Hello there!

[Lucky_Lock]

Hi all,

I'm relatively new to the world of biking (Have wanted one since I was little, Hubby passed his test quite a few years ago and I'm about to take my MOD2) but have been riding about since June this year on a 125cc. As above I'm taking my MOD 2 on Wednesday and am rather nervous!

I'm hoping for the best but think a re-take might be on the cards due to nerves/forgetting something + the free ride worries me quite a bit as I'm hopeless with directions at the best of time!

But anyway, hopefully everything will go okay and I'll be joining the world of big bikers soon!

[Rogerborg]

Hey, you've done the hard part - now it's just a nice ride out. Really don't sweat the free ride. It doesn't matter where you go, as long as you go there confidently and safely.

Got a bike in mind for when you've got your Big Girl License?
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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

[Lucky_Lock]

[Rogerborg]

You could get an SV650S or Bandit for £1K... which is very different from saying that you should.

CBR600, why not? Even if you don't ride it to its potential, you'll have a blast. Buy now, sell in spring, lose nothing (or even make a bit).
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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

[Lucky_Lock]

[Mark 37]

I'm sure your nerves will be fine 10 yards after you start off.

My mind set was I know what I can do but I can't foresee or influence what others do on the road.

And what do you know. My first roundabout had three lanes I'm in the left one, a silver vauxhall cut across from the far right through the three lanes. I stopped for him, actually for my own safety and thought f*•*, b*•*•*•*, w*•*•* I've failed because I've caused a car behind to stop. With the space made another car decided to move from the centre lane across into my lane. FFS I thought. Low and behold when we get back to the test centre I'm congratulated on how I handled myself the situation and for passing.

Another instructor may have failed me. Not for my riding but for outside influences, so just chill and enjoy but be prepaired to resit if needed.

Good luck!
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No matter how fast light travels, darkness was always their first.

[Lucky_Lock]

[wr6133]

[Wednesday Biker]

I was quite poor on my brush up lesson a week before the test but I found the actual test easy ,except for going the wrong way off a roundabout.
It was good in a way that I did so many minor things wrong on the lesson because they stuck in my head and stopped me from doing them during the test.
Free ride if I remember was just something like make your way towards the M1 and there were loads of signs to point me there.

[Val]

Hello and good luck, you will be fine

about your bike

[Wonko The Sane]

I did my tests on my own bike,

I'd never skidded it or locked the back wheel prior to doing my training.

In practice for the emergency stop I pulled a 6ft skid, turned the bike off, put the stand down and got off to be greeted by the instructor "cup of tea then?"

no problems on test.

I locked the back wheel 3 times on the morning of my second test, once was stopping for a traffic light that went orange as I reached it (on driving test would have been advised to go through as stopping distance too short) was told don't worry about it, carry on, it's up to the examiner to keep up, not up to you to stop for him.

on the free ride it's about you choosing and using lanes / junctions correctly, they'll tell you to follow signs for the A630 or follow signs for Somewhereville, what they want to see is that you can plan your movements, not relying on '3rd exit on the roundabout' step by step instructions.

if you take the wrong exit they'll give you a new road number or place name to follow for.

Don't worry, just relax, keep an eye out for bus stops when you're told to find a safe place to pull in (a favourite at the test centre I used) He just wanted a chat as we'd not had any traffic and were too far along the route for our time and at risk of catching another test up.
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[Rogerborg]

All the best riders fail the first one anyway.

I was doing fine until DSA Derek took me though a series of unmarked crossroads, a personal obsession of his as it turned out. I spotted and slowed for the first, same for the 2nd, looked in my mirrors and saw his Pan Euro right up my tailpipe, wasted a second wondering what he was playing it, didn't brake for the 3rd set of crossroads, fail.

So, eyes ahead, ignore whatever the examiner is up to. If he runs into the back of you, you get a Pity Pass probably.
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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

[Lucky_Lock]

[Highwayman]

Hi....

The tips for Oxford be ever mindful of the 20's and 30's speed limits, if you've got time prior "reckie" the Rose Hill, Cowley Temple Cowley areas. Time spend here will give you extra confidence under test conditions.
Watch out for the "one-way" triangle (courtlands road) just along for Rose Hill shops.
I was told the route takes you intentionally to take a right turn back onto the main road to make sure you position keeping to the right on approach, stopping and waiting to emerge. DO NOT leave any sizeable gap to the right. I was told its been known for examiners to ride into any space if you leave it big enough just to demonstrate the point in readiness for the negative lecture debrief.......
Above all, hold your nerve, once it starts you won't be half as nervous and come back and tell us how many minors (if any) you got... [/list]

[Lucky_Lock]

[Pigeon]

[Lucky_Lock]

[Pigeon]

[Lucky_Lock]

[Lucky_Lock]

Whelp, cocked that one up. Re-test on the 07th!

[Highwayman]

Sorry to hear that...... wanna share what went wrong.....

[Nash GT]

Oh no!
What happened ?
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[Rogerborg]

[Pigeon]