Took my Mod 1 bike test today - passed, no minors and 57 and 60kph on swerve and e-stop respectively.
Very chuffed
Mod 2 next weds - done some practice today and instructor commented on generally good made 1 silly mistake and ended up in a box junction. I knew I
had done it as soon as I had entered it as well. Oh well - at least I will remember that junction on my proper test if we go that way!
Anyway - fingers crossed for next week!
Well done!
Whats the 57 and 60kph thing about?
Well done.
Not long before you can get the SV out on the road 
I did my CBT on Monday - did when I was 6 but obviously it's lapsed and I need to re-take it as part of the process of getting my full
license.
I was going to go straight through the 2 mods and get on a proper bike, but I can now see the sense in getting a 125 for a while and get used to 2
wheels again. Plus i's the quickest route to getting back on 2 wheels, slow or not.
You have to be doing a minimum of 50kph through a swerve around some cones and for your e-stop
This is the layout
I would say a 125 is a must. I wouldnt want to be going into these tests having had no riding experience at all and the CBT doesnt give you a lot.
You need to have the confidence to throw the bike about a bit at higher speeds, and also be able to ride at walking pace for the slow stuff - only
stuff that (IMO) you can get the hang of by riding for a while.
David
I am confident on two wheels - most of my friends have bikes and I spend a lot of time around them, plus I had one for a while before I got a car.
But my slow speed stuff is pretty poor. I was pretty good at it when I was 16, but there again I rode a push bike to college 3 miles each way so
probably had a lot better balance on 2 wheels than I do these days.
I quite fancy a KTM Supermoto or a Yamaha XT125X.
I saw this on
Ebay. Not very legal on a CBT, but shows I could make a few tweeks post mod2 without having to spring for a new bike. Should be OK for
hillclimbing/sprinting too 
Took my test on a chopped Kwak 1100 two weeks after failing on a 125 with the same test examiner! Got a clean ride with no faults on the 1100 in the
rain. I reckon a big bike's a lot easier to ride than a wobbly little toy bike! This was a few years ago mind and the examiner was quite
surprised when I showed him the bike. He asked how I got it there and I said "it's hers" and pointed to the girl who owned it. I
thought he was gonna fall over
Well done
What is it with the civil service and metrification - we use miles in this country !!!
ATB
Simon
Nice one :-)
Just treat the Mod 2 as as ride out with a sat nav in your ear
Remember your life savers and cancel the indies
(IIRC he made me stop at the roadside 3 times or more, wait a minute or two and then pull off again, once on a hill as well..either he was just trying
to catch me out or maybe his phone kept going off?...lol)
Good luck
Relax and enjoy it :-)
Regards
Rob
I always found that moving forward on the seat helps with the slow work.
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Originally posted by Simon
Well done
What is it with the civil service and metrification - we use miles in this country !!!
ATB
Simon
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Originally posted by flak monkey
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Originally posted by Simon
Well done
What is it with the civil service and metrification - we use miles in this country !!!
ATB
Simon
Its an EU thing. Bike tests across europe are now all the same apparently (or need to encompass the same things anyway)
I found the slow stuff relatively easily to be honest, get the bike rolling then just let it tick over with the clutch out then just ride it around - can pretty much turn on full lock riding like that. Probs depends on the bikes though. Slow ride still needs clutch and brake control though.