rruwalton
ISP Rep
At the age of 38 (soon to be 39) and after thinking about owning a motorbike for some time I decided to get on with it this week, and arranged my CBT for today.
So having never been on a bike this morning I joined 3 other people to learn how to ride, be competent on the road on a 125cc geared bike and collect my CBT certificate, which would then allow me to purchase a bike up to 125cc - There's some nice bikes http://www.phmotorcycles.co.uk/bikes/honda.html -
Now the 3 other people all had bikes at home and so had ridden before. Well after a promising start I went on to make mistakes and my riding went from bad to worse, I mean I was stalling the bike constantly - My head went down and my confidence went to the wall.
Needless to say after around 2 hrs, when it was time for a break, my instructor decided that I would need more time on the safe ground before going onto the road - NO CBT certificate today! In retrospect I would have been happier if I'd have had a break for 1/2 hr and then been allowed more practice.
Since coming home today I have beaten myself up about what happened, I'm one of those people whose mind works overtime!
However, my instructor is hoping to give me the extra practice and road ride on Monday after work.
I just wondered if anyone else had been through this. TBH, I am amazed people can get on a bike for 2 hours and be good enough to go on the road for 2hrs to then be allowed on the road, albeit it with L plates.
Fingers crossed for Monday
So having never been on a bike this morning I joined 3 other people to learn how to ride, be competent on the road on a 125cc geared bike and collect my CBT certificate, which would then allow me to purchase a bike up to 125cc - There's some nice bikes http://www.phmotorcycles.co.uk/bikes/honda.html -
Now the 3 other people all had bikes at home and so had ridden before. Well after a promising start I went on to make mistakes and my riding went from bad to worse, I mean I was stalling the bike constantly - My head went down and my confidence went to the wall.
Needless to say after around 2 hrs, when it was time for a break, my instructor decided that I would need more time on the safe ground before going onto the road - NO CBT certificate today! In retrospect I would have been happier if I'd have had a break for 1/2 hr and then been allowed more practice.
Since coming home today I have beaten myself up about what happened, I'm one of those people whose mind works overtime!
However, my instructor is hoping to give me the extra practice and road ride on Monday after work.
I just wondered if anyone else had been through this. TBH, I am amazed people can get on a bike for 2 hours and be good enough to go on the road for 2hrs to then be allowed on the road, albeit it with L plates.
Fingers crossed for Monday
























