full licence practical question

**Blakamin** · 13th September 2004, 15:08

Originally Posted by Paul in NZ

Had dads 3rd best cork crash hat from the 30's as well!

Paul N

that would've helped

and i think i can swing a cbr250 for a day... not buying another bike just for a course

**HanaBelle** · 15th September 2004, 10:47

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Thirdly, good luck with your full licence test. I'm sure somebody will come to the party with a suitable 250. You'll notice a significant difference returning to one of these after the 800...

But Im not riding the 800! (really, Im not so dont go looking for me on the road Mr Spuddude et al)...And actually, Im kinda worried I will stall the 250 or something freakishly stupid due to expecting it to take off the way the 800 (would do if I was riding it but Im not, see) does. So I will take it out for at least an hour before the test time to settle into it again, some.

I feel a lot calmer about the test reading the posts, but will need to modify some things about the way I usually ride, like leaving my right foot on the brake at stops.

As for the one day CBTA course, well I did find out about that and applied to do it but it seems that the LTSA have this issue with anyone who has previously travelled slightly faster than allowed on a long flat South Island straight (Mr Plod sat at the end of the passing lane with the speed cam, nice) in a beeeg grunty rental car, go figure. 147km, 500 bucks and 50 demerit points later and I didnt have the necessary "clean licence" they require. Oh well, that'll learn me.

Hana

**AMPS** · 15th September 2004, 10:56

WATCH YOUR SPEED. There is only a 5km/h tolerance on tests.
I don't think they're using intercoms yet, so the hazard recognition part of the test may not be the same as the car test.
Otherwise ride normally, give plenty of indication, watch following distances and don't be over-cautious. If there's a safe gap, take it.
Lou

**HanaBelle** · 15th September 2004, 11:02

[QUOTE=dhunt]They are normally (ex)motorbike riders themselves and are pretty clued up if someone can ride a bike or not.

You know I found this with my restricted test. The AA guy who took it opened conversation with me with "so, youve been riding for a while" and commented that I had done a fair bit of practicing if I had only been on the road for 9 months. At the time, he had only seen us ride into their carpark and judged on that!

Im just worrying because it wont be my bike and I wont have ridden for 3 weeks. Kinda wondering if I did it ass-about-face but hey, yesterday I found out that the Harbour Bridge is NOT a hill (which it was on the EL250) and is, in fact, completely and utterly FLAT. That was pretty fun.

Hana

**Artifice** · 15th September 2004, 11:31

ah lessee, you aint stopped till you put your foot down.
and hmm... oh. you're supposed to be able to do the u-turn without putting your feet on the ground. lol.

i remember riding around for about 5 years on my restricted. then i bought a 400cc bike. and had to borroiw a 250 a few weeks later to get my full liscence. it was hard getting used to such high handlebars again. and his darn gearbox was upside down.

**Paul in NZ** · 15th September 2004, 11:37

Don't worry!

The only hard part of the test is the bit where you have to jump the Goldwing (it only runs on one cylinder so you are ok) through the flaming hoop over the vat of acid full of Alligators (acid resistent ones) do a quick right hander (watch for the diesel spill) to avoid crashing through the front gates of the Mongrel Mob's HQ and finish with an Emergency Stop procedure on a black ice skid pad surrounded by razor blades...

Easy Peasy

Nah! Stress less... You will do fine!!

Paul N

**Blakamin** · 15th September 2004, 11:47

Originally Posted by Paul in NZ

Don't worry!

The only hard part of the test is the bit where you have to jump the Goldwing (it only runs on one cylinder so you are ok) through the flaming hoop over the vat of acid full of Alligators (acid resistent ones) do a quick right hander (watch for the diesel spill) to avoid crashing through the front gates of the Mongrel Mob's HQ and finish with an Emergency Stop procedure on a black ice skid pad surrounded by razor blades...

Paul N

I might have to take up walking!

**dhunt** · 15th September 2004, 12:48

Originally Posted by HanaBelle

And actually, Im kinda worried I will stall the 250 or something freakishly stupid due to expecting it to take off the way the 800 (would do if I was riding it but Im not, see) does. So I will take it out for at least an hour before the test time to settle into it again, some.

Relax. I'm sure you will get back into it pretty quick.

The hardest part I found was he rattled off several directions for me to follow and by the time I had got to the 3rd or 4th direction I couldn't remember what to do. So was going straight through an intersection and I saw he was indicating so I turned as well (nice wide sweeping turn which involved going a bit on the opossite side of the road). I thought I've stuffed it now. But when we stopped he said he wasn't going to mark me down for it as it was obvious I was confused. Better to rely on his indicating.

Regarding hazaards you drive round a couple corners and stop and have to identifiy the hazards that you came across. Don't forget the instructor behind you is also a hazard. Cats, dogs, people, cages etc.

Hope that helps.

Good luck with the test.

David