Sitting your Restricted License

**JK12** · 20th November 2010, 11:46

Originally Posted by GOONR

I did mine @ Quay Street @ 8am.........

Hi, mine's at 8am as well. Will motorway riding be done ?
thanks bro

**GOONR** · 20th November 2010, 11:49

Originally Posted by JK12

Hi, mine's at 8am as well. Will motorway riding be done ?
thanks bro

Didn't do any for the 6R

**Latte** · 20th November 2010, 13:37

Haha at 8am from Quay st you'd be riding a long time to find a piece of motorway not doing ~15kph.

**JK12** · 5th December 2010, 02:51

the tester @ Northcross told me I can go at any speed on the motorway but he wants me to do 80 max for the 6R test

Radio+earpiece provided. I recommend wearing a jacket for the test so that u can put the walkie talkie set in it.

what I went through:

pull over x1
give way intersection x5
stop intersection x3
u-turn at cul-de-sac x4
roundabout x3
traffic light x2

remember to signal left for at least 2-3 secs b4 pulling over. both feet on ground. then when he give the move ahead command, signal right, turn over yr shoulder then go when it's clear.

as for making a u-turn @ cul-de-sac. I wasn't so sure about the correct way. what i did was, signal left, move bike to far left of road, signal right, turn head over shoulder and full turn. never even put my foot/feet on road or stop.

20 mins around the block, 2 mins on motorway (oteha - greville)

to first timers @ northcross: park ur bike down there and walk up to the 1st floor. dont just walk down there on ur bike. gud luck

**Tubala** · 5th January 2011, 17:47

Hi all,

Looking to sit my restricted before the end of Jan and just wondering if anyone knows anything about the test route in Cambridge.

Thanks!

**St_Gabriel** · 6th January 2011, 15:09

Originally Posted by Tubala

Hi all,

Looking to sit my restricted before the end of Jan and just wondering if anyone knows anything about the test route in Cambridge.

Thanks!

Sorry Tubala, dont know the route as I did my restricted test at 5 Xroads in Hams. Please let me know the route afterwards and what the examiner was like, as I will probably do my full in Cambridge and would think that there would be some commonality in the routes (though full is more thorough and longer). Hopefully do my full around end June

**The Everlasting** · 6th January 2011, 16:25

I wouldn't worry too much about the route,when I did my test,I had no idea of the route i would take,but the instructions are very clear,and mostly easy to follow.

The testing officer said almost everyone passes their restricted test,there are very few that fail,and if they do fail,it's not because of lack of rider skills/motorbike control etc..,but because they broke the traffic rules ,if that happens they just terminate the test.

**Tubala** · 7th January 2011, 18:17

I guess the only thing I really wanted to know is where the u-turns are, there are some pretty crappy streets out here lol.

Thanks for the replies anyway.

**St_Gabriel** · 7th January 2011, 19:02

I practiced them shedloads before my test, only to find out that the u turns I did was 360 degrees around a roundabout. Was quite disappointed really. Really the test was a piece of piss. Try to relax and ride normally and it should be sweet (by normal I mean whilst still adhering to all applicable rules/laws)

**Fatt Max** · 7th January 2011, 19:09

Originally Posted by The Everlasting

I wouldn't worry too much about the route,when I did my test,I had no idea of the route i would take,but the instructions are very clear,and mostly easy to follow.

The testing officer said almost everyone passes their restricted test,there are very few that fail,and if they do fail,it's not because of lack of rider skills/motorbike control etc..,but because they broke the traffic rules ,if that happens they just terminate the test.

Excellent advice, mine was the same. Just ride as you ride, remember the basics and dont panic. You can never be 100% assured of the route because the road changes every day with road works, accident sites, spills, all manner of things, That in itself is good practice for a rider.

Good luck, you will be fine and dandy

**rastuscat** · 15th January 2011, 18:39

It would be a pity to know the route anyway. You'd be so damn focussed on the route that you'd forget that it's the riding skills that matter, not the specific road you are on.

Getting good on one particular route means you'd probably be a numpty anywhere else.