MOD 2 tips please

[dandavidgreen...]

hey all i have my MOD 2 test on Wednesday i have been riding for about a year on a cbt since i was 16 any tips from people who have passed recently would be great help, just hope it don't snow! any tips would be a blessing
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honda cb250 rsd luex, old bikes: Honda c50, Honda mtx 125

[Englishman]

Do your obs so that can be noticed, cancel your indicators after turning/changing psotion and then cancel them again. Watch out for the road signs - they will be there and they will tell you everything you need to know.
Keep calm and if you go the wrong way carry on but do it safely.

Good luck!
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[TomGT]

[cimbian]

The test doesn't finish till you get off the bike. Stay calm and focussed the whole time and enjoy the ride.
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[dandavidgreen...]

thanks for the advice, like you say its always the simplest things and I know I worry about this and that but forget about that stuff lol
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[dandavidgreen...]

thanks for the advice,its like my told me its just some n** following you around.
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[dandavidgreen...]

[TomGT]

[dandavidgreen...]

yeah i get what you mean lots of people even I can get to complaisant when they do things a lot, I don't think I will be over confident lol, Ill probably be fine like up to an hour before the test and then in the hours build ill be pooooing myself
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[TomGT]

[Slacker24seve...]

Cancel your indicators twice. Once after you have completed the manouver and then again after you've changed gear
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[dandavidgreen...]

yeh I see what you mean with the put on a show I when I ride around to and from collage I normally just do a left mirror to check for bikes and a right shoulder check for cars. The examiner can probably tell when people are putting on a show.
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[dandavidgreen...]

thanks for the advice, that is probably just a simple thing we all forget, not like in a car when it just does it automatic! do you know if that a minor or a serious fault?
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[Rogerborg]

A missed cancellation is a minor, unless it affects another road user, in which case enjoy your re-test.

Don't worry about it, just don't forget. If you're not doing anything else, cancel.

If you've not had lessons, then having an examiner nudging your tailpipe is going to be distracting. Try to stay focussed on everything except his bike. It's his job to keep up, not your job to wait for him, and whatever you do, don't try and use his bike to judge where you should be.

Understand this clearly: it doesn't matter where you go, as long as you go there safely. If you find yourself in the wrong lane for the direction you've been told to go, follow the lane, don't try and make a last minute change.

Snow would be the best thing for you, the examiner is more likely to wuss out and follow in car, which should make it a lot easier for you.

You don't have to wear a hi-vis, but I'd suggest that you do it anyway.

And most of all, enjoy it: it's just a bike ride, and the examiner wants to pass you.
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[dandavidgreen...]

yeh i have had a few MOD 1 lessons which i was given tips of for mod 2 as the off road place where I trained is a few miles away from where they training place is based. I've also got another lesson booked for Tuesday. I don't think that him following me will bother me to much as my dad tends to follow me fairly close too (don't know why).
Thanks for clarifying the indicator issue for me, I feel like a right turnip if I make that miss take.
Cheers for all the advice.
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[TomGT]

[Shielder]

I had a few minors on my test, once for not cancelling the indicator (he had to remind me, but I was lucky, there was no other road users around and the road was dead straight with no turnings), following too close in traffic and missing a speed limit sign (NSL, so I was still doing 30 along a dual carriageway ).

Other than that, it was a breeze. Slightly more pressurised than a normal ride, but the sat nav was just that, a sat nav. I think it actually helped that I didn't know the Macclesfield area at all. So I was more observant than I would have been if I'd have taken the test in Northwich.

Hope it goes well. Watch out for low flying broomsticks

Andy
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[cimbian]

Couple of things to add:
1. Unlike car examiners the bike examiners are also bikers and they really do want to see safe new bikers on the road.

2. Your lane is divided into the three positions:
P1 left of the lane,
P2 centre of the lane (normal position) and
P3 right of the lane (as if turning right).

Make a shoulder check each time you are going to change from one to the other or cross the carriageway. Make the check in the direction you are going to move to. Simple.
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[dandavidgreen...]

Shielder, thanks for mentioning them to me it, helps what to know hat other commonly get minors on so i can think yep better focus a bit more on them things,
cimbian, thanks for that it is the basics what I will probably forget!
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[Flatbadger]

Don't cut corners (literally) - that's what failed me last week
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[dandavidgreen...]

Cheers, I think personally thinking about it that might be a mistake I could make, better luck next time
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