noob checking in...

[HughiusMaximu...]

Afternoon all,

South West based noob here, I have been lurking for a month or two picking up lots of useful information but thought it was time to say hi.

Currently doing DAS, mod 1 passed, mod 2 lined for a few weeks time.
I'll try to refrain from posting loads of bike A or bike B threads after but I cant promise it wont happen!

[Snop Doog]

Hi!

Congrats on the Mod 1 pass and I wish you the best for the Mod 2!

[Nash GT]

Welcome, congrats on Mod1 good luck on Mod2
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Suzuki GSF600N

[delsol]

Hi,

Mod 2 passed and you will be very

[Commuter_Tim]

[Val]

welcome and good luck on mod 2!
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Yamaha Fazer FZS 600, MT09, XSR 900

[MC]

Welcome! Mod 1's the difficult one so only a short ride around to go
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Yamaha MT-03 '08 (crashed)
Honda XR-125L '04

[garth]

Hi.

Congrats, etc.

Pictures of sister / wife / mother or GTFO.
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[HughiusMaximu...]

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

If I had to do either mod1 or mod2 again I'd choose the former every time. So much more of it is in your control, whereas any whacky shit can go off in 2, not to mention it's about four billion times longer. But you'll be cool - the psychological advantage of having over half of it in the bag (i.e. counting theory) is a big help.
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Mobylette Type 50 ---> Raleigh Grifter ---> Neval Minsk 125

[Nash GT]

Couldn't agree more, I sailed through Mod1 like a boss!
And it was over before I had time to worry about it.

For Mod two, I was shitting my self the whole ride expecting the unexpected the whole time for no reason.

You'll be fine, just try your best to relax
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Suzuki GSF600N

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

[MC]

Sure mod 1's in a controlled environment, but its a whole load of BS exercises, most of which you'll never do again.

Mod 2 was a blast through the countryside with another biker. Maybe its different if you've riding experience, but I'd never been on a NSL road until 2 days before my test, so was still pretty green in that environment.
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Yamaha MT-03 '08 (crashed)
Honda XR-125L '04

[HughiusMaximu...]

I think il try to get as much on road experience as I can before the test.

I have lined two days tuition with the test on the afternoon of the second day.

I might look at renting a 125 from the place and pootling around that on a Saturday practicing.
It will be strange hopping between the 125 and the 600 but the more road time the better I guess!

[Wednesday Biker]

I over thought my mod 2.
I had a list of things to do and not do.
In the end I just rode how I normally would and chucked in life savers when they needed to be done.
My main problem pre test was keeping distance but I think I only made that mistake the first 2 mins and after that didn't do it again.
Nearly bottled it at the end but really it was easier than the mod one.
I was so nervous on the mod 1 and normally I could do that course with one hand on the bars and one hand on my hip:) but not that day , I was cacking it
Good luck

[HughiusMaximu...]

Whats the quality of the head sets they give you like?
A friend of mine said he ended up taking a few wrong turns cause he couldnt hear the instructions.

I have found the instructors radios a bit hit and miss as well, some were crystal clear but others were little better than static!

[HughiusMaximu...]

Whats the quality of the head sets they give you like?
A friend of mine said he ended up taking a few wrong turns cause he couldnt hear the instructions.

I have found the instructors radios a bit hit and miss as well, some were crystal clear but others were little better than static!

[grr666]

I had a single earpiece like the ones you see coppers and
bouncers wear that clips over the ear and sits flat against it.
It was perfectly easy to hear but there were a couple of times
around the Kingswood area that my radio set picked up the local
mini cab office as well.
Are you Bristol based OP? Where are you doing your training?
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[Nash GT]

Same single earpiece here, crystal clear and used to pick up someone working at farnborough airport on the same frequency at random times
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Suzuki GSF600N

[HughiusMaximu...]

[grr666]

Ah I see, I did mine through Phoenix at Whitchurch.
I'm a 40 plus rider but had some experience when I was a young
man. I expect your test will be at Kingswood test centre.
Top tip keep your eye open for 20 zones in the vicinity of the test
centre, you'll likely be taken on one or two of them during Mod 2.
And don't dawdle on the ring road in the 70 sections, they like to see
you make decent progress.
Best of luck.
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[HughiusMaximu...]

Sound advice, thanks!