two wheels are better than four...

[Ben M]

... which is why on Sunday I am doing my CBT, after which I will be able to ride a 125cc motorbike with L plates.

So if you are planning on driving in Oxford on Sunday afternoon, maybe make other plans because I (and several other learners, no doubt) will be loose on the public highway!*

I've been warned that, as a cyclist, I'll be tempted to set off by dumping the clutch and stamping on the back brake, so I shall be watching out for that!

Does anyone have any other advice?



*I have a car licence, so don't actually imagine that I'll be a danger. This is a joke.

 

[classic33]

I don't believe that this thread has any place on a cycling thread. Especially, with the implied threat that there may be danger to cyclists in the area you are going to be riding your motorbike in, from you.

 

[boybiker]

... which is why on Sunday I am doing my CBT, after which I will be able to ride a 125cc motorbike with L plates.

So if you are planning on driving in Oxford on Sunday afternoon, maybe make other plans because I (and several other learners, no doubt) will be loose on the public highway!*

I've been warned that, as a cyclist, I'll be tempted to set off by dumping the clutch and stamping on the back brake, so I shall be watching out for that!

Does anyone have any other advice?



*I have a car licence, so don't actually imagine that I'll be a danger. This is a joke.

I done my cbt a few years ago from memory you just need to demonstrate that you are safe and be able to do a U turn in the road without hitting the kerb of course. I think that's about it really. The morning normally starts off road in a car park or such like going through a few cones then you have the on road part where you put everything learnt in the morning into practise for real.

 

[Night Train]

Does anyone have any other advice?

I did mine a just over a decade ago and then went on to get my full bike licence.

My advice, if you didn't already know it, is to look ahead at where you want to be on the road. So when doing a U turn, look back over your shoulder at the end of the road when you start moving and the bike will follow. Likewise, don't look at the pot hole, the curb or anything you don't want to hit, or you will hit it.

My CBT was mostly on a large carpark. Were were riding around a big oval set up with bends, junctions and random emergency stops. Then it was riding figure of eights with the cones being moved progressively closer to each other as we went around slower and slower.
The road part was a bit of an anticlimax after all that. We just looked like duckings waddling around with mother duck watching over us.

You will have to wear a helmet and hi-viz.

 

[asterix]

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*I have a car licence, so don't actually imagine that I'll be a danger. This is a joke.

Don't be over confident, don't expect other road users to be able to see anything as small as a motorbike. I took my bike test a few years ago. It was a very good way to refresh/improve driving ability as well as ride a motorbike.

 

[MarkF]

Did mine in 1979, the instructor saw me ride off on a designated route, he was still there when I returned to do my emergency stop to finish. He only saw me leave and return, that was how it was!