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Did I miss the part about why you had to do it on a scooter? I believe that there are still motorcycle shaped 50cc bikes knocking around.
Scooters are bloody horrible things to get used to if you're used to a bicycle/motorbike, but it's not impossible. The small wheels do make stability something that you might need to work on. I used to sit further back on the seat and clench my legs together, as best I could, until I got used to it. Once I'd worked out for myself that they weren't that bad I just plonked myself on the seat like a sack of spuds and let the scoot do it's thing, almost in the same manner that I wanted my pillions to ride, relaxed and going with the flow.
I will never be that great a fan of scoots while there are proper bikes still knocking around but I did find them to be quite fun for shitty town traffic - probably why all our major cities are chock full of the bloody things.
OP has several options, leave that shit to those who like to feel their huge cunt lips flapping in the breeze (not my words... ) and get on a proper shaped bike.
Or give up.
Or better still, find a friend/ hire school and spend some hours riding round a Tesco's car park until you do get the hang of it/pay someone for some instruction until you crack it or they stop taking your money. ____________________ Make mine a Corona. |
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pixo wrote: | Spot on Ayrton
The instructor shouted at me, I quote “That’s it get off the bike now! This is not for you!” ---WTF!!!
I've rented 50cc scooters in India that were in far worst conditions than today, but there nobody is looking over your shoulder waiting for you to put a foot wrong as in the CBT.
At the end of the day, practice makes perfect and anyone can learn to ride a motorbike period.
I’ve called around and found another school that gives 1-2-1 lessons in a geared bike and not charging an arm and a leg, so that’s next for me. There is no way in a million years that I’m giving up.
I really don’t know what happened today at the CBT but I'm over it. Disappointed yes, I never thought I could fail the CBT. Had the dealer lined up to purchase my bike next Wednesday and Herald had confirmed delivery of the bike for the week after. I just have to wait a bit longer, no big deal |
Given that you're able to ride a pushbike competently, I think you're somewhat justified in blaming the scooter. F*** that thing, f*** the school for not persevering more, and - yes - find somewhere else to train.
However, I will say that you're going to have to weather the pressure - because, even if you can get signed off on a CBT (and cut your teeth riding a geared 125 bike on public roads), you'll still encounter keen scrutiny when you train for your full license. And you won't always be getting one-to-one tutoring either, especially on the Mod 1 lessons. Not unless you pay VERY stupid prices. ____________________ "Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent."
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Anyone who can ride a bicycly safely can ride a scooter or motorbike, all you have to get used to is the power of the engine which is just a matter of familiarisation.
Could be just a matter of you holding your arms too rigid or gripping the bars too tight. Or it could be just as you say the scooter was a POS. I've ridden bikes which were barefy fit to go straight and it's not fun.
Either way, the 'instructor' should not be berating a student in front of tohers and should not be shouting ever. Get on the review sites, name the school and the individual and tell the world what to expect. People should be encouraged not dismissed. ____________________ a.k.a 'Geri'
132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good |
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Thank you everyone for your time and your comments, it's very nice of you.
I have emailed a complaint to the DVSA explaining everything, see what happens. The last thing I need right now is to argue with the school office over the phone. Needless to say, I’ll not be going back there for my second attempt at the CBT
Ayrton
That's exactly what I told the instructor, it really felt that way. Just needed a bit more time.
Mentalboy & Trevor
Absolutely, it was a stupid idea to take the CBT on a scooter. My bad.
Pete
As soon as sat in that scooter it felt wrong and it was all downhill from there. The instructor was not helping, and I got nervous and tense. I could feel my arms locked and gripping hard on the handlebars.
First, he asked me to push the bike around at the end of the 30 straight meters, I know it's a simple thing, but he should not have asked me to do it without demonstrating how to do it safely as it's part of the CBT . He next asked me to turn around on the bike, effectively doing a U-turn at slow speed. He asked me to do it twice, the second time I refused to do it as that manoeuvre is done much later in the CBT. I was pretty annoyed by then, which did not help my concentration.
Freddyfruitbat
One thing is happy days on holidays riding a little 50cc scooter, and another to perform a specific manoeuvre in an old can under pressure, dealing with this instructor BS, and trying to concentrate at the same time - It really encourages me to hear that your son went through a similar experience and that it all worked out for him at the end.
Ste
There were two instructors, one knew his shit and he gave us the intro talk. He took the rest of the group over to another area of the grounds away 200 yards away from us to practice the next exercises. My instructor knew that he could not be away from the other instructor for long as it is against the law. Once it was all over my instructor hurriedly escorted me to the gate of the grounds, it all happen so quickly that it wasn’t until I got home in the Uber that I realised I still had the school’s high visibility vest on. He couldn’t wait to get rid of me and join the other seven students who were training under just one instructor. I think that’s why I wasn’t given the chance to settle in |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 1 year, 330 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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