IOW Test Centre...I PASSED!!

[TomGT]

For my fifth attempt at Mod 2, I decided to get away from Farnborough and try somewhere else, a slot came up at Newport, Isle of Wight, so booked it a couple of hours ago.

It'll cost about £20 for the ferry which I can live with, plus I'll have about 2 hours of practice riding down the A3 and into Portsmouth at rush hour

Has anyone else had any experience of this test centre, from what I gather it's a bit of a one-man operation, but I can't really tell where it is?

[WillOdling]

The guy who runs it is a right bastard I hear, had so many complaints about him they moved him to IOW to get him off the mainland.

He fails people for no reason at all if he doesn't like the look of you its instant fail. The dsa didn't want to fire him because it would cost them too much in redundancy etc.




im joking btw
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[P.addy]

IoW has some of the easiest roads ever

[Englishman]

Don't forget to pull your clutch in and quietly coast past the ox drawn wagons or the Hippies that never made it off the island after the Festival.
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[WillOdling]

I hope you noted the small print

Just ride safely and you'll be fine. But remember the DSA is the DSA no matter where they are, it's all one standard. They won't be any easier and forgiving because it's on a quiet little island.

Unless of course they are the exception?

Good luck though
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2002 GSX R600

[TomGT]

as appropriate, whoever can point out the centre on streetview gets a Brucie bonus
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1992 ZXR 400

[andy_uk]

[cimbian]

As I understand it the tests are run by the Lee-On-The-Solent examiners. Once they have enough testees ( ) available they go over and do the tests. If this is the case then they are fine. I have Carol for my Mod 1 and Gary for my Mod 2 and both were fine and fair.

Good luck.
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Current: Moto Guzzi 1100 Breva. Previous: Honda XL650V TransAlp
Bearded, Balding, Born again Buddhist Biker

[pinkyfloyd]

[krarkol]

It's just a little cabin on a road, do you do your mod 1 on the field behind?

[TomGT]

So today was the big day, left the house at about half five

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Headed to Farnham, onto the A31, stopped for fag briefly at the Bordon Tesco before heading on to the A3, staying on the actual A3 and avoiding the A3M.

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Got to the ferry terminal for about ten past seven, grabbed a coffee before boarding for my 8 o'clock sailing.

Arrived in Newport, had time for a quick lunch at Morrisons before heading to the test centre. Had an examiner called Brian (very Irish) took a varied route around the ring road, country nsl's and a couple of housing estates. Nearly failed the eyesight test but he just said "I'll accept that"

Got separated a couple of times where I made it through lights and he couldn't, every time he asked he to pull up he told me not to worry about the yellow lines. Got back, and he told me to park in the public car park next door.

Got back inside and he asked if I'd like my license automatically posted to me

I passed, with a clean sheet!

Had a bit of a chat about my mod 2 fails and he said that they were pretty anal things to fail me for, so could be worth appealing

A local even came out to wish me well

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Decided to head out to the Needles before my return sailing at 1300, following signs to Yarmouth when I accidentally stumbled upon Dave Death motorcycles, chatted to the owner before moving on. Took the B3401 out west, an absolutely stunning road by all acounts, but as I neared the needles time constraints and the dangerous sidewinds prompted me to return home

Managed to get back to Newport ok, but there are no signs back to Fishbourne or the ferry terminal, ending up doing a bit of guesswork, and arrived at the port at 1245, but still managed to get the 1300 sailing

They even chocked the bike this time

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Got back to the mainland, and headed home via the A3M this time, me and a mate have already decided to take the 400's over next summer [/img]
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1992 ZXR 400

[TomGT]

[cimbian]

Well done and congratulations!
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Current: Moto Guzzi 1100 Breva. Previous: Honda XL650V TransAlp
Bearded, Balding, Born again Buddhist Biker

[P.addy]

Well done, but you are parking in the car bit. Bikes park at the front

How did you get them to chock your bike. They left my TTR and a Bandit just...swaying there.

[mjn51]

Congratulations, and great write up

[TomGT]

[Fem1]

Congratulations

[Cadbury]

Really nice write up - love that grumpy looking cat

One question - did the examiner say anything with regards to not having a front 'L' plate?

[TomGT]

[andy_uk]

Congrats!!
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[Rogue_Shadow]

Great write up
Congratulations on the pass buddy

[Rogerborg]

Now, that's doing it in style.
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[J.M.]

He stopped at Morrisons Paddy... remember that?

Nice one on the pass though, bet you had a brilliant day riding.

Just for the future encase you go again... on a bike you can really go on whatever ferry you like. Don't worry about what time your ticket says
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[TomGT]