Just Failed MOD 1.

[DRZ4Hunned]

All was going swimmingly on the MT03 until the emergency stop, on the 'practice' lap I was 1mph too slow, so I rolled the throttle on and went for the stop. To my annoyance I must've stamped on the rear brake causing me to lock up the rear for a good few meters, nearly had a foot down on the figure of eight too.

On the bright side I 'rode like a demon' on the way to the test centre, so that gives me some hope at least. Re-booked for the 7th now so hopefully it won't happen again. Off to go practice some emergency stops now

[Nash GT]

Try to completely forget about the rear brake until you almost stopped, or just use it progressively.
Also don't fuck about with the gears just concentrate on breaking, stalling the bike is not a fail.
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Suzuki GSF600N

[Uncle fester]

I failed on my mod 1 ,put my foot down on the bloody slalom, what really annoys me is that I've never put my foot down before. The examiner said it was a shame because I was spot on on everything else with no minors. Nerves I gues,onwards and upwards.
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Tomorrows another day .just as we'll at my age

[Commuter_Tim]

Unlucky...Mod1 is a joke that should be treated as such anyway, it costs what, £15? just a practice run each time until you pass.
If you can afford to own a bike you can afford that a few times no problem.

Sounds like you just had test nerves similar to me, except mine made me gun it a bit too much on the Swerve and E-brake, and he gave me a telling off afterwards.
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The above post is most likely nonsensical.

I ride a Bandit 600... badly.

[HughiusMaximu...]

Unlucky.
As already said the front brake will do 95% of the stopping on the emergency stop.
You pretty much just token use the rear brake.

[DRZ4Hunned]

[kerr]

Just pretend to use the rear brake, don't think i used it at all on the e stop, remember you don't have to stop like your life depends on it, the examiner is just looking for the front forks to compress.
Think of it as a swift stop rahter than an "emergency" stop
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aprilia 125 Af1 Futura >> Suzuki gsxr 600 srad >> J1 zx6r >> cbr 600rr >> Speed Triple

[Az]

I used an MT-03 for my tests and also failed my Mod 1 for locking up the rear. IIRC the MT had a brembo set up (good brakes) and it's a light bike. It doesn't take much to lock up the rear, especially on the MT-03.

As others have said, just don't use the rear brake at all. I didn't even have my foot on the pedal for my second attempt, so that it wasn't even a possibility for me to press the brake pedal.

Good luck next time

[Vracktal]

I wonder, will the Mod2 still include an emergency stop bit in 2016 once mandatory ABS on motorbikes is in force?
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2007 BMW R1200R: On road
2009 BMW G650X Challenge: On road
1975 Norton Commando 850: Off road, awaiting recommissioning

[Deathoctimus]

Yean I watched a guy fail his doing the same thing few months ago. I was kind of cringing a bit was a wobbly stop.
slap it in second gear thats all you need for the hole test and like nashgt said stalling is not a problem, best tip I can stay is listen to what your engine sounds like at the correct speed then you can just focus on the stopping part.
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Shaun
Current Rides Fireblade 900 RRN / DL1000 past: ZX9R B1 / GSX 600F K3 / YBR125

[MC]

Still have the estop on the car test even though ABS is fairly standard on most cars (although I know its not a mandatory exercise).

You need hardly any rear brake on the MT-03, the rear does like to lock, and anyway I thought it was standard practice on your mod 1 to only cover the rear brake

What's the MT-03 like for the figure of 8 and u-turn? I would have thought it would be tricky not having much lock.
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Yamaha MT-03 '08 (crashed)
Honda XR-125L '04

[DRZ4Hunned]

[notbike]

Good luck on your second attempt mate, I got it second time. First time was foot down on the fig of 8 which left me feeling pretty defeated but determined the next time round.

The trick to the E-stop is that you rest your foot on the rear brake without consciously applying any force, the force of braking hard on the front should automatically make your foot apply some pressure to the rear brake by throwing you a little forward in the saddle. At least that's what happened to me anyway.

Whenever I would use the rear consciously it would always lock up cause it's harder to focus on doing two things at once, so if you can avoid that then you're avoiding a potential fail fairly easily by forgetting the rear brake entirely.

[deadwolf]

MT-03, £90 test fee...and seeing your location is stated as York, you wouldn't happen to be with Ride 4 Life, out of Strensall? They're a good bunch, I did my training with them, passed both MODs on the first go, thank fuck for that.

I had a bit of rear-wheel locking during MOD1 practice, this was pointed out and from thenceforth I always made the conscious effort to favour the front brake a lot more during the emergency stop. Rear brake is risky because it's easy to lock up and also doesn't add much to your stopping power, which is a real lose-lose situation so just tap and hold it lightly while you progressively pull in the front brake.
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Motorsapien Art

[Llama-Farmer]

[Rogerborg]

[MC]

[dydey90]

[arry]

[Rogerborg]

[Dave70]

[arry]

[Llama-Farmer]

[MC]

I used only front brake during the whole mod 1, if I was gonna fail I was gonna fail my way

I passed btw
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Yamaha MT-03 '08 (crashed)
Honda XR-125L '04

[arry]