test pass in 7 weeks.

That smile don't wear off quickly either matey

Be safe & enjoy Thumbs Up Very Happy Thumbs Up


Cheers mate.

The funniest thing was when we went back to the DSA centre at the end and i followed him into his room to await the result and he said "Dont you want your instructor to come in with you?" I was like..."err, I haven't got one" Laughing
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PostPosted: 14:28 - 26 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

ScaredyCat wrote:
thepuma wrote:
What are you doing bike wise now you've passed?


Going to stick with the CBF for a bit, discovered a leak in the house roof a couple of weeks back, going to cost an arm and a leg to repair. Big bike money is gone Crying or Very sad


Andy / ScaredyCat


Gutted for you mate..although to be honest, with winter fastly approaching it may not be a bad thing to stay on the 125 and then look at getting the biggie next spring.

Doesn't the bike look different without them L Plates? Laughing
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PostPosted: 14:37 - 26 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

thepuma wrote:
Gutted for you mate..although to be honest, with winter fastly approaching it may not be a bad thing to stay on the 125 and then look at getting the biggie next spring.


Yeah, I think winter approaching is a bonus here.


thepuma wrote:

Doesn't the bike look different without them L Plates? Laughing


Pretty sure it goes faster without them too Wink

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PostPosted: 16:35 - 26 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice one!
You have inspired me to do the same.Who needs to spend a small fortune on expensive courses.Practice and research!

Well done!
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PostPosted: 17:01 - 26 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh, one slightly 'funny' thing that happened during the test.....

You know how everyone says "if you go the wrong way, don't fret, just continue with your wrong turn but safely"

Well having had this drummed into me by EVERYONE , I'm on my test and heading down a one way street (the right way, before anyone asks Laughing ) and I thought I heard him say "take a right at the end of the road" (the earpiece was on 'deaf b*stard setting and was booming the instructions to distortion)...so I do all the obs and indicate, move to the right side of the road (it split into 2 lanes by now, left and right)....only to hear "no, take a LEFT, not right"....I was like "no chance mate, I'm not going against advice and cutting across the lane here and getting a fail..NO WAY.....so I continued to the end of the road as if to go right.....and then I hear SHOUTED LOUD..."LEFT LEFT LEFT, GO LEFT" ...at this point I'm thinking what's up with this Dick? I'm gonna go right but correctly.

Anyway, he ends up making me go left (at which point I was convinced he was gonna fail me for getting it wrong then having to edge the bike into the left lane) so he then says "pull in at the next available place" so I do...he comes over and asks if the earpiece is working ok...to which I said yes but loud and I thought back there that you said right and once committed I was advised not to frantically change lanes etc to correct it.....he said.....

"Oh no, I've not marked you down, you did the right thing but I didn't know where the road went going right and I didn't want to get lost"

WHAT??? you shouted down the earpiece like a demented twat just cos you didn't want to get lost (i didn't say that too him)....I felt like saying "mate, you'll generally find that going right, right and right again will bring you back to the same road"

It got my back up to be honest cos it made me so edgy cos I really thought by the way he was shouting that I had failed....but all it was was that he didn't know where the road would end up if we went right.

Bit of a old numpty examiner to be honest.....and he followed in a car not a bike (wussed out cos of the rain?..probably...or forgot his Werthers Originals!)
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PostPosted: 17:10 - 26 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Congrats on passing!

thepuma wrote:
Oh no, I've not marked you down, you did the right thing but I didn't know where the road went going right and I didn't want to get lost


Haha, you've gotta laugh. It's very shit of him to shout directions like that, but to be fair if he did get lost, it could fuck up the next person.

I am a bit surprised that an examiner doesn't know the area though. I went completely the wrong way on my test and he managed to get us back on the route AND get back on time.

Very strange indeed.
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PostPosted: 17:51 - 26 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got one minor for not overtaking a road sweeping lorry in a country lane. Bloody annoying because I have never ever seen one before in a country lane lol. I figured it was best to pick up a minor for hesitation than fail for overtaking and make a car have to stop or something coming the other way.
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PostPosted: 18:37 - 26 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

thepuma wrote:

Bit of a old numpty examiner to be honest.....and he followed in a car not a bike (wussed out cos of the rain?..probably...or forgot his Werthers Originals!)


Seriously WTF. In a car? If you can do it on a bike while under extra stress then so can he.


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PostPosted: 18:45 - 26 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Turkish wrote:
Very strange indeed.


You know what's really strange... Look at the dates of your CBT, Theory, mod 1 and mod 2... now look at mine..


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PostPosted: 19:36 - 26 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

ScaredyCat wrote:
Turkish wrote:
Very strange indeed.


You know what's really strange... Look at the dates of your CBT, Theory, mod 1 and mod 2... now look at mine..


Andy / ScaredyCat



That's spooky. Shocked
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PostPosted: 20:17 - 26 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well done, seems any old idiot can do it if they try Wink
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