Restricted license test? I'm looking for recent experiences

[bosslady]

Hi Five! Well done you!

Complain. You should be treated well when being tested. At the very least complain about the ear piece. You need to be able to hear instructions.

I also have a bit of a hearing thing. I HAVE to see peoples faces when they talk to me or I can easily not understand what is being said to me. I have to be careful on the phone, and will frequently ask people to repeat them selves. I do it at fast food places. Subway for example, I simply can not understand what I am being asked due to back ground noise. Not my fault. Too may years in workshop environments with no hearing protection. I have used the ear pieces while training with Roadcraft, it took a bit of getting used to and adjustment, but I got there in the end.

It sounds to be the tester needs a bit of a reminder about what constitutes acceptable interaction with his clients. You are not that hard to deal with

You probably need to clean the air filter on the mighty ginny. I have experienced the ginny naughtiness. Thrashing the snot out of it and getting a wonderful backfire on deaccelerating made me feel better. Strangely, the bike seemed to run better after that too

You raise a good point, I just cleaned the air filter, Maybe I've done something wrong, I think I'll just get a new one when I get back from aus and hopefully she'll be right. As for my hearing it's my fault, been blasting my gangster music too loud for too many years! Oh and tthanks!

[bosslady]

I take back my comment about the guy at the lights, turns out they're a kiwi biker, Gross, Hahahahahhahaa

[Grashopper]

I take back my comment about the guy at the lights, turns out they're a kiwi biker, Gross, Hahahahahhahaa

Brilliant!

[haydes55]

I remember my restricted test. Friendly testing officer. Only instructions were don't crash and you'll pass... I got the impression he didn't know anything about bikes.

[Erelyes]

I remember my restricted test. Friendly testing officer. Only instructions were don't crash and you'll pass... I got the impression he didn't know anything about bikes.

My boss told me the story about his licence test. 'Ride up the road a bit, do a U turn, come back past, do another U turn and park here'.

He sets off and sees the guy in his rear view mirror walking back to the office.

By the time he's done his 'test' the licence is written up and waiting for him...

[st00ji]

sheesh even the licence test for a temporary one in rarotonga was tougher than that, haha.

[Mom]

My boss told me the story about his licence test. 'Ride up the road a bit, do a U turn, come back past, do another U turn and park here'.

He sets off and sees the guy in his rear view mirror walking back to the office.

By the time he's done his 'test' the licence is written up and waiting for him...

I did a figure of 8 in a car park and then rode around the block using hand signals. Them were the days

[unstuck]

For the basic handling test down here they make you sit on the little kiddie motorcycle outside new world, and you have to hang on until your 50c runs out. Sounds easy, but it isn't in full gear, with some freckly little kid with pig tails giving you the stink eye the whole time.

[GSXR limiter basher]

Sat my R's this morning, pleased to say i passed!
Assessor's quote on return: "You've quiet obviously done a shit load of riding, I'm definitely passing that"

Adios you filthy L plate (although I must admit I never used one ever until the actual test day my bad)

As has been mentioned already, precheck of bike etc. Did a bunch of riding quiet streets around Kilburnie, L's R's etc everywhere. After doing this for awhile we went over to Miramar (70km/h zone) and did much of the same once in the residential zone. Did 2X hazard identification.

I was nicely surprised at how easy it was to hear the assessor through the headset as I had read through other threads where people found this to be an issue.

Once we got back, he said my indication out of roundabouts was a bit av/too short (one i fully forgot but flicked the indicator anyways to acknowledge what I should have done 10m out of the roundabout - assessor said that he had a laugh at that one)

In my opinion, if you daily ride u'll 99.9% pass as thats all the test really is......but if u fail its most likely due to u not being experienced enough/danger to other road users.

They key is to relax and do the basics to the T, simple as.

Stay upright, safe riding

[Erelyes]

They key is to relax and do the basics to the T, simple as.

Grats on the pass.

Have you been riding around on a gixxer 750 tho? Did you borrow a bike (with L plates) for the test?

