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I think you can do your theory before your CBT. I've never understood how a 16 year old can be let loose on the road after the CBT. It's not even a test! Even took me a few months to get fairly confident after passing the direct access.
I do enjoy it a bit much now, especialy when the baffles fall out officer ;D
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Last Edit: Nov 9, 2009 18:33:56 GMT by craig
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For the standard test (not direct access)...what size bike will I have to take it on? it will be on a cg125. i did the test you are looking at doing, according to my instructor he said the only difference between the restricted and direct access was that you do it on a bigger bike with direct access and you have to do over taking on a dual carriage way. where as you don't need to show any overtaking on the restricted. this was about 9 years ago tho when i was about 17. best advice i can give is to make sure to cancel your indicators and remember your observations - observations are one of the most important things, life savers especially.
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Cool.. piece of pee then!
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Your car is not 'epic', this thread is not 'epic'....the OCEAN is epic, the UNIVERSE is epic.... please stop misusing this word!! It would appear Hotrods are the new VWs - aint fashion funny! '69 BUICK LESABRE 350
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I did my CBT then Direct Access in 2001 and bought a 600 Hornet. I wish I had bought something much smaller engine wise instead of that rocket,... pooped myself waaaay too much ![:o](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/shocked.png) I will get on a bike again in the future, but it is going to be a cruiser/bobber for easy riding ;D
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My younger brother has ridden modern bikes for years, but I fancy doing my test and getting either a Dnepr/Ural/Cossack, or one of the Chang Jiang BMW copies.
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I'd wouldn't mind getting a moped one day.
Correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't there a cut-off point where a car licence holder can get on a 50cc moped without a CBT or L-plates? Anyone know if that is true & when that is??
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I'd wouldn't mind getting a moped one day. Correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't there a cut-off point where a car licence holder can get on a 50cc moped without a CBT or L-plates? Anyone know if that is true & when that is?? you have to have passed pre-01/01/2001
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Your car is not 'epic', this thread is not 'epic'....the OCEAN is epic, the UNIVERSE is epic.... please stop misusing this word!! It would appear Hotrods are the new VWs - aint fashion funny! '69 BUICK LESABRE 350
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JS - there sees to be a bit of confusion with the power limits here... Take a standard (125cc) test and you'll be limited to a 33bhp bike for two years (25kw). 35kw is the minimum power requirement for a bike to take DAS on. TBH I'd go for direct access anyway - the bigger bikes tend to be a damn sight easier to ride than a tired old CG125! Better brakes, more progressive clutch, nice and comfy, I even found the U-turn easier on a CB500 than a CG125 or CLR125. Still dropped the CB on a lesson though. ![:-[](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/embarrassed.png) My bike's only 33bhp (even though I'm not under any restriction) but it's still awesome fun! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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My fleet: Suzuki GSX-R600Y SRAD with bald, melted tyres A borrowed Mondeo
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I'd wouldn't mind getting a moped one day. Correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't there a cut-off point where a car licence holder can get on a 50cc moped without a CBT or L-plates? Anyone know if that is true & when that is?? you have to have passed pre-01/01/2001 But if you passed after you just need to do CBT to ride a moped for an unlimited amount of time. I passed 21/10/2001, I was 32 nearly. My license shows I have full moped but I require CBT to use it.
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tbh, i was 33bhp restricted, bought a bandit six and never bothered restricting it, for my sins. had a mx125, with a lot of goodies that made about 29bhp too, although prob wouldnt of been legal due to power to weight ratio.
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![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v670/hairnet600/irish%20october%20weekend%2009/P251009_1023.jpg) the one on the left 3 hp - the one on the right 100hp ![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v670/hairnet600/P251009_1133.jpg) which was more fun that day ;D
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Ahhh, somehow I got in my head I would be allowed 33kw...not hp
oops! Still, I can ride a 500 easy enough, cant see a test being particularly hard
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Your car is not 'epic', this thread is not 'epic'....the OCEAN is epic, the UNIVERSE is epic.... please stop misusing this word!! It would appear Hotrods are the new VWs - aint fashion funny! '69 BUICK LESABRE 350
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its not too hard per se, the test is easy to pass as they drill the procedures into you. its alot more intense than car driving though as theres alot more to be aware of and more required of you, its harder in that respect. do your homework and listen to the instructor as they do know best, youll do fine
don't get into the train of thought that because youve been riding it will be easier - it will more than likely work against you. when i did my test there was 3 in our group, i hadnt done much road riding prior, neither had the other person, we both passed no problem. the third guy had been riding a 125 on a cbt for about 3 years before hand and his mother was an instructor with the school. he was full of 'easy, easy, easy' but he failed miserably. no need to guess why. apparently its quite common for that to happen, so id take it on with a fresh mind as though youve never been on the road before.
