Well..... I turned up, no nerves at all. trouble was, there was already a girl doing her test, afterwards she took ages messing about, and i did start to freak a bit. This girl was with what appeared to be a load of hells angels. She was good, she was absolutely brilliant.
Then it was my go.....
Off I went, no worries, the first cone of the slalom came up a bit quicker than i imagined, [remember, i did not do a course, just turned up!] But hey, no worries. I did a storming figure of eight too. Then the slow ride, i can go really slow! no worries.
Then you have to do a lap of the track and a controlled stop. I used this a a chance to see what speeds i was recording through the speed trap. 47kmh, bit slow, you need to do 50 [all in metric crap] Ok, so then for the emergency stop. I did this, BUT, all the advice you see on youtube says brake as soon as you pass the speed trap as this is when the bloke will have to put his hand up. TOTAL CRAP.
Now, you have to understand that you have no time to look at the speedo at all, you just have to guess your speed by the sound of the bike. What i did was to blast out of the turn, and when it was blatantly obvious i was going fast enough rolled off the throttle and waited for him to stick his hand up and braked.
The examiner did not like this, and said that i must not shut off until he indicates. He said i was going awful fast too! He said that he was satisfied that i did not understand and gave me another go. How fast i was going this time i have no idea, but FAST! no worries..
Next the swerve...
The examiner told me not to go so fast this time. Ok so i did it. The swerve they all go on about is nothing, well easy, as for not stopping in time after the swerve, this is well easy too.
This time i was going a little slow 48KMH but you are allowed this, but will earn 1 point,
Sooooooo. I PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One minor fault, the too slow, and everything else perfect!!!!!!
Go me!!!!! When i had finished. I noticed there were about ten examiners and instructors watching. Must have come out to see the Autistic bloke on a bike. Still, the examiner was brilliant, all the staff were, and if the examiner moonlights as an electrician and is reading this, thanks mate, could not have done it without you....
So, if any of you fancy doing a bike test, i can tell you that the CBT is the worst, as it takes all day. The theory test is not nice at all, as the "hazard perception" is very subjective, but i passed by miles anyway. Module one, is NOWHERE NEAR as hard as people say, IF you ride METHODICALLY and IF you have good slow speed control.
All in all, was great fun!!!
Now, on to module two....
To be continued......
Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! go me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
john......
