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[tunnie]

yeah, going back the Sunday before the test for more training.

I am in two minds, i am confident on the 500 general riding is fine, as is my clutch control.

One reason for learning was if i move to London i can bike to work, but a 500 is OTT for central London. A 125cc manual would do nicely on a 6 mile run to the office

[Seth]

Good luck next time mate!

[Martin_1962]

yeah, going back the Sunday before the test for more training.

I am in two minds, i am confident on the 500 general riding is fine, as is my clutch control.

One reason for learning was if i move to London i can bike to work, but a 500 is OTT for central London. A 125cc manual would do nicely on a 6 mile run to the office

You can go faster on a bigger bike and they are more resilient in traffic.

[TheBoy]

but failed  

I put my foot down in the turn in the road  

So annoyed as on Sundays training i was doing them all perfect, time and time again. The bugger was my test was at 8AM  

So i had no time to warm up really, i managed to get a couple of turns in but i messed most of them up.

There is also a new test guy there, and he is a 'by the book' man picking up on everything.

That said, i only got 6 minors on the whole of the test (which was in rush hour), it was just my darn turn in the road  

Got re-test in 2 weeks, this time its at lunch time  8-)

Thinking of taking the test on a 125 instead of the 500, they are much easier to turn, all it means is i am restricted to 35bhp or something for 2 years, and would only shave 10mph of the top end of the ER5's which i am learning on.

Like hell.  ER5 good for about 110mph with a fatty like me. CG125 good for around 55mph.  I make that 55mph off the top end

I struggled with the u-turn, just keep at it.  I had no minors though  :-/

CG125s are slugs!

They are average for 4 stroke 125s.  Remember, the days of 2 stroke have long gone.

[LaserLance]

but failed  

I put my foot down in the turn in the road  

So annoyed as on Sundays training i was doing them all perfect, time and time again. The bugger was my test was at 8AM  

So i had no time to warm up really, i managed to get a couple of turns in but i messed most of them up.

There is also a new test guy there, and he is a 'by the book' man picking up on everything.

That said, i only got 6 minors on the whole of the test (which was in rush hour), it was just my darn turn in the road  

Got re-test in 2 weeks, this time its at lunch time  8-)

Thinking of taking the test on a 125 instead of the 500, they are much easier to turn, all it means is i am restricted to 35bhp or something for 2 years, and would only shave 10mph of the top end of the ER5's which i am learning on.

Like hell.  ER5 good for about 110mph with a fatty like me. CG125 good for around 55mph.  I make that 55mph off the top end

I struggled with the u-turn, just keep at it.  I had no minors though  :-/

CG125s are slugs!

They are average for 4 stroke 125s.  Remember, the days of 2 stroke have long gone.

Stinkweeds will never die   .Oh how I wished we had Aprilla 125's when i was a 17 year old ,had to suffer RD and LC's, X7's and KH triples .Ok maybe things wer'nt so bad in the late 70's and early 80's

[Martin_1962]

but failed  

I put my foot down in the turn in the road  

So annoyed as on Sundays training i was doing them all perfect, time and time again. The bugger was my test was at 8AM  

So i had no time to warm up really, i managed to get a couple of turns in but i messed most of them up.

There is also a new test guy there, and he is a 'by the book' man picking up on everything.

That said, i only got 6 minors on the whole of the test (which was in rush hour), it was just my darn turn in the road  

Got re-test in 2 weeks, this time its at lunch time  8-)

Thinking of taking the test on a 125 instead of the 500, they are much easier to turn, all it means is i am restricted to 35bhp or something for 2 years, and would only shave 10mph of the top end of the ER5's which i am learning on.

Like hell.  ER5 good for about 110mph with a fatty like me. CG125 good for around 55mph.  I make that 55mph off the top end

I struggled with the u-turn, just keep at it.  I had no minors though  :-/

CG125s are slugs!

They are average for 4 stroke 125s.  Remember, the days of 2 stroke have long gone.

Are they - I like small 2 strokes, they have character - I remember the CG125s though, they were crude at the time and didn't excite teenagers, I loved my old 100 - hydraulic disc was a novelty at the time and it was very tunable

[Martin_1962]

but failed  

I put my foot down in the turn in the road  

So annoyed as on Sundays training i was doing them all perfect, time and time again. The bugger was my test was at 8AM  

So i had no time to warm up really, i managed to get a couple of turns in but i messed most of them up.

There is also a new test guy there, and he is a 'by the book' man picking up on everything.

That said, i only got 6 minors on the whole of the test (which was in rush hour), it was just my darn turn in the road  

Got re-test in 2 weeks, this time its at lunch time  8-)

Thinking of taking the test on a 125 instead of the 500, they are much easier to turn, all it means is i am restricted to 35bhp or something for 2 years, and would only shave 10mph of the top end of the ER5's which i am learning on.

Like hell.  ER5 good for about 110mph with a fatty like me. CG125 good for around 55mph.  I make that 55mph off the top end

I struggled with the u-turn, just keep at it.  I had no minors though  :-/

CG125s are slugs!

They are average for 4 stroke 125s.  Remember, the days of 2 stroke have long gone.

