Mod 2

Felix · 24 Aug 2011 at 19:39

Failed my mod 2 today. Really ****ed off with myself.

Pushed the limit in a 20 (Serious) and was overly cautious at Give ways (4 minors > fail).

Now have to wait 2 weeks for retest

hlxbravo · 25 Aug 2011 at 15:22

Nightmare, I failed mine 1st time, went a little wide into side streets a few times. Flew through the 2nd time though.....so don't give up now.
Good luck.

dsb · 25 Aug 2011 at 15:33

I sit my Mod 2 in Sept, you serious you only get 4 minors then its a fail? when i passed my car in 97 im sure you were aloud 16 minors.

Morbius · 25 Aug 2011 at 16:47

dsb said:
I sit my Mod 2 in Sept, you serious you only get 4 minors then its a fail? when i passed my car in 97 im sure you were aloud 16 minors.

Four for the same thing is a fail I think.

The_Abyss · 25 Aug 2011 at 16:53

Bad luck. Learn from the mistakes and get back on it to pass in 2 weeks time.

Felix · 25 Aug 2011 at 20:48

Yup 4 minor faults in the same group and its a fail. You can have a total of 10 faults overall and still pass but 11 and its a fail.

Worst part was the ride of shame home and the fact every side road I now look at says 20. (that and the £75 fee...)

Live and learn!

Morbius · 25 Aug 2011 at 21:06

Felix said:
Yup 4 minor faults in the same group and its a fail. You can have a total of 10 faults overall and still pass but 11 and its a fail.

Worst part was the ride of shame home and the fact every side road I now look at says 20. (that and the £75 fee...)

Live and learn!

Oh well, put it down to experience. I made a silly mistake first time around and didn't pass. It happens. Just make sure you learn from it and don't do it again!

Felix · 13 Sep 2011 at 12:37

At this very moment I should be doing my Mod 2 test, but was cancelled due to the wind. Shame the test centre didn't call before I got there to let me know!

Glaucus · 13 Sep 2011 at 13:12

That sucks, what's wrong with people. A simple 30second phone call.

gillywibble · 13 Sep 2011 at 13:15

It's windy, but not that windy. Do they expect you never to go out on the bike when it's windy after you've passed?!

Felix · 13 Sep 2011 at 13:52

I wouldn't say it was a waste of 3 hours of my day but they could have at least called. It is pretty bad up here, wasn't first thing but the wind picked up again. The examiner said that they had a guy doing a Mod1 this morning who was being blown all over the place and they say they can't judge your riding if theres wobble ie it may be bad riding or the wind.

dsb · 13 Sep 2011 at 16:54

Not sure where you are but i have been out all day training, and no issues with wind.

Felix · 13 Sep 2011 at 17:49

Central Scotland, wind is still bad.

Felix · 13 Sep 2011 at 19:05

The PITA now is they can't do my test until a week tomorrow, so much for priority rebooking!

Too Tall · 13 Sep 2011 at 19:44

Just look at it this way, despite failing you have had more experience of the test conditions and more time on the road which you can put to practice on your next text

dsb · 16 Sep 2011 at 17:51

Mod 1 done today no minors, was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be, mod 2 on Wednesday, so fingers crossed.

BennyC · 16 Sep 2011 at 18:59

Felix said:
At this very moment I should be doing my Mod 2 test, but was cancelled due to the wind. Shame the test centre didn't call before I got there to let me know!

Wind?! I did my Mod 1 and 2 in the ****ing rain with sudden gusts of wind.

I'm quite glad I got to ride under instruction in some very harsh conditions as it's excellent experience.

Felix · 17 Sep 2011 at 10:43

Yup, examiner walked out and said no. Bearing in mind we had ridden to the examination centre in the wind. Also up here we were hit pretty bad with the tail end of hurricane katia.

Felix · 21 Sep 2011 at 20:15

Bad weather again today, wind plus rain this time. Different examiner who obviously wanted to go out for a ride!

Anyway I passed, though thought I messed up several times!

Glaucus · 21 Sep 2011 at 20:17

Congrats!
Have you got a bike sorted out?