Help! Lots of it

[Speedracer]

When I did my basic handling, cost $110 all up bike and gear included. (3 years ago)
And guess what?
There was no time limit and I was the only guy there. 1 on 1 tuition. I did it down in the old winter show buildings carpark. (near newtown)

The guy made me do much better than the passing standard. I picked it up pretty well and it took a couple of hours. He said some people are quick, some people take a while but they all get it.

It was all done on a nice heavy 250cc bike too (VTR?), so it wasn't easy.

I wish I could remember the name of the outfit!

[gummibear]

Yea! i found someone to help me on sunday, now what do you guys think I should work on for the bhs? Speedracer-man that sounds like an awesome deal, at roadsafe it's for learn to ride its $130 for learn to ride, then another $130 for the bhs+$60 bike hire at roadsafe, but it is worth it i guess. And the location would be ten times better for me too, i could walk there instead of begging parents for a ride or catching the train!

[quallman1234]

I caught the train for many years girl, Harden up. . I also used to bike 120kms + a week. - Now i have my bike hehe .

Tell us how your lesson on sunday goes .

[Maha]

When I did my Basic Test I had never riden a bike in my life, I did one lesson for about an hour just to get the basics before I passed, so I don't think you really would need days of practice to get it..... Think confidently and good luck!

Yeah its like picking our nose really innit?...cant really fuck that up can ya?....

[HenryDorsetCase]

Yeah its like picking our nose really innit?...cant really fuck that up can ya?....

if you see brain, you've fucked it up.

trust me on this

[Rosie]

Yea! i found someone to help me on sunday, now what do you guys think I should work on for the bhs?

The motorbike road code, and the ltsa website should have a list of all the things they cover for the BHS test, which should give you ideas of things to practise.

Practise lots of starting and stopping, so you can use the clutch nice and smoothly. Once that is going well, practise changing up and down a gear, and then practise weaving through 'cones' (shoes, tennisballs cut in half etc work well).

You'll get there with practise! I drive a manual car, and it still took me ages to figure out the clutch on a motorbike.

Good luck!

[RnB Fan]

LTSA web site is best for explaining what you need to know for your BHS. Practice all the "slow stuff" as from memory BHS was all about bike control - riding around cones, riding slowly in a straight line and braking.

Good luck and have fun.

[Wasp]

I have a bandit and we have plenty of bucket racers (small bikes) that you can use if interested

[gummibear]

Ok, 2nd chance tomorrow, and I feel ten times better about it now. I've practiced on the fxr a few times and found it way easier! I can start, stop, change gear, turn, brake, basically everything in the bhs except cone weaving, but i'll practice that today hopefully. But even though I feel so much better, i'm still not sure if I can pass, but am very determined to. I'm not sure if i'm just more confident now, but the gns felt so much harder to do things on than the fxr is. I also think the seats on the gns should be thinner, it's way too fat! So once again, any advice?

[Rosie]

Good luck!
For cone weaving, you really just need to practise, so you can figure out the lines to take, and get the flow going. Two little bits of advice though: Always look where you want to go; and, little short bursts of throttle will help the bike to stand up, if you feel you're losing your balance, a little blip of the throttle should get the bike upright again.

[gummibear]

I passed! Its incredible, i crashed and absolutely sucked but still passed! Rosie, your advice worked excellently, and thanks to everyone else too. Scratchie tomorrow, i can't wait!

[CookMySock]

gummibear, your friendly and helpful bikeshop should hire you a shiney little 125 that you can putter around at the park on. We paid 50bucks for my wife for a whole day. She was utterly bored with it after 3 hours.

Congrats on passing !


Steve

[Gummie]

feels good when its done.

[breakaway]

Nicely done. Now I think what you need is a mentor to come around and show you the ropes.

I remember my BHS on my RG150 2 stroke demon. I remember the tester was like "If you over rev I'll take points off". It's a bloody 2 stroke

[gummibear]

Yea, learners, its so exciting! All you peoples ideas sound fantastic, i'll try them all! I can't wait till tomorrow, to go gear searching and shopping! You bikers must have so much fun, this is all so exciting for me, almost as good as actuali riding. For gear, what do you guys prefer out of patterned or plain helmets?