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OP - i did my tests at about 32, after i had been driving for 15 years or so. that was about 6 years ago, so i was in much the same situation as you are now.
i did my CBT on an old 125, but it felt great (and fast lol), so i opted to do my tests asap and get on a bigger bike. the school let me have a quick go on an er6, and it felt so much easier to control, more stable, and much faster!
my mod one prep invoved watching training vids over and over until i knew the routine like the back of my hand, a couple of trial runs with the training school, and aced the test on the day.
mod 2 was pissing down with rain, and i made a silly mistake that cost me my pass. second go, different examiner, much better experience, test passed.
i haven't looked back since
would i have pottered around on a 125 for a bit first? possibly, but after that go on the er6, i didn't want to get back on the gutless 125
id go straight from CBT to full licence. you wont regret it, and you'll find that a decent big bike can be gotten for not that much more than a 125
good luck
Lee ____________________ Past - 1988 honda revere 600, 1996 kawasaki gpz500s, 1999 Yamaha R6
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was in a similar situation to you, car licence since 17, driving since 23 and decided to start riding bikes at 28 due to getting fed up with london trains/tubes for commuting. did CBT at 28 and bought myself a 125, always planned to do DAS but kept being put off by price, rode around on a CBR125 for couple years then booked DAS and past first time easily (think the time on the 125 helped alot here) - still waiting another year before getting my big bike as no cash been on a 600 for past few months.
if you got the cash I would go straight to DAS, pass tests and get a 600, 125s are way underpowered and are just a pain to ride, you really have to push them hard to get them anywhere which is exhausting |
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You're head is in the right place. Cbt then straight to DAS.
I had never even sat on a motorbike before my cbt.
I did cbt, then the theory test the following week, then my DAS 2 to 3 weeks later and found the whole experience thoroughly enjoyable.
I certainly didn't worry about buying/insuring a crappy 125 for a month just to get bullied around on the road with minimal training (aka a CBT), skip 125cc ownership, L plates suck.
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Something else to consider: I rode a 125 for a 6 months before taking lessons for my full license. Others at the place I learned didn't.
On the playground marked out with Mod 1 cones and all that shit - practising u-turns, figures of eight, and everything else - I looked unflappable, smooth and eminently competent on the 600cc DAS compliant CBFs. Because I'[d been on line, mugged up on the mod 1 course dimensions/layout, etc., and practised them on empty industrial estates all through winter, I looked like I knew what I was doing. Because I *did* know what I was doing.
While everyone else was sweating, wobbling and fucking up on the DAS course, I was breezing it, enjoying the chance to get a bit more practice time in, and feeling like my investment of time, money and effort of going down the 125 route was paying huge dividends. ____________________ "Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent."
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 5 years, 235 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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