Restricted Licence HELP ME

**knight rider** · 8th June 2006, 18:58

Originally Posted by SPman

Dont cut corners when turning into sidestreets - or turning out of sidestreets

by cutting corners do you mean going from right to left of the lane? or going to close to the edge?

**knight rider** · 8th June 2006, 19:01

Originally Posted by crashe

Stopping - put both feet on the ground and make sure the bike aint moving at all.

do i put both feet on the ground at the same time or one quickly after the other? I tend to always put my left foor down first as my right foot is on the brake

**mud boy** · 8th June 2006, 19:08

knight ride, I was 10 when I started rideing and the first thing I did was crash into a tree

**knight rider** · 8th June 2006, 19:09

Originally Posted by mud boy

knight ride, I was 10 when I started rideing and the first thing I did was crash into a tree

arrrrhhhhhahahahaha I guess you learnt the hard way not to do it again

**Str8 Jacket** · 8th June 2006, 19:15

Mate I was just like you before I went for mine a month agp. The test really is a peice of piss, just like everyone told me..... Once you get started you'll probably laugh at yourself for being so nervous. I had an earpeice for mine and the guy followed me in the car. He would tell me what lane to be in when going into roundabouts etc. You'll be fine just stop like you normally would and then once you've changed to neutral or stopped put your other foot down till you start again. Hey if I can pass you'll be sweet!

**knight rider** · 8th June 2006, 19:18

did you use to own a 250?

**Str8 Jacket** · 8th June 2006, 19:21

Originally Posted by knight rider

did you use to own a 250?

Yes. Why?

10fc

**knight rider** · 8th June 2006, 19:23

I thnk I met you about 2-3 months ago on a newbie ride in wellington

**Str8 Jacket** · 8th June 2006, 19:25

Originally Posted by knight rider

I thnk I met you about 2-3 months ago on a newbie ride in wellington

Ah, you might be thinking of someone else. I wrote my 250 off about 9 months ago...

**bell** · 8th June 2006, 19:28

All good advice there. My examiner greeted me with "Right, let's make this a quick one shall we?"....it was the last test on a Friday afternoon naturally. Tried to book the same bloke, same time for my Full test in a week or two. No such luck.

Best advice I can give for a test situation is probably that you make your head movements really obvious when checking mirrors and doing your shoulder checks. I can quite happily check my mirrors just by moving my eyes but I've been warned that the examiners like, or rather need, to see your head moving (cos they sure as hell won't see just your eyes moving...).

Yeah, relax, just ride as legally as possible. Really try not to go over the limit, even by 3 or 4 k. Remember that their speedo may say 56 when yours is reading 53. You know what I mean?

Best of luck. Any other q's just ask.

**knight rider** · 8th June 2006, 19:29

Originally Posted by Str8 Jacket

Ah, you might be thinking of someone else. I wrote my 250 off about 9 months ago...

ohh no hope you didn't get hurt

**metric** · 8th June 2006, 19:31

a couple of things I tried to remember, dunno if listed already:

* not to travel faster than 50kph
* check my mirrors and move my head (shoulder checking too)
* if asked about hazards include the instructor as one
* give room for the instructor to pull out too
* @ stop signs, put both feet down in neutral

hope that helps

edit:

but the test itself? not too bad... I remembered everything I needed to - funny thing was, teh instructor told me about three times prior to leaving that I could NOT lose him in traffic or he'd fail me - so at a roundabout I ended up waiting for approx 45sec (seemed like ages more) for a break in the traffic... we get back and he's like "Hesitated at that roundabout didn't you?" uh no I just did NOT want to lose you in the traffic...

**knight rider** · 8th June 2006, 19:33

putting both feet down in neautral? can I just hold the clutch in?

**Str8 Jacket** · 8th June 2006, 19:33

Originally Posted by knight rider

ohh no hope you didn't get hurt

Umm, well kinda but not really... I was wearing jeans when I wrapped myself and the bike around a pole out the back of Martinborough. Got lots of drugs and gas and stuff and felt great for the rest of the night -felt awful the next day. Severe bruising but no permenant damage from that accident (my brain was fucked years ago) - I was really lucky!

**knight rider** · 8th June 2006, 19:36

Originally Posted by Str8 Jacket

Umm, well kinda but not really... I was wearing jeans when I wrapped myself and the bike around a pole out the back of Martinborough. Got lots of drugs and gas and stuff and felt great for the rest of the night -felt awful the next day. Severe bruising but no permenant damage from that accident (my brain was fucked years ago) - I was really lucky!

is that the reason for the 150? at least yoour still alive. Hopefully thats a god thing