Just popped in to say hello.

[chalkhills]

Hi Folks,

Just registered and thought I'd say hi. I'm just starting the process of getting my full bike licence. Theory is booked for August, the first date I could get, then it'll be the CBT. I'm staggering out the modules rather than do the compressed DAS to spread the cost and give me a chance to focus on one at a time.

More than a bit anxious as I haven't been on a bike since the 1980's and that was the old RD125lc.

This is something that I have been dreaming about for many years but always managed to find something/someone else to spend the money on.

Bikes that I am thinking of as a first big bike are Fazer , Bandit, ZR-7 and even the Divvy (been getting stick for that one)

Looking forward to chatting and picking your brains for tips


ATB

Chalk

[Riejufixing]

Welcome.

[stinkwheel]

Don't get a divvy.

Admittedly the one I had for a week as a courtesy bike was an old model but hell that was a dull as ditchwater motorcycle. As I said elsewhere only tonight, I'd rather drive my van than ride a 600 divvy, the van at least has a radio.
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[bikerlady20]

[arry]

[radlerin]

[pepperami]

[chalkhills]

OK,

After the last 2 years of lockdowns, and general mayhem caused by covid I'm now back on track!

Passed my theory test 2 weeks ago and got my CBT booked for FRIDAY 13th

I will then be planning to do mods 1 & 2 spread out over the summer.

[ThunderGuts]

Good luck - you'll love it.
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[to v or not to v]

so what bike are you hoping to get?
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[BRUN]

[chalkhills]

Cheers guys,

I can't wait to get started. Which of the 2 modules did you all think was the hardest?

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

Mod 1 is a controlled environment with no drivers on their phones or hurrying DPD vans pulling out right, left and centre. Just you, doing your manoeuvres, in a compound. For this reason alone Mod 1 is easier. But factor in that it takes under 10 minutes and surely Mod 2 HAS to be harder. Mod 2 is more like 45 minutes isn't it? It's more than 30 anyway.

I suppose some might argue that the artificial setting of Mod 1 is freaky and weird, and harder to relax into. But surely those riders would be in the minority.
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[WD Forte]

Are you going the zero to hero route
ie do courses then buy a 600 sorta thing?

I'll guess you have a car license but riding a bike has
changed since the 80's mainly due to traffic density.

I'd suggest you get a geared 125 shitter to practise and get two wheeled road experience on
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[struan80]

[Ayrton]

[chalkhills]

[to v or not to v]

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

just get what the school's got and learn to rag fuck out of it
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[Zen Dog]

[ThunderGuts]

Mod 1 is harder IMO, at least as someone who was already a driver so knew how the roads "work". Yes the open road is uncontrolled, but the mod2 assessment is all about how you deal with those environments. There's no rush, not ultra-precise agenda to follow. You just ride.

Mod 1 is ultra-pedantic. Go too slowly, fail. Stop at the wrong point, fail. Don't do shoulder checks religiously on every manoeuvre (even though you're in a fenced-in area with total knowledge there are no other vehicles), fail. It's all about precisely following a set formula, but it's not a completely logical formula and is unlikely to resemble anything you can draw on, so you need to have it nailed in your memory. That's why I think mod 1 is harder.
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[chalkhills]

Well that's the CBT ticked off the list. I had a great day doing this at AMT in Weston Turville which is such a pretty village. The sun was shining and the countryside surroundings were beautiful.

I did the CBT on a VanVan which seemed to be a fun little bike, but as I'm 6'1 I found the my knees became a bit niggley on the longer road section (could just be my age ).

Anyway, hopefully now onto the big bike training.

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

[BRUN]

mod1 is a weird one, really its easier but the enclosed environment, being watched so closely, gets the nerves going, whereas on the mod2 you just ride

you wont really know which bike you want until you have sat on a few, the one i wanted wasnt right for my ergonomics so had to get something else