Learning to ride....Mrs C!
Discussion
I was thinking, would it be a good idea for mrc c to get a scooter (auto thing) just to get used to riding. She's never ridden before (and between me and you, she aint the worlds best driver) so I thought she might benefit from a bit of "road time". However, how can you tell someone to command the road, and position yourself correctly when you're on a 50cc scooter doing 30mph?
I would have thought it would do her more good getting a 125 "bike" as opposed to scooter, and let her play on a "Private" road somewhere to get the hang of it, then do the CBT so that she can at least learn to use the roads on a bike that has a BIT of nip to it.
just my thoughts though
just my thoughts though
Chilli said:
I was thinking, would it be a good idea for mrc c to get a scooter (auto thing) just to get used to riding. She's never ridden before (and between me and you, she aint the worlds best driver) so I thought she might benefit from a bit of "road time". However, how can you tell someone to command the road, and position yourself correctly when you're on a 50cc scooter doing 30mph?
I rode scooters (12 months on a 50cc, 6 months on a 125cc) before I did my full licence. It most certainly helps a huge amount, the only thing to get used to for the DAS is the weight of a larger bike, the different seating position and of course clutch & gears (the biggie).I did 1.5 days of training for the test and passed first time, with one minor.
I then went on to use scooters for another few years, so I lack confidence on my 600cc bike now - fast road is fine, clutch/gears fine but low speed manouvers are not. I can do them, but I doubt my own ability and am not very smooth. Refresher training will be booked for Easter
Get her on a clutch and gears bike from the start; that way she does it right from step one.
Just make sure it really is what she wants to do though; I have had waaayyy too many female students who have struggled on the training ground for an hour, only to burst into tears and confide they have been forced into it.
Why do so many guys push their other half into trying to ride a potentially dangerous vehicle, when they wouldn't even have the courage to suggest "doing it up the poop chute" for a change?
Just make sure it really is what she wants to do though; I have had waaayyy too many female students who have struggled on the training ground for an hour, only to burst into tears and confide they have been forced into it.
Why do so many guys push their other half into trying to ride a potentially dangerous vehicle, when they wouldn't even have the courage to suggest "doing it up the poop chute" for a change?
Hi Babe,
Im sure Mrs C would be good on a geared bike, I would agree gears are the way to go.
Do the CBT then do a couple of training days after which is what I did, going out 1 on 1 with an instructor , no tests just observation , one ride out in the morning and one in the afternoon.
Plus she has YOU, your encouragement and support and knowledge IAM and years of riding will guide Mrs C on the happy biking road.
Im sure Mrs C would be good on a geared bike, I would agree gears are the way to go.
Do the CBT then do a couple of training days after which is what I did, going out 1 on 1 with an instructor , no tests just observation , one ride out in the morning and one in the afternoon.
Plus she has YOU, your encouragement and support and knowledge IAM and years of riding will guide Mrs C on the happy biking road.
A geared 125 is the best way to go.
When I decided to learn to ride I was a little unsure, I knew I loved being on the back of my husband’s bike but was really unsure as to if I would enjoy it or be any good at it. I had no balance and had not been on a bicycle of at least 10 years! So my husband said I needed to get better at balancing so he got me a bicycle and we went out on the road on a regular basis for a few weeks to sort my balance.
I then did a free hour’s session on a geared 125 at a training centre, to see if I liked it and how I would get on, it really helped make my mind up.
After deciding I loved it I then booked and took my CBT. I got on well during my CBT but decided I did not want to do my full licence right away wanted to get used to riding a small bike and gain some confidence. So I got an RS125, what a great first bike handled so well and was easy to ride.
After a year of riding around and trips out with my husband I finally got to the stage where I was bored of going so slow (as was my husband) so I did a three day course to get my full licence.
I think it was the right move for me, when I first got my RS125 I had trouble pushing it around on the drive, mainly as I was afraid I would drop it, so there was no way I could have handled a bigger bike straight off, now after plenty of practice I can push my ZX6R round with no problems.
When I decided to learn to ride I was a little unsure, I knew I loved being on the back of my husband’s bike but was really unsure as to if I would enjoy it or be any good at it. I had no balance and had not been on a bicycle of at least 10 years! So my husband said I needed to get better at balancing so he got me a bicycle and we went out on the road on a regular basis for a few weeks to sort my balance.
I then did a free hour’s session on a geared 125 at a training centre, to see if I liked it and how I would get on, it really helped make my mind up.