[GDOBSSOR]

I did an assesment last Friday for the proposed new restricted test for the Porirua route they're thinking about introducing later on in the year/early next year.
They took me around the 50k industrial streets four to five times as well as on the 70k main road, and assess your ability to merge into multi-lane traffic. Then we went into the Bunnings Warehouse carpark and I had to turn around, as well as into the Megacentre carpark and up past the back of the Bunnings Warehouse carpark. Then, we went around the shopping area which has lots of speed bumps and is about a 30k speed limit. I had to stop at one point, as there were two school buses blocking my view and I couldn't see past them. Afterwards, they took me on the motorway up to Paremata Mobil, and then I had to drive through the roundabout and on to the Pauatahanui inlet. We then went on a detour through some of the streets through Aotea, and then they continue onto Pauatahanui. We continued through the village, and then drive around the coast. Eventually we saw a 60k speed sign, at which point, I pulled over and when the coast was clear, I turned back towards the Lighthouse Cinema carpark which is where the test ended. It took just over an hour, probably over an hour and a half incl all the paperwork, feedback and the time it took to fit all the headgear etc. Perhaps it was just me, but I had little trouble understanding what was said over the radio (Which others have complained about).

I've been riding regularly since the end of January - the feedback I got? This wasn't an actual test, I was a guinea pig for a proposed harder test LTSA are trying out. I am not quite ready to sit the restricted test. Hopefully will be soon with a bit of practice of the little things Roadsafe said were wrong.

[Erelyes]

Went to VTNZ for my restricted test.

Earpiece doohickey pressed on my lobe a bit, but forgot about it after half a minute and it was crystal. Chap taking the test was a gent.

The NZTA website is shit at suggestions for the class 6 test (http://www.nzta.govt.nz/licence/phot...ts.html#class6). The class 1 test gets a fuckin essay that nearly no-one will read, but class 6 gets nowt.

Anyways, it was basically a short jaunt around the local burbs (mixture of left and right turns, narrow/wide streets, a roundabout (twice) and one stop sign. Then onto the motorway for a while, then off-ramp and on-ramp to come straight back on the other way. Back to the testing station and the feedback consisted of 'Let's go inside and sort you out a licence'.

At one point second guessed myself coming up a hill on the motorway with a truck in the left lane, 'do I change lanes and pass?'. Of course ya do ya fucking clown. Smoothly went around truck. Ride like you normally do, just pay extra attention to speed and shoulder checks really. Also left my indicator on for half a block early on, which I put down to nerves.

I was more surprised by what the test didn't contain. No 'remember hazards and talk about them', no U-turns.

Anyway, quick formula for passing: commute a few times a week for your six months, practice low-speed stuff a couple times at the local carpark, do at least one half-day (or longer) trip. And use your common sense.

[haydes55]

I was more surprised by what the test didn't contain. No 'remember hazards and talk about them', no U-turns.

Anyway, quick formula for passing: commute a few times a week for your six months, practice low-speed stuff a couple times at the local carpark, do at least one half-day (or longer) trip. And use your common sense.

The test sounds similar to mine. Requires next to no skill to pass. I reckon from never being on a motorbike before, get your basic handling certificate, ride around the streets where the test will be taken for 2 hours then you could pass that test.

[kevinator9]

Well I am now just past 6 months on the learners.
Been riding every week commuting to uni and back and have done two trips, one to Tauranga and one to Auckland.
Hopefully this prepares me enough for the test, gonna book it in.

[GSXR limiter basher]

Grats on the pass.

Have you been riding around on a gixxer 750 tho? Did you borrow a bike (with L plates) for the test?

Thanks mate, always a good feeling to pass any form of examination ae.....I see from your recent-ish post above that you got ur now too...top man, its all pretty straight forward right?
Yeah I was riding the gixxer round for around 1.5yrs on my L's but kept getting nailed with tickets (I grew up on dirt bikes so I wasnt a complete learner)....however now that Im sitting on 75 demerit points I decided to trade it in and get something legal till I pass my full but also to sit the R's test. I downgraded to a 2011 Hyosung GT250R EFI.....going from 140hp to 28hp is doing my head in lol but for what it is it rides fine. Roll on the full licence I say as Im HANGING out for some more ponies