Hello - another newbie ehere

[tifferz]

Hello all

New to biking at grand old age of 36. Have held driving licence for many years but always wanted bike. Current journey to work means I can finally justify the expense to "domestic management".

Started doing my training about 3 weeks ago. Sailed through CBT & theory stuff.

However hang my head in shame as failed MOD1 test yesterday. Stalled the bike on the slow speed test walking behind instrutor with clipboard. Everything else was fine - gutted.

Wondering wether I should invest in a "cheap" 125 to practice on until as pass my test & maybe keep this bike through winter even if pass & then wait to buy new bike in spring next year - any advice greatly appreciated??

[metalangel]

Are you doing DAS?
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Previous: 2002 Honda CB500 (sold), 2007 Suzuki SV650SK6 (crashed), 2005 Yamaha FZ6 Fazer (sold). Currently bikeless
"A faired bike will get you 10x more clunge than a unfaired one." -Marlboro Matt

[tifferz]

yes, originally had planned to try to do it all in a condendsed period but work commitments means that at present I can only do training/test on weekends

[pinkyfloyd]

Get back and get the test passed. Now is the best time of year to buy bikes. The summer warriors are getting rid of their bikes and in spring the price tends to go up by a few hundred quid.

Welcome to the forum btw
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[madturk999]

unlucky mate you will pass it next time good luck i failed my first one not doing the shoulder check for the u turn
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Yamaha r1 2008 mod 2 passed 09/11/2010

[Jodie]

Welcome tifferz,

I was a late starter too but decided to do it the other way and after passing the CBT got myself a 125 and just gained precious bike experience for a year and passed 1st time in August.

I am glad I did it this way as I'm still learning everytime I'm out (older fair weather rider ) and I feel a lot more confident.

It's worth thinking about but I'd say but a cheap 125 not make my mistake and buy new.

Good luck

[Paxovasa]

Hello and welcome

Give it another go before buying a 125.

You know what it entails and you know you can do it.

At this time of year you will get more bile for your buck
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Suzuki GSF600 K3 (in the fastest colour, black).

[psychofox]

Unlucky mate, get it booked again asap though!

I would advise getting a 125, they're handy for practising slow control and also learning test routes on for mod 2. Plus as you've been driving for so many years, riding a bike regularly will get you out of some nasty car drivers habits.

Then when you pass you can sell it on and make all of your money back as the second hand market just keeps going from strength to strength.

[metalangel]

[tifferz]

I am quite happy on the 600's which is why I had not gone down the route of buying a 125 as was hoping to get my licence this autumn & try to get a good deal on either a pre registered or nearly new bike.

However called my bike school yesterday to get test re-booked & they have now told me that they do not have any more test dates on a weekend this side of christmas. If they had told me that in the first place I would not have started my training & just bought a 125 straight away

Now need to decide whether to buy a 125 & forget about a bigger bike until next year - is there any down side to spending a lot of time practicing on 125 if I always intend to get a bigger bike?

[pinkyfloyd]

Find a different school.

Problem solved. Theres bound to be more than one in your area
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illuminateTHEmind wrote: I am just more evolved than most of you guys... this allows me to pick of things quickly which would have normally taken the common man years to master
Hockeystorm65:.well there are childish arguments...there are very childish arguments.....there are really stupid childish arguments and now there are......Pinkfloyd arguments!
Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[Paxovasa]

Do your test during the week
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Suzuki GSF600 K3 (in the fastest colour, black).

[ollieholt]

i bought a cg125 had it for a month or so before i passed and went through both tests without a single mark against me, practice makes perfect! plus if you buy one now you will definitely sell for a profit come spring. i made a profit on mine in a month just by tarting it up.
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< This? Well this is just a day brightner.

[tifferz]

cant do it during the week due to work commitments - work between hours of 8.30 - 6pm & no holidays to take until next year - which is why I had asked the bike school when I started if I would be fine doing it on a weekend.

Looking at going with anither school but current school has some cash of mine which I will need to get back as they required that I pay lump sums up front - starting to think I maybe didnt pick the best school

[Paxovasa]

[Mr_Cynical]