Failed Test on a U turn.
Discussion
The only advice I can give is lots of revs and control your speed with the rear brake (and clutch if you have to). Don't even think about touching the front brake. Balance is everything. If the engine in revving hard the bike will be easier to balance.
Also remember to do your lifesavers before you start and keep it safe.
Also remember to do your lifesavers before you start and keep it safe.
Rawwr said:
What exactly do you have to do on a u-turn? Sounds like a silly question, I know, but a lot of people seem to fail on it.
Stop on the side of the road, walk your bike orund across to the other side of the road, get back on, pull away, turn the bike round in the space of the road without putting your foot down or hitting a kerb.
Harder than it sounds, believe me.
Didn't we just have a thread on this somewhere?
Leaning your body out of the turn allows you to lean the bike into the turn more, and you gain a tighter turning circle without falling off.
Go pratice doing figure 8s in a car park somewhere.
Not sure about the 'loads of revs' advice, might seem to an examiner that you are not in proper control of the bike.
Leaning your body out of the turn allows you to lean the bike into the turn more, and you gain a tighter turning circle without falling off.
Go pratice doing figure 8s in a car park somewhere.
Not sure about the 'loads of revs' advice, might seem to an examiner that you are not in proper control of the bike.
theexcession said:
Not sure about the 'loads of revs' advice, might seem to an examiner that you are not in proper control of the bike.
yes practice is the answer but the examiner does not care how many revs you use. it is not part of the test only that you execute a good u turn and dont put your feet down etc.
this is the advice I was given anyway. Personaly speaking I found it a lot easier to maintain a slow speed doing a u turn by slipping the clutch in this way. try it if it works use if not dont each to there own. Being nervous on my test I wanted to make sure I did a good u turn people in teh next street probably heard me I was making that much noise.
now I can do it jsut about on tick over but then I couldnt.
I still maintain the best advice is look at where you want to go that helps with the ballance
theexcession said:
Not sure about the 'loads of revs' advice, might seem to an examiner that you are not in proper control of the bike.
Certainly slipping the clutch can be necessary to gain control, hust theexpression of 'loads of revs' to me indicated nailing it up to 5 or 6K - probably not to be recommended for a U turn.
The dreaded U turn 
This is the only thing I nearly failed my test on.
The first one I did I got to about 95% of doing it ok, then put a foor down.
The examiner asked me if I wanted to try that again, and in that instant I remembered the key thing my instructor told me about controlling a u-turn.
Think of an elastic band. Pulling one end you have steady revs (not loads.Same as staying still on a hill in a car using just the clutch) and the other you have your foot brake on. In the centre of the stretched band you have the balance you need to nail a perfect turn.
And I did nail what the examiner called a perfect u-turn afterwards. And consequently passed.
Hope this helps.
Cad
This is the only thing I nearly failed my test on.
The first one I did I got to about 95% of doing it ok, then put a foor down.
The examiner asked me if I wanted to try that again, and in that instant I remembered the key thing my instructor told me about controlling a u-turn.
Think of an elastic band. Pulling one end you have steady revs (not loads.Same as staying still on a hill in a car using just the clutch) and the other you have your foot brake on. In the centre of the stretched band you have the balance you need to nail a perfect turn.
And I did nail what the examiner called a perfect u-turn afterwards. And consequently passed.
Hope this helps.
Cad
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