I am an idiot..fell off bike

[JodieWodie]

..and quite frankly I am HACKED OFF !!! Hate the bike test...u turns..
damn it all !!

I am gonna write to Tony Basta*d Blair and complain....I PROMISE never to do a frig*in u turn again if I pass my test ok ?...Ok ????.....idiot...


OKay...tonight..lesson...500 bike..u turn....1st one....came close to kerb..foot down..GONNA DO IT GOOD NOW....

went off again...close to kerb..looking where I want to go..lean over..and over..panic..straighten..panic...look at kerb....head for kerb..drop clutch..accelerate...BANG..kerb...me...floor..leg under bike...left hand slams on floor

Now my leg/ankle is fine..hand hurts a lot. It is swollen on the wrist / lower hand area....damn it !

I am such a PLEB when it comes to u turns...

My mate is taking me out at the weekend to teach me some stuff....GOD..I don't want a cra*py u turn to fail me my bluddy test !
I am good at everything else...road riding is a doddle....



Aww...bugger


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[Kickstart]

Hi

Relax, everyone has problems (well almost everyone). We know someone who had real problems. Morning before her test her U turns were getting worse and worse. Last one before her test she dropped the bike and broke the brake lever. She managed it in her test with no problems.

Good luck.

All the best

Keith
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[Finglonga]

Owch........

Practise is the only way.

Cover your back brake to controll your speed NOT the clutch.

But most of all look where you want to go, If you look at the kerb you will go towards it. So look where you want to be after you have finished your U turn. Try to relax also as if you are tense you will wobble about more.

(you probably know all the above but you will get the hang of it )
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[McJamweasel]

Bugger, thats a shame. But at least you're ok and it wasn't your bike you dropped! :p

You just need to practice the u-turn, you WILL get there.
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[Josh]

My Mum failed 3 times on her U-Turn, just keep at it, you probably know the advice, but stay calm, try not to worry and keep practicing, good luck.s
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[Wave2k]

i thought U-turns would be a prob for me
when i hopped on the SR it was easy,
its the rest of the test i was cacking it about
i was 1 of 2 ppl to was ALL day,
so many things to fail on
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[CBRPETER]

Over here if you can pass the u-turn, you practically pass the whole thing, also was part of the test doing an emergency stop?
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[NickD]

Just keep doing it, and it'll come. Meanwhile, think how lucky you are, at least it wasn't your bike that you dropped.
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[stryker]

Yep, and the bit that will really twist your mellon is there will be absolutely no need to ever do one again after your test

A chap here at work touched his foot down while doing his u-turn in the test and passed. I think so long as you demonstrate good control during your test, if the examiner isn't a total pleb he will pass you.

[bazza]

I've done, ooh, let me see... must be at least... one no-feet-down U-turn since I passed my test <cough>teen years ago.

I only tried it cos Stryker had been saying what a waste of time it was having them as part of the test.

Still, it comes in handy when you're halfway over a shallow river of boiling acid in yer flip-flops and decide to turn round and go home for a cuppa...
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[bikedudextrm]

That's a bummer .

When i was practicing i started of in a car park doing U-turns between 2 points or lines (no curbs), then i moved onto doing them on a large road and then a normal size road. I wasn't very good at them as i was looking at the curb while i was doing them but as soon as i started looking where i wanted to go i could do them faultless every time.

Good luck .
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[McJamweasel]

So is it only me that has actually done a few of the things since passing?
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[NickD]

[CBRPETER]

Do you have to do an emergency stop as part of the test?
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[stryker]

Yes you do.

[CBRPETER]

What test was this for, your L plates, your P plates or your full liscence?
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[stryker]

Full license

[CBRPETER]

oh ok nice, i was worried about not getting enough practice for it.
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[Ste]

Peter, bear in mind that the U turn and emergency stop are part of the test for your full license, in the UK. No idea what the test consists of in Australia.

[CBRPETER]

Yeah, i think before you go for your learners you need to do a u-turn in a confined space, a course around cones and a figure eight, then for your Provisionals you need to be able to do an emergency stop plus other stuff.
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[Mnementh]

[scott_hood_88]

I no I'm new but the basics i no on u turning for unconfident peps is to -

relax be lose on the bike not tense.

keep the engine busy so its biting but not accelerating away.

use the back brake to shed off some speed.

keep the clutch steady jumpy movements will unbalance you.

and look at where you want to be aim further around than you need and when your coming closer to the point you want to be keep that focal point and straighten the bars.

keep practicing before your test, once you ve done it a couple of times you can do it without thinking.

Scott

[Orion]

Passed my DAS summer 2003.

U turns - easy; easy to fall off

Best one I did, was by listening to my instructor..."keep looking round, ignor the kerb, you'll make it"...then I hit the kerb and landed on my arse...he p*ssed himself laughing. This was the morning before my test.

Passed my test first time.

Advice - make sure you have reasonable speed before attempting to turn. My biggest failing was trying to turn without momentum. This makes balancing much harder. Try standing still on a push bike - think about it. Secondly, as you turn, put your weight on the ouside peg.

Good luck.

[izzi81]

Jodie I did *exactly* the same thing when I was learning on a 500. Once you start thinking about it the kerb is like a magnet! When I came off I broke the clutch lever on the bike and we had to abandon it there and I had to ride back to the test centre pillion with my instructor. Now *that* is embarrassing...

As others have said, I think I've maybe done one u-turn since I passed my test, and I'm fairly sure I put my foot down part way through!
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