CBT & Bike advice

Ixon

Ixon

Ixon

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I've got my CBT in little over a week from now & I'm kind of nervous because I've never ridden one before or even sat on one. :/ but I've been driving for over 20 years so have plenty road experience, I do plan on doing the A licence at some point in the future maybe in a year time after some practise on the CBT.

Couple of questions.

As I've already bought my bike gear including helmet, can i use this on my CBT rather than use their supplied gear.?

Also as I'm only 5ft 6 with a 29inch inside leg which bike best to go for, I do like both the Honda CB125R & the Yamaha MT 125 but both seem a bit to tall for me or will i be fine, the other option is the Suzuki GSX-S125 which has a much lower seat height, & probably would be the best option for me as a new rider or is there any other bikes worth considering?.
 
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I literally live 2 mins away from both Wigan Motorcycles & the Yamaha dealer hopefully they be friendly to a newbie, but sadly there now isn't a Honda bike dealer in Wigan anymore which i consider strange considering how popular Honda is.

I've checked the website where I'm doing my training and it say's you can bring your own gear. :), which I'm glad as i don't really want to wear something somebody else as been sweating in all day, even if they do probably clean & sanitize them after use.
 
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I used my own gear when I done my test but that was back in 2008, however I can't see why they'd have an issue with it...

As for the bike choices, I'd say you'll be fine on a MT125, I'm 5ft 7 (ish) and sat on a friends one and found it spot on for size. I'm not being cheeky but what about a Honda Grom 125?
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Doesn't the Honda Grom have abit of a following, I personally wouldn't get one as a first bike because i would feel a bit daft on one, but they do look like they are a lot of fun to ride.
 
I know 125's are no match to bigger engine bikes but I'm in no rush to get onto a bigger bike, I want to learn to ride one first and be confident in doing so once that happens then I'll put in for my unrestricted licence which the Government are looking into changing & get something bigger.
 
I'm 46 got my CBT in just a few days now Wednesday to be exact, & like you had people at work mainly say they are death traps & what do you want to learn to ride a bike for in your 40's when you already drive, my Wife on the other hand has been fully supportive strangely enough.
 
That one thing that worries me is my bike getting nicked not so much from work because it be very secure & out the way, but at home as i don't have any room for any kind of shed so it basically be in the back yard covered up.

I've already got a ground anchor, 16mm chain & lock & D Alarm lock for the front wheel from Oxford, then there are the camera's both at the front and back anybody walks into the garden at night, it alert me though Alexa & turn on the light in the bedroom, I'll know before they get to either the car or the bike.

I've already said to the Wife I'll give it a couple of months before some scrotes try their luck.
 
What a disaster my CBT was. :(

Wednesday started to learn on a newish Kawasaki 125 nice bike all was going well on doing all my slow riding training ect, i was on my own to that day to which made it even better, then weather turned crap & didn't let up, so the instructor decided cancelled the rest of the day which i was kind of pee'd of with tbh, as it was only to road element i needed to do & return Friday.

So yesterday weather was even worst gusty wind & rain all day but this time there was 2 extra bodies training that day, one of them was doing his DAS, so now with an extra instructor they decided to battle though it the other instructor was the boss so no wonder, the other lad was training on a scooter.

This is where it starts to go down hill, they took the Kawasaki off me to give to the bloke doing his DAS & left me with a banged up Honda CBF 125 to train on which i had to start all my elements again because of the new lad on the scooter, this bike was terrible wouldn't go into neutral unless you went into 2nd gear first, the clutch was shocking felt like i needed to visited gym to squeeze it, & the throttle was over sensitive to what i got use to on the Kawasaki, so i was making a lot more mistakes that day on this Honda than i was on the other bike.

Anyways i persevered eventually got use to the bike i was given, so now finally onto the road element did my U turn & emergency breaking no sweat, heading down the industrial estate I was lead bike to start with get's to the junction to turn right pulls out next thing I know the bike on top of me, didn't grab any front break that I'm sure about, a passer by said the front wheel just went from under me as soon as i started turning out of the junction, she said it looks like I hit some kind of spillage on the road, i wish i went to check now but I was pretty shaking up and busted my knee from the bike landing on me, obviously my CBT was over with had to ride the bike back to the training centre with a busted knee & fill out a accident report sheet, tbh he seemed more concerned about the bike than me & was told snottily to rebook 3 hours worth of training at £40 per hour.

This morning I've got up all round my knee looks like a balloon and i can't bend my leg properly I don't want to go A&E as it looks like just swelling & bruising atm, so i see how it goes over next couple of day's.

I'm not giving up, but i won't be going back there because of the attitude towards me after i came off.

I'll reset take this as a learning experience, let my knee heal properly then in a few weeks time rebook my CBT somewhere else do it from scratch again, then hopefully have a certificate at the end of it.
 
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It's not :)

I bought my first bike today 2019 Yamaha MT 125 with just over 2k on the clock couple of scratches here and there nothing that cant be sorted and full service history the previous owner dropped it off and i gave him a lift back home in the car luckily i can still drive with a swollen knee, was going to buy new but after my accident decided best to save a few quid, and get 2nd hand just in case it happens again.
 
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Well I decided sod it, knee getting better so should be fine enough to ride again by the end of the week, so gone and booked my CBT for this Sunday at somewhere different, hopefully this time all goes well and I don't go falling off again lol.
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I've also told them I've never ridden one before, so im going to look like either a quick learner or a over confident idiot :
 
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