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Posted: 17:29 - 07 Nov 2022 Post subject: Re: DAS |
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Tony Norton wrote: | Hi Scotsman,
I understand what you are saying, but the problem I had with DAS was that all the bikes that the schools had were seat height 800mm or thereabouts. I am only 5'9", with dis-proportionally short leg length. I now have an A1 (700mm) and an A2 (700mm) and have the confidence that. if needs be, I can get both feet flat on the deck. My instructor at the school I went to was very proud of his new SV650s. I dropped one of them twice inside half an hour. Luckily they had sufficient ironmongery added that neither they nor I came to any harm. I didn't take kindly to their throttle action either, which seemed to go from "tickover" to "break the speed limit" at the slightest touch. My Honda Rebel 500 is much smoother than that. I've opted to go A1 for starters, and then work my way up to A2.
You're quite right about wide open in second, I recorded 52kph on the emergency and 54kph on the dodge, but a careless right foot position resulted in clipping a cone. Game over.
I've booked a repeat Mod1 in January, but hope to get an earlier cancellation.
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Fair enough mate, appreciate the point simply on confidence with a taller bike. Being 6ft 5in I get the problem going the other way where I wish I had a taller bike
Hopefully third time is a charm for you mate, good luck when the test rolls around! ____________________ PRESENT: 2018 BMW S1000XR SE Sport.
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Posted: 17:44 - 21 Nov 2022 Post subject: |
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sounds to me Tony like you have it sorted anyway, you clipped a cone, shit happens, sounds like if you did it again you would likely pass
on the speed trap, iirc, you do just nail the throttle, no overthinking it, just go for it, if you hesitate you might not get enough speed up
looked up my own figures for the mod1 i passed
Emergency stop
First attempt: 63 km/h
Avoidance Exercise / Controlled Stop
First attempt: 54 km/h
this was on an ER6 though
the hazard avoidance is counter steer one way then you can go back the other way straight away from what i remember, to get back to a similar line as when you approached it, again from what i can recall, its not hard to accidentally clip a cone so dont be hard on yourself with that |
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Posted: 17:56 - 23 Nov 2022 Post subject: A1 Mod1 |
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Hi all you patient guys who have been following this tedious saga for over a year now,
I have good news! I know this won't rate very highly in the scheme of things, but as my friend (?) the Angry Scotsman might say "mony a mickle maks a muckle" , so I have chalked up my first "mickle", a pass in A1 Mod 1.
I originally had this booked for 12th Jan 23, but every day I have been looking for a cancellation and finally found a slot - today. Didn't tell any of the family or friends, just snuck off quietly and did it, with the right result. It was a lovely sunny morning here, the moment I got to the test site the heavens opened. The examiner, who had to fail me on my previous 2 attempts, talked me through it, on a wet site, with exactly the result I was hoping for.
It does, however, raise a question. Could I now do Mod 2 on my A2 bike. I would much prefer to do Mod 2 on a bike that can keep up with the traffic, but my guess is that the answer is going to be "No". If I am right I don't know now whether to chase the insurance company for cover on my Rebel and book another Mod 1 (A2 this time), or continue to take it one step at a time and do A1 Mod 2. I might have to do that anyway if the insurance people won't play ball.
Thanks for all the help you guys have been over the long year.
Will update as soon as I have more news.
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Posted: 13:54 - 01 Dec 2022 Post subject: Re: A1 Mod1 |
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Tony Norton wrote: | Hi all you patient guys who have been following this tedious saga for over a year now,
I have good news! I know this won't rate very highly in the scheme of things, but as my friend (?) the Angry Scotsman might say "mony a mickle maks a muckle" , so I have chalked up my first "mickle", a pass in A1 Mod 1.
I originally had this booked for 12th Jan 23, but every day I have been looking for a cancellation and finally found a slot - today. Didn't tell any of the family or friends, just snuck off quietly and did it, with the right result. It was a lovely sunny morning here, the moment I got to the test site the heavens opened. The examiner, who had to fail me on my previous 2 attempts, talked me through it, on a wet site, with exactly the result I was hoping for.
It does, however, raise a question. Could I now do Mod 2 on my A2 bike. I would much prefer to do Mod 2 on a bike that can keep up with the traffic, but my guess is that the answer is going to be "No". If I am right I don't know now whether to chase the insurance company for cover on my Rebel and book another Mod 1 (A2 this time), or continue to take it one step at a time and do A1 Mod 2. I might have to do that anyway if the insurance people won't play ball.
Thanks for all the help you guys have been over the long year.
Will update as soon as I have more news.
Cheers
Tony N |
Congratulations Tony, you're now a step closer! Unfortunately I don't think you can take the MOD 2 on an A2 bike if the MOD 1 was done on an A1 bike.
Good luck with your MOD 2! ____________________ PRESENT: 2018 BMW S1000XR SE Sport.
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 1 year, 171 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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