NZTA approved route for Porirua? (CBTA full licence assessment)

[caspernz]

Best solution to the speeding issue is to ride one or two gears down from normal. So do your test in 2nd max 3rd gear. The moment you hit 4th there is no way to stay under 50. Works in real life too!:-)

Still happy to ride with you anytime.

Absolutely correct, for it's a common mistake for a lazy or untrained rider to run around in too high a gear. Hell, I had to re-learn that bit last year, after 30 years of riding...

What? Don't do this.

Not all LAMS bikes a geared the same, and engine sizes are also different - for example my 300 goes up to 15000 rpm, and can do over 50 in 2nd...

Part of the CBTA assessment is also to check that you're using the appropriate gear for the speed you are travelling, among other things.

So yeah, it's a good way to fail the test.

C'mon now, stop showing off your inexperience... Unless one is in a gear where engine braking can be had when throttling down, the selected gear is too high. Apply the variations of bike and all that, the basic saying is: "Gears are for speed control and brakes for stopping."

[Stonecold]

Yup.


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[Drew]

Fuck there are a lot of people giving shit advice. No wonder the squid failed his test

[WNJ]

and can do over 50 in 2nd....

[Drew]

Wish my bike was that fast.

[5ive]

Yep, top speed of 180, and still have not reached top gear yet.

Stop being green with bike envy...

[WristTwister]

If you're doing an assessment in the Porirua area for example, spend a few afternoons - an hour or so at a time - riding all around to learn the layout of the area. Get a map or use google maps and learn the main street names and think about routes you could take. If there are some roads you avoid, think about why you avoid them and how you can ride them better.

Speed is a big fail. Try a quiet Sunday morning cruise and practice keeping your speed between 45-50, keep yourself in a lower gear if that helps. From reading through other comments, people seem to have a "holier than thou" attitude. I've been along SH1 through Porirua and the zones that switch from 50 to 100, and 100 back to 50 and everyone (bikers I've seen included!) is doing over 50 up to the round-abouts and they all speed up before the 100 signs. The road code states that speeds apply at the sign, so you should be doing 50 when you pass a 50 sign, but you should not be doing over 50 before you reach a 100 sign, it's confusing and most people speed up before they reach the sign and testers know this, they probably do it themselves when they aren't doing tests - in the real world. So note to people getting assessed: Slow down to 50 before a 50 sign, and only throttle on when you pass a higher speed sign.

I see a lot of people asking about the routes they are taken on an assessment, and we all understand that knowing the route can calm your nerves in an emotionally stressful time. But isn't it better to know in your heart that you can take any route they throw at you?

Know your bike, know your speed, know the road, and know the code!

[WristTwister]

Yep, top speed of 180, and still have not reached top gear yet.

Stop being green with bike envy...

180?

[5ive]

lol, nice.

[F5 Dave]

Look lets cut out the inane babble and move the thread on 3 months to what bike you should buy next. I believe that the fashion was d-'efinitely an R1 mate'. But perhaps I haven't been following recently and a ZX10 is flavour of the day.

[Drew]

Look lets cut out the inane babble and move the thread on 3 months to what bike you should buy next. I believe that the fashion was d-'efinitely an R1 mate'. But perhaps I haven't been following recently and a ZX10 is flavour of the day.

2016 gixxer is meant to be something special.

[Akzle]

Look lets cut out the inane babble and move the thread on 3 months to what bike you should buy next. I believe that the fashion was d-'efinitely an R1 mate'. But perhaps I haven't been following recently and a ZX10 is flavour of the day.

pirate editions though.
With more RRs!