Did my CBT today - my experience
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First time ive ever ridden a motorbike, im pleased to say I passed but wow... I dont know if it was just because I was nervous and tense but its a lot more physical than I imagined... tired as hell!
Did it on an extremely battered suzuki VanVan 125. I didnt like the bike - really struggled to accelerate past 50, and once it had warmed up it was nigh on impossible to get neutral which after a morning of clutch control to get your hand set up for cramp it wasnt appreciated.
It was very different from learning to drive a car - you dont really appreciate it until youre sitting there going through how to ride on the road and youre thinking hang on ive not yet been above 2nd gear in the car park and we're going on a 2 hour road ride through towns and high speed sections.
To start with I had minor pushbike issues - going for the left lever as the back brake, then grabbing for the front brake lever rather than rolling the hand forward on to it to close the throttle in the process.
Pleased to say it all came together in the end, although I really wish the bike had more instrumentation - a speedo is not enough... a rev counter would have helped, and an indicator of what gear youre in - I stalled it twice on the road ride thinking id gone all the way down the box when I hadnt.
And last but not least - whats with having the instrumentation so low down you have to take your eyes off the road to see it? gah!
Anyway, great fun, got my theory lined up and hope to take the das soon after.
Did it on an extremely battered suzuki VanVan 125. I didnt like the bike - really struggled to accelerate past 50, and once it had warmed up it was nigh on impossible to get neutral which after a morning of clutch control to get your hand set up for cramp it wasnt appreciated.
It was very different from learning to drive a car - you dont really appreciate it until youre sitting there going through how to ride on the road and youre thinking hang on ive not yet been above 2nd gear in the car park and we're going on a 2 hour road ride through towns and high speed sections.
To start with I had minor pushbike issues - going for the left lever as the back brake, then grabbing for the front brake lever rather than rolling the hand forward on to it to close the throttle in the process.
Pleased to say it all came together in the end, although I really wish the bike had more instrumentation - a speedo is not enough... a rev counter would have helped, and an indicator of what gear youre in - I stalled it twice on the road ride thinking id gone all the way down the box when I hadnt.
And last but not least - whats with having the instrumentation so low down you have to take your eyes off the road to see it? gah!
Anyway, great fun, got my theory lined up and hope to take the das soon after.
When i was instructing we used VAN VAN,s,hated them!Getting neutral was a pain in the ass.I remember a fellow instructor used to just shut the things off in gear and just walk away instead of arsing around for ages getting that illusive green light!They are an absolute pig in the wet too!I just about lost the front end quite a few times following students,not that i'd tell them ofcourse!;)
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