U-turning on a bike?

[Tigadee]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-BDr...=TLh74LNr4WAnQ

+1 Good clear instructions.

Hi there, i am going for my restricted test in a few weeks and i was wondering what the safest way of doing a u turn is?
Yes this may sound like a silly question but i know they test you on this type of thing,
Do you Indicate left and pull over, wait for traffic to gap and then do a u turn like normal? Im quite confused and need to practice. Thankyou.

You're going for your restricted and you don't know how to U-turn?

Practice... practice a lot! 18 months now and you should already know it well, if not like second nature.

I had to do four U-turns on my R test because they had a couple of trainee instructors along for the ride [lucky me!] and I swear they must have been taking turns asking me to perform one U-turn after another!

[george formby]

Bollocks. I have to bite. From personal experience Yerpeans give as much of a fuck about road rules as mouth breathing kiwis do. They do get hit a lot harder in the pocket than we do with compulsory insurance, stazi road cops, credit card ambos etc so probably think a fraction longer, but still often have no fucks to give. Moot point. The elected Yerpean rulers came very close to imposing a blanket 100hp restriction on bikes a few years ago.... Failed. Amen.
Any hoo, u-turns. Steady throttle, don't close it, apply back brake for control through the turn, release to smoothly stand the bike up. A bit of clutch probably as you practice but it's not compulsory. Look where you want to go. Practice left & right turns.

Sod the EU!

[kinger]

Really pisses me off when some of your people dismisses good ideas/laws just because they don't come from here.

"Something that takes the dumbest policies from every country and makes it European wide"....Your own description of European law making from a previous thread.
If the "......fuck off where...." is becoming boring, it kind of implies you hear it regularly. Maybe take the hint and adjust your annoying habit of getting on people's tits when you're extolling the virtues of a land you chose to leave and criticising the one that opened it's doors and invited you in.

[Grashopper]

You're going for your restricted and you don't know how to U-turn?

Practice... practice a lot! 18 months now and you should already know it well, if not like second nature.

I didn't see anywhere that he said he's had his learners for 18 months already.
Usually it's 6 month on the learners, then you can do your restricted license test. Although time on the license doesn't mean actual time on the bike unfortunately. That dude I bought my bike from had his learners for the last 4 years and did only about 1000 kms in that time.

[Skiwi]

Hi there, i am going for my restricted test in a few weeks and i was wondering what the safest way of doing a u turn is?
Yes this may sound like a silly question but i know they test you on this type of thing,

Do you Indicate left and pull over, wait for traffic to gap and then do a u turn like normal? Im quite confused and need to practice. Thankyou.

Don't over think it, find an empty car park or similar and spend some time riding in slow figure eights, tightening up and slowing down as much as you can. Once you're comfortable doing that the physics of u-turns will be a non issue.
Bikes are like boats, it's easy to look cool going fast and staraight, finer skills are required when going slow and tight.

When I did my restricted, I indicated, pulled over to the left, checked for traffic, indicated again and completed the turn. The tester never even mentioned it at the debrief so i can only assume it was ok.
Relax a little , generally testers are not looking for an excuse to fail you, but if you flaunt incompetence or attitude they'll take it.

Good luck