CBT riding skills
Discussion
I've been asked what basic riding skills are required for CBT. I passed my bike test in the olden days when you rode round the block a few times with the examiner standing on a corner, so am not well qualified to answer !
Are there a series of set-piece exercises you need to practice and get right to pass ?
Thanks.
Are there a series of set-piece exercises you need to practice and get right to pass ?
Thanks.
Slow Control - The use of back brake to aid safe slow movments.
Emergency stop - Front brake !!
Figure of 8, Slow Control.
General Low speed riding skills
Easy junctions - Approaching at safe speed, Mirror, Signal, Life Saver, Manouvre.
Pulling away in 1st gear, Leaving it in Neutral when you finish.
General saefty checks - Brakes, chain, lights.
And putting it on a stand, usually the centre stand on 125's !!
Does that help. My lady is doing hers at the moment and it sounds like it hasnt changed since i passed my test in 2000 !
Emergency stop - Front brake !!
Figure of 8, Slow Control.
General Low speed riding skills
Easy junctions - Approaching at safe speed, Mirror, Signal, Life Saver, Manouvre.
Pulling away in 1st gear, Leaving it in Neutral when you finish.
General saefty checks - Brakes, chain, lights.
And putting it on a stand, usually the centre stand on 125's !!
Does that help. My lady is doing hers at the moment and it sounds like it hasnt changed since i passed my test in 2000 !
Pretty much that, but you also spend around 2 hours out on the road in a line of bikes, normally 2 rider per instructor or less and always in radio contact.
Its pretty easy to do, the instructors talk to you in a classroom about what you'll be doing, riding skills, general maintenance.
Its a fun day out, and a great way to start biking without doing it off road where you tend to learn bad habits.
Its pretty easy to do, the instructors talk to you in a classroom about what you'll be doing, riding skills, general maintenance.
Its a fun day out, and a great way to start biking without doing it off road where you tend to learn bad habits.
I teach CBT and it sometimes does take students more than a day to complete. The problem is that you try to teach the whole class in a day, but you can only progress at the rate of the slowest learner. If they are taking too long to master one exercise you sometimes have to send 'em home and get them to come back and try again another day.
Most problems are down to poor clutch control. If you can't master that then slow control is impossible. We do, however, get people coming along who, when asked, admit that they have never read the highway code and who cannot tell you what basic road signs mean. They don't get the cert either!
>> Edited by MrsMiggins on Wednesday 5th October 23:22
Most problems are down to poor clutch control. If you can't master that then slow control is impossible. We do, however, get people coming along who, when asked, admit that they have never read the highway code and who cannot tell you what basic road signs mean. They don't get the cert either!
>> Edited by MrsMiggins on Wednesday 5th October 23:22
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