Kadu87

You can't practice until you get through the CBT. I'm with Bender on the bicycle idea. Its not a question of months. It could be days. Any old sh1t bike will do. Just get on it and ride. Not even fast. Balance is most important at LOW speeds. its moving off and stopping that causes most people difficulty. Also looking from side to side. You need that for your shoulder checks (lifesavers). When you can ride a bicycle in a figure of 8, stop and put your foot down you are a good way into riding something with an engine. Good luck. Thanks for the advice. Will have plenty of time to practice as they are fully booked for cbt until the 21st of September It sounds like whoever you used were tossers pure and simple. Hope they didn't take your money if that is how it actually went. I took two days to complete my CBT. I am not a natural on the bike. And it probably had something to do with making a couple of BMW and Merc drivers shit their pants as I careered at them round a corner, unable to turn. As you say, you've found another place. Hopefully they'll do more 1on1 and help you get settled a bit on the bike. Mine got us to use our throttle hand with nothing else, just to get the feel. Then as Bender says, get a 125 and practice every single chance you can. Is exactly what I am doing. Good Luck Hell yes, they've took the money. I wouldn't been bothered about £130 if they've actually showed interest on my progressing but I do start to feel like I was robbed well, I'll just let that pass as in life you do have a lot to learn from bad experiences. And thank you

Well the way it gone yesterday was something like : the instructor showed me the controls of the bike and then gave me no more advice. He was expecting me just to do it straight away. I did teach people in the past to drive cars and I never actually expected them to drive a car just after telling them what's doing what on the car.. And actually support them and give them advice. I suppose with the CBT it should be the same. The attention of one of the instructors should go with the one that actually struggles and not both instructors to be on the ones that are there for refresher CBT And you can't fail a CBT but they do make you feel like you do when you have an experience like I did yesterday

Thanks for all the replies and sorry for the late answer but I was stuck at work. It's probably been 20 years since I haven't been on a push bike. Would you guys think that should I just get a push bike for a while and start riding that and go for motorcycle training after a few months? This new company that I found they do actually have a rolling road for you to practice and start feeling the controls of the motorbike before they get you on the training ground, which for me seems to be a good idea. The main issue I had yesterday was that I couldn't feel and control the throttle and obviously the speed wasn't fast enough for riding the bike

Thanks guys. Booked in already with another company. Told them what happened earlier today and they were a bit shocked.. Hopefully this time will go the way it should've

Hi guys. Feeling miserable now after failing my cbt today. Was 1st time on a motorbike and everytime I've got the bike moving I've felt like I'm losing balance and put my feet down. After 3-4 attempts the instructor told me that it isn't for me. He was probably not bothered as the other 3 people there, they been on bikes before and they got going straight away. So far I've been driving everything that has an engine fitted, from cars, to bussed and 44tones trucks except motorbikes, but he actually made me think that bikes aren't for me. What would be your advice? Thanks in advance