I did my motorbike test today and....

jimster · Spanner Monkey Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Karma :

I passed. Woo-hoo!

However it was an almighty struggle...

First - overslept and turned up half an hour late for my days training. Which wouldn't be a problem, but the other guy doing the training had to wait for me so I felt a bit crap.

Then, I found out that my full car driving licence doesn't say that I have provisional motorcycle entitlement....erm....crap....!!!

I had assumed the reason it didn't mention motorbike entitlement was because it didn't *need* to In fact it *does* need to!!! So.....I had been driving illegaly for the last year. Ooops. Embarassed

However, it was technically DVLA's fault as they should have given me the entitlement automatically when I passed the car test. And quite apart from the fact that I've done my CBT and theory test, DVLA shouldn't have let me book the test without a valid licence!!

Anyway, the guys at the school spent 30 minutes on the phone to DVLA pursuading them to update their system with the entitlement which I should have already had, and getting them to fax the Oxford test centre to tell them to allow me to take the test. Eventually they agreed, but meanwhile I spent the morning sitting around the instructor school while the instructor went out without me. So no practice all morning....not what I had planned.

Confirmation came through from the DVLA at 12.30, so I was good to go - queue me mishearing my instructor and shooting off up the dual carriageway and losing my instructor for a while.

Not only that, but I noticed my instructor was being stroppy - which explained itself later on when I found out that he's been reading my posts on this site and found the one where I complained about the driver school he teaches at, and had obviously decided I was a mean + nasty person. Very frustrating having a stroppy person in your ear on a one-way radio!!! It was really irritating, and by the time we got to the actual test at 3.30, I was tired, annoyed, making loads of silly mistakes and convinced I was going to fail.

So, in the actual test, I forgot to do lifesavers, almost fell over going round a corner, swerved across a lane in a roundabout, and at the end of the test, couldn't even get the bike into neutral!! So I was 100% sure I'd failed and totally hacked off.

But, I passed!!

So two lessons:
- never give up!
- don't tell your instructor the address of websites where you've complained about his driving school....!!

All's well that ends well Smile

-edit- I should also mention that, during the test, at the second junction we came to the examiner said "continue straight on" and I, for some reason unknown to me, did a left shoulder check and indicated left before realising he'd said "straight on". So I thought, I'm going to fail if I don't go left so I just did Laughing

He was a bit surprised, but managed to follow me and all he said was "I actually said straight on, but don't worry about it!!"
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Shaun · Likes 'em bent Joined: 17 May 2003 Karma :

Excellent, at least you don't have to put up with that wanker for an instructor any more! Thumbs Up

Minky_monkey · Traffic Copper Joined: 01 Aug 2004 Karma :

Well done! Cool

Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Nice one, but whats the name of the training school? Razz

White Noise · Mr Dudwee Joined: 17 Dec 2004 Karma :

congrats, bits of a funny day in all then, have a good few beers.
what bike you planning in getting?
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gimpy limp · Nearly there... Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Karma :

I can hear him flicking through his testing manual to see if he can cancel his decision to give you your licence as we speak if he's seen this thread.
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Delbwoy · Scooby Slapper Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Karma :

Well done!

Overslept! Nice one, made me laugh. Just imagining what they were saying about you. Especially after they know what you've been saying about them.
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ApriliaRs125 · Scooby Slapper Joined: 12 Feb 2005 Karma :

lol , well done mate i need to get my theory booked soon ! Very Happy

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Danny · Ask Me About Stoppie School Joined: 26 Jan 2003 Karma :

Well done mate. Thumbs Up

AzA · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 13 Jul 2004 Karma :

Congratulations mate, you need a few nice beers and a nice bike ride, bearing in mind the beers WILL be drank when you get home.

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Jay1000RR · Trackday Trickster Joined: 12 Jun 2005 Karma :

congrats mate welldone Thumbs Up

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