Test advice

Andy C · Tree Seeking Missile Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Karma :

ok ive been in L-plates for.....well too long for me anyway and ive booked my theory for saturaday morning and being revising with the CD's that mondeo kid kindly sent me so that i can hopefully pass.

i have £250 in my saving acount left over from the sale of my moped (was £350 but had to spend £100) and if i pass i am going to go for my test. ive been riding a geared 125cc for 2ish months and confident with gear, riding technique etc etc. ive doing abut 1700miles on it already so quite used to it.

what i would like to ask is do you think i need 1 or 2 days training before the test?

i e-mail MAS training in brighton (where i my CBT) and they said £120 per day including bike hire (my RS isnt suitable due to powervalve) and test £55 including bike

if i only do 1 day and test it will be only £170 and 2 days is £295

opions please and do those rates sound fair?
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danclarkie · Scooby Slapper Joined: 07 May 2005 Karma :

i was in a very similar position to you, i took no training and failed my test. i failed on getting too close to the centre of the road on country roads, which is sort of up for interpretation i guess. i didnt drop a single minor on the U turn or emergency stop or rear obs or anything, just practice the manuevers and for moving out left in your lane or turning left do a right mirror-left mirror- over left shoulder check, for right turn or moving over to the right in your lane, left mirror-right mirror- right over shoulder check. i got a test re-booked with no further training, i figured the test costs £50, the cheapest training i could find was about £150, i cna afford to take and fail 3 tests for the price of the training and the examiner tells you were you failed aswell as you get test experience so it gets rid of your nerves. i think i will pass next time, if so im saving £100 over training! Thumbs Up

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Andy C · Tree Seeking Missile Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Karma :

so have you failed once and going for it again? i dont think ill try that as im sure a few of my techniques have got quite sloppy since my CBT but i know think that 1 day training would be better idea!
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Stevie B · Crazy Courier Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Karma :

Hia, i passed my test the other day. I'd been riding an NSR for a year but still did a days training before my test which i feel is definately beneficial as it helps you brush up on observations and l/savers etc.
So i would say definately do a days training min. then do your test because after all theres no point in trying to cheat your way round learning how to ride properly and safely just cos of money. Only my opinion though.

Hope this helps,

Steve

Andy C · Tree Seeking Missile Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Karma :

cheers steve i think thats what im going to do as i think im a fairly resonable driver but if an instuction rode with me im sure there would have a long list of little things im not doing, lifesavers defernetly being one of them!!!

You pass first time?
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kawakid · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Karma :

Rates are very very expensive, but you are down south.

I paid £15 per hour for my lessons on own bike, ( £20 per hour with their bike otherwise).

I had 2 lessons, 6 hours in all, but I did have the bennefit of 16 years car driving and had done 2000miles on a CG.

Check out other schools, there was one up here that wanted to charge me circa £100 a day, find one where they will do an hourly rate.

Lessons were a deffinate, he showed me where the examiner likes to fail you, for that reason it was worth it.
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Stevie B · Crazy Courier Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Karma :

No probs. Yeh thats all it is, brushing up on stuff you sometimes forget to do when riding every day.
Yeh passed first time, i didn't really think i rode too well on my test so was expecting bad new when we arrived back at the test centre but i ended up getting 4 minors so i obviously couldn't have been too bad.

Its nothing to worry about mate, you'll be fine if you've already got experience. Just make sure you concentrate, listen carefully to the instructor and DON'T RUSH anything!

Andy C · Tree Seeking Missile Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Karma :

yea that was i was thinking, so anyone got any tips of things to practise/brush up on before i go for the lessons? any comments would be good
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beefy · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 08 Aug 2005 Karma :

question is u feel comfortable with your riding great it will help the thing is u need as much training as possible the thing is look at it this way sometimes taken the easies route is the longest wouldnt u rather take an extra day and sorta guarntee your pass a bit more cause if u fail its another few hundred quid and more time to wait. ive had full licence for 3 years ride a zx6r 97f3 since passing my test that was my 1st bike legally on the road bear in mind i have ridden since early teens and even my self took the full time just to stamp a bit of guarntee on it its not how u read its how they want u to ride .

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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

That's what I did. Got an hours lesson once a week after which I had the rest of the week to practice what I had learned.

The main thing with getting some lessons is that they will take you round the routes used for the test (there ore only usually two or three fixed routes the examiner will use in each town). They will tell you points where other people have failed in the past and anything to watch out for (like there was an unmarked crossroads on my test route which would get you two minors for observation and speed if you didn't slow down through it)
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Boon · L Plate Warrior Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Karma :

I would just go for the 1 day. I sat my test after 2 years on the road with L plates (but been on bikes off road since i was 6) and 2 1 hour lessons. One lesson the week before my test and the other an hour before my test. Got 1 minor for control on my U turn as my foot twitched like i was going to take it off the peg.

Can't tell you what you need to do or should do, its how confident you would be about passing after only one day training!

good luck anyway.
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beefy · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 08 Aug 2005 Karma :

a friend of mine knows some1 who has failed by putting there leg down, 1 more tip wen making a u turn in the road dont be shy to rev the bike and just control it off the clutch it dont sound nice but who cares lower your revs harder it is to turn remember its all in the clutch not in the sound