Theory Test...

stuman

stuman

stuman

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ok guys, in the next 2-6 weeks i will be becoming fully licensed.

i have booked my theory test for the 7th and have yet to start reading up. i had a quick look on youtube as to what the hazard perception is about and seems very straight forward.

now, for the written part, over the years i have picked up some stuff but need to get my knowledge up to testing standard. how did you guys do it? can anybody recommend books, websites, dvd's etc. or would learning the highway code be enough.

Cheers!
 
theory test was passed with no problem at all.

didn't quite get the 100% i wanted but i was close, 2 questions wrong.

however with hazard perception, i passed but missed quite a few points. i'm still not quite sure if i was supposed to be clicking potential hazards or just the red ones that they show "developing". *shrugs*

today is first day of real training, "conversion to 500cc" and road riding. tomorrow it will be MOD1 training ready for MOD1 monday morning. Then more training for potential MOD2 pass on wednesday.
 
if it told you every time you clicked correctly it would help. if they did a demo run, and then point out when you marked things late or missed things.

road riding went ok today, but as i hadn't ridden for 7 months and just jumped right back in, i needed a lot of work to tidy stuff up and will need a few more hours just to get some stuff spot on.

also from being a daily cyclist and generally the thing furthest to the left all the time its hard to convert from doing "life savers" only over my right shoulder!

MOD1 training tomorrow, should be fun. cone dodging.
 
ok, another day on the grind! but at 2:00 in the afternoon today i managed to pass MOD1 had 2 minors, one for stalling trying to pull off too fast for the emergency stop and the second for not going fast enough on hazard avoidance on the first go. so now the tricky bit, MOD2 at 8am! eek, i work night shift i'm normally going to bed at that time! should be fun. hope i remember to wake up first!
 
FAILed MOD2

"turn right at the junction" ok, so it's a junction with feeder lane and set of lights with right turn arrow. so i pull up at the stop line all nice and tidy. Lights cycle to single green and no right turn arrow. So I wait...and wait some more, on-coming traffic is still coming. so I sit. Then back to red with no arrow. Green comes around again. same situation. cycles back to red. At this point the instructor comes across the headpiece saying that i need to move out when it is green to go on and then the right turn will light up.

i feel its a very silly mistake and something that i should have known how to deal with. but pulling out with out the right hand turn light just seemed wrong?!

ohh well. can always re-book.

EDIT: insult to injury, the next test is a month away. they seriously can't be that busy!
 
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generally its 5 with cbt, 4 if not, but i only had 3 6hour days, i might need another couple of hours before my retake as it would have been nearly a month of not riding!
 
WOO HOO, passed this time round. no dodgy junctions this time! time to twist some arms of sales guys. lets see how much they can bend on price... >:D
 
finance cleared and I took delivery on monday of a crispy new street triple r in white. i think i'm in love with a machine! keep getting people commenting on it etc..

I've managed to put 400 miles on her and have already booked in for 600 mile service on monday.

then i can use another 1000rpm! damn running in takes a long time!

had a moment today tho. pulling up to a turn to do a u-turn i stop to give way and put too much lean on her, luckily i had completely stopped, but still layer her down smashed the indicator :'( £11.75 later and i should have a new one in a couple of days.
 
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