isitafox

Did my CBT last week after years of umming and aahing. I've been riding bikes since I was 3 on and off (I'm 33 now) so well practiced in general riding, clutch control, gears, etc but I was still really nervous, more so with the addition of thinking about indicators and the fact we all wore full face helmets (I'm claustrophobic and hate wearing a full face!). There were 3 of us on the day, should have been 5 but 2 didn't show. The other two were a lady my age who's husband surprised her that morning with the days plans, she did the test on a moped, and a guy who had never driven a car or bike before so was his first time in control of something with an engine. We got lucky with the weather as it was pretty clear, not too cold and not too windy (the test centre is in a bad spot for wintery weather) and so the off road section was pretty steady, no problems just getting used to riding a road bike and looking over my shoulder, looking when approaching junctions and stuff. The only bit I was a bit slow with was the emergency stop and turning in the road as being a trials rider I naturally favour the front brake so had to stop myself from using it over the rear. Really enjoyed the road ride, instructor was great, clear, the roads we went on I knew which made things a lot easier for me when we had to negotiate 3 busy roundabouts one after the other and I was quite sad to get back to the test centre. All passed no problem so now I'm just on the lookout for a bike, got a few pushbikes to move on before I do however but I'm hoping to get sorted before Xmas with something along the lines of a Honda XR125 and then get my full test done before the Summer depending on how I get on.