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  1. #16
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    Mostly the BHS test is just low speed handling.

    For practise set up a dozen cones (basically anything you can safely run over) in a strait line in a carpark at say 6m centres (just pace it) and weave them. 6m should be fairly easy for a nevrous learner, then once you have mastered them at 6m, drop the spacing by .5 of a meter and master that. Repeat until you can achieve 3.5m, which if memory serves correctly is what you are meant to be tested at.

    If you get that ok, you should hose through the rest of the test. If not, you could book a lesson or 2 cause you are doing something/s fundamentally wrong, which will be easy for an instructor to correct.

    The most common problems a learner will encounter during this exercise is
    A) throttle control. If you are winding on or off the throttle even a tiny bit it can/will stuff you up. Place you thumb on the switch block beside the throttle if necessary to steady your throttle hand during this exercise
    B) where you look. Simple, you look at a cone you hit it. So pick a point on the horizon and DON'T take you eye off of it - there are NO exceptions to this rule in this exercise. Spot the cones only out of your peripheral vision.

    Another exercise worth trying is to get in a carpark and do low speed figure eights using a couple of cones as centre points. Set them a comfortable distance apart and reduce as confidence builds. Same throttle control and where you look applies here too, except look where you want to be in a couple of seconds, again DON'T look at the cones - ever!

    Once you are happy doing this exercise, then try weighting your outside foot peg (only at low speed) as you go around a curve and see what difference this makes. What difference does a heap of weight make?
    Quote Originally Posted by Tank
    You say "no one wants to fuck with some large bloke on a really angry sounding bike" but the truth of the matter is that you are a balding middle-aged ice-cream seller from Edgecume who wears a hello kitty t-shirt (in your profile pic) and your angry sounding bike is a fucken hyoshit - not some big assed harley with a human skull on the front.

  2. #17
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    Bite me

    Quote Originally Posted by Riff Raff
    . If that slackarse man hasn't started teaching you by the next time I come down to Welly then I'll do it. Actually, do you really want Drew teaching you? Terrifying thought.
    That'll be enough outa you thanks woman! The more people that ride like me the better!
    I'll get off my slack arse soon, time has been a bit hard to come by lately, but I'll make a special effort over the next couple weeks.

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    welcome to the site
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    welcome to the site Mrs Fizz
    lol get a spatula under partners ass & tell him nothing sizzles till he teaches u
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  5. #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mrs Fizz
    I just got given a VT250F for Christmas due to my partner loving motorbikes and I love being on the back. I'm soo looking forward to learning to ride but he hasn't had the time to teach me so haven't had a go yet.

    Was anyone nervous first time on a bike? I had never been on a bike until I met my man in August but wow what an amazing feeling. Now all I have to do is find time to learn. Is it that hard if you don't even have a car licence?
    I would suggest you approach a crowd like DRIVE RIGHT in Onehunga. It cost about $280.00 to do a course, but its well worth the money if you a newbie. Do the effort to at least find out what they have to offer...you may be pleasantly suprised.

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    Welcome and congrats. As said before, Im sure there are quite a few riders in Wellington that are more than happy to help you out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by XP@
    It's ok if he dosent have time to teach you. Just give Andrew Templeton a call www.roadsafe.co.nz then any nerves you had will disappear.

    ( statistically it is better to get proper instruction )
    I second that. Give Andrew a ring and tell him where you are at, and he'll tell which courses to go on. You can even "rent" one of his bikes if you don't want to risk dropping your shiny new one. There is a Learn to ride half day course you can do before the handling skills one you must pass before you can sit learners test.
    I did both of these with him last year, and there were people there that had never ridden a bike at all. After a few hours they were riding round the car park and went on to pass Basic Handling.
    And he knows the right way to go about explaining and teaching....

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    Quote Originally Posted by magicfairy
    There is a Learn to ride half day course you can do before the handling skills one you must pass before you can sit learners test.
    That's a very good idea. Seriously consider it Jodi. Get the absolute basics sorted and then Drew can fine tune your riding and get you out on the road.
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    Andrew Templeton

    Quote Originally Posted by XP@
    It's ok if he dosent have time to teach you. Just give Andrew Templeton a call www.roadsafe.co.nz then any nerves you had will disappear.

    ( statistically it is better to get proper instruction )
    I tried the website you guys gave me but for some reason I can't get access. Is there any others that would be helpful?

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    Their wesite doesn't seem to be working, but you'll find their contact details here:http://www.sawyers.co.nz/roadsafe.html
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