Stinkweeds will never die   .Oh how I wished we had Aprilla 125's when i was a 17 year old ,had to suffer RD and LC's, X7's and KH triples .Ok maybe things wer'nt so bad in the late 70's and early 80's

I couldn't afford a 250 until the learners were banned from them, but my 100 was pretty good for what it was

[LaserLance]

but failed  

I put my foot down in the turn in the road  

So annoyed as on Sundays training i was doing them all perfect, time and time again. The bugger was my test was at 8AM  

So i had no time to warm up really, i managed to get a couple of turns in but i messed most of them up.

There is also a new test guy there, and he is a 'by the book' man picking up on everything.

That said, i only got 6 minors on the whole of the test (which was in rush hour), it was just my darn turn in the road  

Got re-test in 2 weeks, this time its at lunch time  8-)

Thinking of taking the test on a 125 instead of the 500, they are much easier to turn, all it means is i am restricted to 35bhp or something for 2 years, and would only shave 10mph of the top end of the ER5's which i am learning on.

Like hell.  ER5 good for about 110mph with a fatty like me. CG125 good for around 55mph.  I make that 55mph off the top end

I struggled with the u-turn, just keep at it.  I had no minors though  :-/

CG125s are slugs!

They are average for 4 stroke 125s.  Remember, the days of 2 stroke have long gone.

Stinkweeds will never die   .Oh how I wished we had Aprilla 125's when i was a 17 year old ,had to suffer RD and LC's, X7's and KH triples .Ok maybe things wer'nt so bad in the late 70's and early 80's

I couldn't afford a 250 until the learners were banned from them, but my 100 was pretty good for what it was

Yeah when that happened it really ticked me off that I had a brillaint LC250 in me garage and i could'nt ride it   It had Allspeeds, a port job, clip-on and rearsets  8-) 8-) 8-) Had to buy a suzuki TS 125 to get me to work as I was still learning to drive. Must have passed not long after that as I P/xed the TS with a guy for a Austin Maxi 1500,well thats another story altogether

[Lazydocker]

Stick with it Tunnie... Wont catch you out again

As said, look where you want to go and if needs be give it plenty of throttle and ride the clutch/back brake hard! I struggled a bit with it but managed to nail it

TBH it's a manoeuvre you'll rarely do once you've passed

[BigAl]

yeah, going back the Sunday before the test for more training.

I am in two minds, i am confident on the 500 general riding is fine, as is my clutch control.

One reason for learning was if i move to London i can bike to work, but a 500 is OTT for central London. A 125cc manual would do nicely on a 6 mile run to the office

When i sat my test - the advice i was given was  to ride as if trying to lose the tester -  it's their  job to follow.

for London - if you're over 14- 15 stone I'd recommend at least 250 - just to get you out of difficulty quickly.
But practice cranking it open on a quiet road - after my test  i bought a TDR 250, cranked it open a bit to pull out and SH1t myself as i saw sky!

[Andy B]

......
 ride as if trying to lose the tester -  it's their  job to follow.

....... My tester just stood on the street corner with his clip board.        

[willyboy]

Think you got a picky tester bud stick with it and just keep practising  

[Taxi_Driver]

yeah, going back the Sunday before the test for more training.

I am in two minds, i am confident on the 500 general riding is fine, as is my clutch control.

One reason for learning was if i move to London i can bike to work, but a 500 is OTT for central London. A 125cc manual would do nicely on a 6 mile run to the office

When i sat my test - the advice i was given was  to ride as if trying to lose the tester -  it's their  job to follow.

for London - if you're over 14- 15 stone I'd recommend at least 250 - just to get you out of difficulty quickly.
But practice cranking it open on a quiet road - after my test  i bought a TDR 250, cranked it open a bit to pull out and SH1t myself as i saw sky!

Dont think Tunnie is quite that heavy   Probably could take 10 stone off that  
Tho i do agree, you need power for driving in London......just got back from London, altho in my Viano.....and it reminded me.....you have to keep flooring it sometimes....to beat the lights   and also to keep about 12ins from the rear bumber in front of you.....give em an inch in London and they take a mile  
Didnt do any good for my fuel consumption tho......usually do about 38mpg on a run in it.....giving it welly in London brought it down to 29mpg av mpg  

Best of luck next time Tunnie  

[TheBoy]

Stick with it Tunnie... Wont catch you out again

As said, look where you want to go and if needs be give it plenty of throttle and ride the clutch/back brake hard! I struggled a bit with it but managed to nail it

TBH it's a manoeuvre you'll rarely do once you've passed

I try and do it when I get chance, purely as I had the same trouble as Tunnie when I did my test

[Lazydocker]

Stick with it Tunnie... Wont catch you out again

As said, look where you want to go and if needs be give it plenty of throttle and ride the clutch/back brake hard! I struggled a bit with it but managed to nail it

TBH it's a manoeuvre you'll rarely do once you've passed

I try and do it when I get chance, purely as I had the same trouble as Tunnie when I did my test

What... On a ZX-10??? You're a braver man than me

Or the roads round you are about 50' wide