Just passed :)

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Been riding 125s for a fair few years now, after my 4th (!) CBT I decided it was time to ditch the L plates (I commute 80 miles a day and the 125 is getting a bit tiring), I've already been knocked off a CG125 once before (a 4x4 pulled out on me, writing the bike off and breaking some bones, luckily there were witnesses and it was an open & shut case, but it shook my confidence a bit and I stayed off bikes for a year before deciding a car and/or train was just a PITA), so I took the Mod1 test two weeks ago and got zero minors, did mod2 on Thursday and passed with 1 minor, well chuffed, now looking for something cheap and cheerful, almost went with an SV650 but now leaning towards an ER6F - although I'll probably get an ER5 and ride that for 6~12 months before getting something nicer (I'd be sick dropping a nice shiny faired bike!)

[blade_boy]

well done mate

[goto10]

Cheers I thought I'd fluffed it because I missed a turning on the independent ride "You've missed your turning, you've missed your turning!" came over the ear piece, I felt a right wally and thought I'd get marked down for it, but he gave me new directions and we carried on - I put it out of my mind and concentrated on the rest of the ride and it was all good

[anthony_r6]

Well done for passing. But well done on getting hurt on the road and coming back to it. Takes a lot of guts! Safe riding!
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[ElliotReidMD]

Nice work.

The ER5 isn't a bad little bike and an option for me to get used to riding before getting a more expensive bike.

For spring 2013 I shall have a Street Triple R. That's my plan.
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[ElliotReidMD]

I thought I'd failed in my test on Friday when a car decided to pull out on me at a mini roundabout. She was stopped waiting for me, or so it seemed as we had eye contact, not bad looking, then she decided to go as I entered the roundabout. I broke, she did also, I continued and was thinking does that constitute a fail? I put it out of my mind and rode.

I enjoyed the independent riding the most, 10 mins or so of peace and bloody quiet in my ear . I would much rather most of the test had been that.
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[FerretFing]

Congrats on pass....I wonder if 4 CBT's is a record?

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Picked up a 52 plate ER5 today, nothing fancy but has new tyres and givi box (minus the locking mechanism, need to hunt one own, it's ok for transporting my lunch to work in though!), going to buy a screen for it too, most of my ride is sat on a13 so wind blast will be a factor. Been out for a run on it tonight, was quite good fun

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[goto10]

Nice looking bikes!
I'm enjoying my ER5 but not at speed, it's great around town and up to 60, after that the wind blast is really quite uncomfortable. I've ordered a screen for it (the tallest I could find) in a bid to alleviate this!