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If you're going for the 2 years at 33bhp route be sure that the 125 you use for the test has enough power or you could get stuck at 125cc unless you take another test. I don't know the power requirement but a Vespa PX 125 wasn't powerful enough while a Vespa T5 (also 125cc) was. Probably more modern test bikes are all powerful enough but if you took the test on a BSA they might look it up and find it wasn't powerful enough.
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its not too hard per se, the test is easy to pass as they drill the procedures into you. its alot more intense than car driving though as theres alot more to be aware of and more required of you, its harder in that respect. do your homework and listen to the instructor as they do know best, youll do fine don't get into the train of thought that because youve been riding it will be easier - it will more than likely work against you. when I did my test there was 3 in our group, I hadnt done much road riding prior, neither had the other person, we both passed no problem. the third guy had been riding a 125 on a cbt for about 3 years before hand and his mother was an instructor with the school. he was full of 'easy, easy, easy' but he failed miserably. no need to guess why. apparently its quite common for that to happen, so id take it on with a fresh mind as though youve never been on the road before. Some sound advice there, same thing happened on my test 1 of the 3 was a courier who had been on the circuit for 5 years he had a vfr750 but no license and was the only one who failed. To be fair he was a know it all and payed little attention to the instructor. Will never forget doing 120 chasing the instructor on his 1000 down a open road, we had 600's otherwise he would have got a whooping ;D good fun and important training I felt. Bikes rule ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Did my test in '99 on a Honda CM125 twin. Luck must have been with me that day because the tester said I was possbily the best rider he had seen. I asked what he meant and he said I just did everything exactly as I had been taught and I wasnt doodling along like an amateur but was confident in accelerating up to speed on dual carriageway etc and bold and fluid in my manouvres. Something like that. After I had my licence I bought a Virago 535 which wasn't restricted but who the hell is going to check! Got rid of that anyways and downsized to a Honda 250 dirt bike shortly after that anyway. I do like me Hondas Very rarely ride these days, partly due to owning dogs and wanting to take them with me, but its nice just to have a bike as you know at the back of your mind you can still get to somewhere if the traffic is gridlocked.
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Last Edit: Nov 11, 2009 1:37:42 GMT by datman
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Ive got to add to this thread, bikes are better then cars. OK, yes, i said it. Ive had bikes in my family with dad, grandad, mum and me. Its literally a way of life, i rode bikes for 3 years before i even had a car licence. I was lucky enough to take my test in 95 and pass so i could ride anyhting i wanted then. By the time i was 18 i'd owned bandit600, FZR600 and at 18 bought a 6 month old VFR750FV. Where is this going? well, basically, remember that sense of freedom, speed adventure you got when you first had your car test? remember the excitement of learning a new vehicle what it can do and what you can do with it, well magnify that by about 50 and you have bikes. simple as that in my book ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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If you are going to pass your test then get a move on as the laws are about to get messed with by the eu again. The main aspects of the new requirements are: œ Motorcyclists - The current two categories of motorbike will be replaced with three - A1 (up to 125cc), A2 (up to 35Kw) and A (above 35Kw) - and new rules introduced for riders of larger bikes. Riders wanting to progress to larger categories of motorbikes will have to take additional training or a further test and there will be a rise in the minimum age from 21 to 24 for those wishing to start riding larger bikes without previous experience. Holy Cow!!! I'm glad I'm old and just passed on a 125 and rode anything after that. I mean, I'm not dead or killed thousands on the roads yet so cant be that bad for motorcyclists to just pass a test like car drivers surely?
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thats why they're changing it
should have add ons for the car test too apart from the theory and hazard -not much changed since 1935
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