After deciding I loved it I then booked and took my CBT. I got on well during my CBT but decided I did not want to do my full licence right away wanted to get used to riding a small bike and gain some confidence. So I got an RS125, what a great first bike handled so well and was easy to ride.
After a year of riding around and trips out with my husband I finally got to the stage where I was bored of going so slow (as was my husband) so I did a three day course to get my full licence.
I think it was the right move for me, when I first got my RS125 I had trouble pushing it around on the drive, mainly as I was afraid I would drop it, so there was no way I could have handled a bigger bike straight off, now after plenty of practice I can push my ZX6R round with no problems.
My girlfiend, who's ridden pillion a fair bit, expressed an interest in learning after her brother did his DAS. I figured the best way for her to find out if she likes it or not was a CBT, so got her one for her birthday. She freely admits she wasn't massively confident but the school were really good and spent the whole day on the off road bit and her and another girl went back the next day for the road bit. She really enjoyed it and now wants to get a 125 to get some more experience before thinking about going for a DAS. Not ideal timing though as she's now now not ridden anything all winter, and might need a bit of a refresher when she gets a bike in the spring.
Don't buy her anything yet, she might turn out to hate it. Better off spending 100 quid for her to do her CBT, she'll get a taste of what a scooter is like as well as a good bit of experience on a geared 125 so will be able to decide if the world of biking is for her before buying a machine.
If she aint the world's best driver would you be comfortable if she was out there on her own on a much more vulnerable vehicle? She will have to improve her awareness, observation and forward planning an awful lot from driving the car, and if she can't then unfortunately there's a good chance the paramedics will be scraping her off the road.
Hopefully any experience she has on a bike will improve her driving in the car as well, but it doesn't always work like that with wimmin
If she aint the world's best driver would you be comfortable if she was out there on her own on a much more vulnerable vehicle? She will have to improve her awareness, observation and forward planning an awful lot from driving the car, and if she can't then unfortunately there's a good chance the paramedics will be scraping her off the road.
Hopefully any experience she has on a bike will improve her driving in the car as well, but it doesn't always work like that with wimmin
Darkslider said:
Don't buy her anything yet, she might turn out to hate it. Better off spending 100 quid for her to do her CBT, she'll get a taste of what a scooter is like as well as a good bit of experience on a geared 125 so will be able to decide if the world of biking is for her before buying a machine.
If she aint the world's best driver would you be comfortable if she was out there on her own on a much more vulnerable vehicle? She will have to improve her awareness, observation and forward planning an awful lot from driving the car, and if she can't then unfortunately there's a good chance the paramedics will be scraping her off the road.
Hopefully any experience she has on a bike will improve her driving in the car as well, but it doesn't always work like that with wimmin
I hear ya. If anything, it will help her driving!If she aint the world's best driver would you be comfortable if she was out there on her own on a much more vulnerable vehicle? She will have to improve her awareness, observation and forward planning an awful lot from driving the car, and if she can't then unfortunately there's a good chance the paramedics will be scraping her off the road.
Hopefully any experience she has on a bike will improve her driving in the car as well, but it doesn't always work like that with wimmin
I agree with above quote. get here through a CBT first and see if she likes it.
then, is she does, get her a 125 to pootle around on for a couple of months, then when It comes to the big test day she will have plenty of road experiance under her belt, she will also know how to handle a bike A LOT better than if she just does the DAS training, so all she needs to get to grips with when she gets on the DAS bike is the extra weight and power of it really. tis what I did and flew through my DAS
insidentally I have a 125 for sale
pretty good one and has just had a major overhaul on the front end. [fork seals went and the steering bearing was on the way out so had it changed, not going to list everything here, pm me if ya want extra details] but I have to say, never been wheelied by me, EVER, yes I am a wuss in wheeling.
PM me if ya interested, Its in the classifyed but might be able to do you a deal if you want it soonish that is.
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then, is she does, get her a 125 to pootle around on for a couple of months, then when It comes to the big test day she will have plenty of road experiance under her belt, she will also know how to handle a bike A LOT better than if she just does the DAS training, so all she needs to get to grips with when she gets on the DAS bike is the extra weight and power of it really. tis what I did and flew through my DAS
insidentally I have a 125 for sale
pretty good one and has just had a major overhaul on the front end. [fork seals went and the steering bearing was on the way out so had it changed, not going to list everything here, pm me if ya want extra details] but I have to say, never been wheelied by me, EVER, yes I am a wuss in wheeling.
PM me if ya interested, Its in the classifyed but might be able to do you a deal
if you want it soonish that is.footnote]Edited by Urban_Ninja on Monday 9th February 05:24[/footnote]
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