restricted test

[Street Hawk]

Finally 6 months is up so i booked in for my restricted!!
been out trying to learn how to do the speed limit and drop a few bad habbits lol
test is on tuesday so if anyones got advice on do's and don'ts be keen to hear em

[Streetwise]

If your helmet is one colour put a sticker on the back so they can see you are searching. Trust me it does help.

[Blairos]

Heres a Thread that covers a few questions for you...

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=28355

[Burger]

Make sure you give way to your right at a four point intersection. Even if the old codger in the cage waves you through, you'll still fail.

Oh, and when you go to do it for the second time, make sure your L plate doesn't fall off on the way there, thats another $50 down the tube.

3rd time is the charm though... At least in my experience.

[WildBoarMouse]

Exagerate your movements. If you barely have to turn your head to check your mirrors, move it much more than you need to to make it obvious.

When/if you have to park on a hill (up-hill), apparently you have to point the back of the bike towards the curb. That was the one thing I got pulled up on. Doesn't make sense, but it didn't fail me so I didn't care.

The restricted test is pretty easy. You'll do fine so long as you know your road code and don't speed.

[Gremlin]

Exagerate your movements. If you barely have to turn your head to check your mirrors, move it much more than you need to to make it obvious.

Also, if a car pulls out ahead, don't just engine brake, touch your brakes as well, and in my case look to where the car was 10 seconds ago

The other thing they look for is head checking in roundabouts to your left, in case a car isn't stopping.

But just exaggerate everything you do.

[deathstar]

hey don't worry about it ... if i can pass i think anyone could and what i did was the gear ratio that my bike won't go over 55 in 3rd gear (well not without going above 67 thousand revs) so i stayed in 3rd

[Gremlin]

mmm, I did the opposite, jumped into 6th as soon as the bike would allow, so I had no power to accidentally creep over 50

[mynameis]

Interesting, I would be going for my one soonish and I had planned to go only up to 3rd gear to make I dont go over 50km.

Would be easy to break stop neg speed in roundbouts ect aye?

All the best

[Gremlin]

Interesting, I would be going for my one soonish and I had planned to go only up to 3rd gear to make I dont go over 50km.

Would be easy to break stop neg speed in roundbouts ect aye?

It depends on bike and what kind of torque it has. The reason I upshifted early was so I didn't hit the powerband.

I was still shifting down for roundabouts etc, like normal, just upshifting as soon as the bike was able to manage. Even on a little 250, hitting the powerband in 2nd or 3rd pushes you over the limit.

If you are sitting in the powerband at 50, it is very easy to creep to 60 and more, just with a change in road (or if you're lazy and don't keep a very tight control of your speed)

[TCT]

Hi, This may help. My daughter sat for her full last week - bit of a bugger as it was wet and drizzling! A few pointers from the examiner after the test and I was asked to hear him out! Three aspects was pointed out to her. On an open road, one should try to ride within one third of the inside of road. Riding the centre of your side of the road is not recommended due to possibility of oil slick from cars. Riding closer to the centre line on your side of the road is also not recommended as you may get "suck in" by oncoming trucks! The next one is the line that you will take when doing a big turn. If you are turning towards your right, the line of "attack" will start on the inside of the road as you are turning in and aim for the longest straight line (rendering your bike closer to the centre line) and out towards the inside of your lane - kind of make sense. He noticed that she was tilting (forward and backward ) her head when doing a stop on a traffic junction suggesting to him that she was using engine braking to slow the bike rather than more use of the brakes. Because he was following behind, he also noticed that she should probably be using higher gear (forth/fifth) in town drive rather than third on a 250 4/4. I am not sure I agree with him on this one as the 250 rpm gauge starting point is 3K right up to 18.K red line. You will be hard push to move from stationery in third gear (2nd gear is just about manageble). Other than that all good. One thing for sure....... Exagerate your movements.

Well, the finale...............she passed.

[Nicksta]

i wouldn't stress too much... mine was a very short ride round a rouondabout and down another road... when they ask you to stop/park, back your bike into the curb, they want to see that for parking safety... apart from that.. dont worry.. was the fastest 7 mins of my life... just make sure you put your foot down on the stop intersections and scan your mirrors, you'll do fine....

[Lias]

Restricted will be alot less dramas than a full.. My restricted last year was a simple matter of one big rectangle basically, took 5 minutes max.

Its basically common sense.
Keep the speedlimit (yet this means paying more attention than normal to it)
Always brake with both brakes.
Come to a complete stop at intersections and plant at least 1 foot on the ground.
When looking at intersections, be visible.. Dont just flick your eyes back and forth, turn your whole head so the tester can SEE you.

My 2 cents and good luck

[Squeak the Rat]

NZ seems relatively easy. I'm a kiwi but did my licence in the UK. When I was there another student got failed....

"To finish the test I've got a question"
"Ok...."
"What do you use a helmet visor for?"
"Ummm, to keep bugs and stones etc out of your eyes?"
"Very good, and why would you want to do that?"
"So you can see where you are going?"
"Excellent, so when you come back to sit your test again you'll know to put your visor down?"
"D'oh"

[mynameis]

It depends on bike and what kind of torque it has. The reason I upshifted early was so I didn't hit the powerband.

I was still shifting down for roundabouts etc, like normal, just upshifting as soon as the bike was able to manage. Even on a little 250, hitting the powerband in 2nd or 3rd pushes you over the limit.

If you are sitting in the powerband at 50, it is very easy to creep to 60 and more, just with a change in road (or if you're lazy and don't keep a very tight control of your speed)

Yeah nah mate, thats a good point, fact that if you are at 2nd 3rd or 4th would require a lot more control and attention on the throttle than just curzing on 5th or 6th aye Cheers Bud !