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Originally posted by barmy_carmyWishing you the best of luck Lev! really want you to pass Lol!
Me too Carm’ me too [
]Riding is just getting to be fun, I’m not going to let this stop me, not now. Not now that I know how utterly cool it is riding a bike!
Not now that I know know the fear and excitement of going around a round-about with the bike banked over! or waiting to the apex of a corner to bank the bike over to get that rush! It’s bloody fantastic!
I’m calling the school tomorrow sorting out a lesson or 2 and my next test.
I WILL get my positioning sorted out!
The roundabout thing was just a f**kin’ fluke!quote:
Originally posted by imperialdataBetter luck next time mate.
Cheers fella [
]I’m sure I’ll crack it next time!
Just hope I don’t f**k the next u-turn up! [
]I just checked and the roads I used were not motorways, all A roads (A64)
So it seems my navigation skills aren’t as bad as i thought lol [
]Going to ring tomorrow and get it re-booked ASAP
Also since I didn’t pass it cuts the cost of training down by at least half!
So I just pay for bike hire
So I can do a few lessons before my test, which is nice!Still I didn’t like the fact I had to ride home on my own!
Almost got a bit lost coming back into Leeds, never went the way I did before, I’m sure I hit a small section of motorway… loads of blue signs everywhere… eeep
But the blue signs also had green ones for A roads… so maybe I was just.. on the road to the motorway… bloody L plates making me nervous!I’m useless at finding my way about…
The f**ker got me on 2 things…
Undue hesitation… made a school boy error… at a mini round about I was waiting for the traffic on my left to move off… DOH! f**ker!!
Second was my positioning, apparently I was too close to the middle lines…
WTf?one minute I;m too close, next it’s too far!! you can’t win with the picky f**kers!
Day 3
Well I’ve ironed out the kinks, all I need to do now is remember to show my brake light when using engine braking and what have you.
Had a great day today, not many twistes though
Still very fun and had a really cool instructor called Jason (CBR600F Sport)
I even got the confidence to ride one handed whilst doing 30 on the open roads, much more comfortable to rest it on your knee.I also think I’m getting a bit silly now… I’m entering corners a bit too fast just so I can lean the bike over… even when I don’t need to, that’s going to get me into trouble! Lol
So the test is tomorrow, no doubt a chilled ride about with a few U turns and emergency stops etc.
Speaking of U turns I f**king nailed one today!
On a narrow, gravel infested, pothole-ridden incline with parked cars on either side of the road.Very proud of myself now, and filled with confidence and even got to ride in a pack with every one else as well after the serious stuff was over! Yay!
all 4 of us took up the space of one and a half cars or one transit. Which is nice!Day 2 – More of the boring stuff such as junctions and what have you.
Not too much to report, pretty much the same as yesterday.
Had Sean as the instructor today, he’s a bit of a hard-ass when it comes to riding.
Still a nice enough bloke thoughCG 125 was thrashed to hell and I got 65mph out of it
Felt like it was going to f**king blow up! lolf**ked 2 U turns up, one where the bike was dropping, I put my foot down, panic and dumped the clutch and went whizzing off down the road lol
Second I was fine but didn’t quite make it tight enough and I went up onto the curb…
So 4/6 U turns went well lolAlso had to test the horn because of old gent coming out of a junction, on the white lines, and had a look of total clueless ness on his face… didn’t slow down, so Had to alert him with the horn
I’m very-very tired… and I want to sleep for a week!
Top tips are
”forward planning, observations and positioning”
apparently by centre of the lane they mean slightly to the right of centre… anyway
apparently I’m not doing observations or making them apparent enough… I cant make them any more apparent!/sleep
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hah!