Mod 1 Passed...My Tips

[steve__b]

Passed mod 1 on first attempt

I took it with Riders in Wolverhampton on Suzuki Gladius 650cc.

I found the on road rides were good familiarity for high speed mod 1 exercises' getting to know the sound and feeling of 32 mph in 2nd gear.

On emergency stop, I had 2 attempts to get to required speed. On hazard avoidance swerve (final exercise), I thought "do it, don't f**k it up'' so I built up speed on the curve then as I aimed for the centre of the gap between the speed measuring device cones, I thought "open full throttle and give it loads, if I come off the bike b*****ks to it"(I knew I wouldn't). I aimed for an imaginary white cone dead centre in between. As soon as I was going through speed device, throttle closed, I aimed for the centre of 2 blue cones (not looking at the blue cones but aiming for an imaginary white cone in between) as I counter steered then I kept countersteering towards last 2 cones and braked once bike was on the straight. I found aiming for the imaginary white cone kept me well clear of the real cones.

I found that 6 mph was perfect for all the slow maneuvers, including the slow walk.
On the figure of 8, you can go round the last yellow cone as long as you are showing you are in control.

I took a deep breath just before doing left and right lifesavers for every exercise.

Hopefully this post on my test experience can be tips for mod 1 .

Good luck if you are taking mod 1 and thanks to you who posted who have taken mod 1.

Mod 2 to book and pass next then job done
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Riding 2001 BMW F650 Funduro. 1st bike Yamaha YBR 125. CBT Aug 2014. Theory Oct 2014. Mod 1 Passed Sept 2015. Mod 2 passed Dec 2015. Wish I'd started biking 20+ years ago...luv it

[Rogerborg]

Nice one.
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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

[jonpod]

Got my one coming up end of the month. Useful, thanks!
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Take 1: CBR125R > Theory Done > Expired
Take 2: YBR125 > Theory Done > DAS Passed
London Commuter

[NJD]

This post makes me wonder why there isn't a sticky in new bikers for Module 1 / 2 allowing people to share such tips, one place for all rather than alot of topics for the same thing?.. just an idea.

Anyhow.. Congrats.

All the money you spend is worth it afterwards and the stress from the shoulders is lifted, remove the L plates, get a new bike and enjoy the fact you've jumped through all the rotten hoops and come out the other end standing.

In my experience after both modules I sat at home looking at the certificates thinking "what's next?" "what did I just do?" "is that it?" on the whole the Module 1 is nothing more than an advanced CBT and Module 2 isn't all that scary.

Good luck.

[MCN]