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cor..when i took my test i had a little man with a clip board standing on each street corner as i rode by,, is there anyone else on here that has taken that test...???? i didn't fail first time and i'm still a good rider...just get it booked again and do it...its a hoop you gotta jump through if you want to ride a bike..!!

Bad luck m8, i failed first time as well, not all my own fault, an hours slow riding round town before the test saw me flatten my battery and my indicators stopped working and the Examiner wouldnt let me carry on with hand signals. Better luck next time

Eh i had 3 goes at my car test 30 years ago5 or 6 at my HGV 1 long story, bike test first time 5 years ago, mind you after 15 years on the road with a truck you must learn something about driving riding and Alex is i Blooody good instructor

unlucky fella, chalk it up as another experience.

the 400 is worth persevering for

Unlucky Tom, Just one of those things.

Don`t let it get to you, pick yourself up and dust yourself off and try again.

that sucks. Next time you will pass, just get in at start of the month. Ahh well never mind. I did my test in yeovil, in the rain and i hate the rain, just ask anyone on here. Oh yeah, sorry to say i passed first time.

billinom8s wrote:that sucks. Next time you will pass, just get in at start of the month. Ahh well never mind. I did my test in yeovil, in the rain and i hate the rain, just ask anyone on here. Oh yeah, sorry to say i passed first time.

Yes but you passed on a horse and cart. It was much easier back in them days, some folk even had electricity.

sorry to hear that mate, well you know definetly what to look out for nex time.

unlucky,sounds like you did everything right and didnt cause a accident so cant see how she can fail you for being safe and not causing accident.
anyway at least you know what to do next time

Don't worry about it too much mate, you've obviously learnt alot and that will always stay with you, so well worth the money.

What they say about all the best bikers failing first time is true, I for example did pass first time and they call a crash a 'funky'...

Chaoscustoms wrote:

Funky wrote:
What they say about all the best bikers failing first time is true, I for example did pass first time and they call a crash a 'funky'...

Only on here........ you want to hear what they call ya down the pub !!! lmao

It's alright, i started those rumours to make everyone feel better about themselves.

unlucky mate keep at it, i took a 3 day intensive course and managed to pass 1st time but i was about 23 ish at the time and i have no doubt that if i had been anything under 20 i would have either failed or passed and subsequently done myself some serious damage (i had about 3 decent car crashes before i was 20).

Don't stress tom.

I failed mine first time and i went with oyb training (alex & Gren) i was failed for being too yes thats right TOO observent!!!!

I was supposidly checking my blinds too much!

i'd riden 50's and 125's for about three years less than ten years ago, yet the guy with me on the training hadn't riden in 20 years! een thou i was far more confident all through the training he passed first time.

I took my retest about 2 weeks later, i took the attitude of i really dont care and passed with one minor for acelerating too early approaching a national speed limit sign

mike

wow mike,i can now say i know someone who failed after training with alex,there doesnt seem to be many compared to some of the others

I did the chap on the corner test, he failed me first time for cutting right hand turns, which I really could'nt understand as he never saw me doing one, then again he was a right 'fish' who was checking his moustache in his rear view mirror as he drove off .

I trained with Red Star Training ( based on Marsh Barton Est.) in the late eighties, really nice guys if any one remembers them!

Don't worry Tom, feels crap now but feels great when you finally do pass !