Mod 1

[Fullers1845]

Been lurking and reading old posts on here since I got my CBT and a secondhand CB125F in september, with a view to using it for commuting and practice for doing DAS eventually, hopefully sometime next year when I can organise some time off work.
Kept reading old posts on here that if you have 125 then doing the 15 quid Mod 1 is the best and cheapest way to practice for, er, doing the Mod 1!
Anyway got all brave last week and booked a last-minute cancellation Mod 1 for before work this morning and ended up passing!
So cheers all and now I've got the momentum going and the Mod 2 booked for late december.

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[Fullers1845]

[BRUN]

well done and glad it worked out as money well spent, being under actual test conditions is invaluable experience

i had a practice session on the site a day or so before mine, could do it all perfectly well, on the day of my test though nerves got the better of me, not sure where from as i felt fine going into it, mid figure of 8 it just came from nowhere, passed 2nd go

[Fullers1845]

[BRUN]

yea it was a strange one for me, did loads of practice on site, must have done each thing 5-10 times, could do em all, but on the day it was like someone had threw a brick at me over the fence, felt fine all morning and even the first few bits of the test

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[blurredman]

You know it's a funny thing, I do believe I was very nervous during MOD1 (2nd time I got it). On MOD2 I was also nervous but upon riding away out of the centre and out of the next junction, I remember quite vividly how my nerves just... vanished.
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CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
Past: 1991 Honda CG125BR-J, 1992 (1980) Honda XL125S, 1996 Kawasaki GPZ500S.
Current: 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (bored to 295cc) - 38k, 1990 MZ ETZ251 - 49k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 9k, 1973 MZ ES250/2 - 17k.

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[jonquirk]

On my first attempt at Mod1 I went through the speed trap for the emergency stop at 47km/h. 48 or 49 km/h would have got me a minor fault. Instead I got another go. I was fast enough on the second run but completely forgot to apply the front brake. It took a long time to stop and that was that.

On my second attempt I rode through the slalom thinking to myself that was the best I had ever done it. I then turned into the figure eights and didn’t speed up a little and I looked down. Before I knew it I had put a foot down. The rest of the test was fine but of little consequence; I had failed again.

Third time was the charm; cruised through it and managed to get a booking for Mod 2 two days later. Passed that with a couple of minors, one for pulling away and not cancelling the indicator (I didn’t press the switch hard enough) and one for getting stuck in neutral on the approach to a roundabout. Happy enough with that.
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