Didnt get a single minor fault my ride was spot on as i expected, my confidence was sky high...

But i put my bastard, arsing, twating, soding, fooking, pigging, titing, fannying, shitty foot down on the U turn a yep u guessed it

Cant get in while 7th june either


This is so annoying. I rode perfect, but cos of a turn that ya dont do and doesnt make you a safe rider on the road i failed God im doo pissed of

 

sorry to hear it mate - better luck next time

 

Gutted for a Lee.

I was the opposite, couldn't do the turn with putting my foot down whilst learning, bit did a faultless one on my test.

7th of June ain't long mate

 

wounder, still can only try again!

 

cheers lads. Yeah its a bit upsetting and im annoyed with myself...i did 5 perfect u truns prior to going into the test centre....i just got too complacent on the actual one in think!!! I reckon if id bolloxed the ones up previous i would have concentrated more and done it!!!


Ah well...summer will be over when i get the bugger on the road

 

Unlucky mate

I know what you mean though....its almost impossible to do on a sports bike anyway!!

 

I did the exact same thing on mine the first time. 0 minors then foot down




guarantee you nail it the next time

 

Unlucky mate. 7th of June isnt too far away though as said. You'll still have loads of summer left to enjoy the gsx

 

John Laverick


didnt take it on the gixxer mate....on a kwak ER-5..

Well i look on things that happen in life as meant to be's....so i suppose i will have to with this.. Its fooking 58 quid retest and 50 quid bike hire so i must pass next time....its getting costly

If i dont get that u turn next time im riding straight back the the test centre Did it at beginning of test so knew all way round the rest of test id failed

 

that is misery.

i did the same, but the examiner was sure that i didn't need to have put my foot down to stay in control of the bike during the manouvre so he let it go.

it's a largely irrelevant manouvre anyway in day to day riding anyway so why is it part of the test? i suppose that it does demonstrate a basic control, but putting you rfoot down just as a confidence boost rather than to help the manouvre should not be a fail for the whole test if everything else went well imo.

 

sorry to hear it lee but it was prob ur choice of song you was singing wasnt shane ward by anychance

 

Sorry dude see i would have jumped on the bars and done a rolling donut and said "that u-turn good enough mate".
Unlucky dude good luck for the next one they say the 2nd pass driver is the best also mybe that fail will save your life in the future make you a better driver.

 

When i did my test the bloke followed me round in a car!

To say it was the easiest test i've ever done is an understatement, I spent half the time waiting on the side of the road for him to catch up.

I actual hit the kurb on my U turn but coz the bloke was on his way back to get in his car, he missed it

Not taking the piss or anything mate, your safer in a car anyway

 

did mine in 87 the tester did it on foot lol dived out from behind a hedge for the emergency stop

mind you it was in devon main form of transport then was a massey ferguson pmsl

 

 

aye he followed me in a car. But was stood watching closely as i dropped the foot

foreigneRS


I agree, its a manouvre i will never use once i pass....not worth risking dropping the bike when ya can walk it round SAFER My instructor was furious about it too Says it pisses him off that someone can do a ride with no minors and fail on the U, but yet someone else do the U right and get 15 minors and pass....i mean whos the safest FFS?

 

pmsl Jay u coont not Shane ward only will....

 

Thats what I meant.....you can do it ok on a sit up and beg learner bike....but trying to do it on a sports bike is V difficult. So whats the point, I just drag both my feet all the way around

 

shame that Lee

the best of us pass second time round though

 

john
whats so difficult about it mate?
the sports bikes have a much tighter turning circle and it becomes a caker in comparison IMO

 

what did u fail on chop?


Id be less gutted if id failed on the road.....the u turn is like a lottery

 

Unlucky mate

As said though, plenty of summer left by the 7th June

 

I just find my bike quite unstable at low speed because the steeing is so twitchy! Also the throttle comes right up against the tank so you end up revving it to about 10k whilst doing 2 mile an hour!!

I just find it much easier with my feet off the pegs

 

i do agree John. As i say unless its a wide road i wont ever do a U after my test.... its not worth fooking about imo. Even Dave my Instructor doesnt do them...apart from showing us mere mortals

 

its a bit hard to describe properly but theres a roundabout here that has a bus lane going straight over on LHS but cars must go straight over in right lane and other side of rabout is only 1 lane. It hadnt always been like that. I came to rabout to head straight across and got stuck at front of queue on rabout for AGES! i was in the correct lane(RHS) but eventually when i got to go i mega over did the checks and began to head towards left lane as you would normally go across in. i realised my mistake as i was on white line and did life saver to correct lane. Still failed though even though i checked and knew nothing was there

passed second test with 0 minors because i was that determined! like you i had already bought a bike and it was sitiing waiting for me! was about this time of year 3years ago. i couldnt get a test until 6th june think it was i passed!

 

feet down like the scootay boys

know what you mean about throttle touching tank and hitting 10k revs LOL

in a few months you'll realise its not hard at all. i felt the same to begin with.

 

Thats a shitter Chop....especialy when it was clear and you checked...

Whats annoying too is friday, my last das day, we did a really tight downhill mini roundabout that you have to turn almost back on yourself and go up hill again at the third exit. I said to Dave christ i hope i dont get that route on my test its a fooker of a turn.... Well i got that route and pissed round it


TWATTING U TURN WANTS BANNING

 

meant to say my mate failed his test about 2 months ago and guess what on?

they must make plenty ŁŁ out of retests because of U turn failures

just stick in and dont lose heart. it'll ALL be worth it!

 

I agree Chop. I really think they want to keep rider numbers down and thats why the u turn exists...

I mean where is the sense in this

Joe gets 15 minors(which is shit) and u turns perfectly.. Examiner passes him as he has displayed that he is safe to ride solo on the road...
Lee gets 0 minors but puts foot down on U turn, Examinier fails him as he is not safe on the road...ROFLMFAO...load of bollox isnt it!!!

Any ROFLMFAO i have emailed the DSA

Question being how does a U trun display wether or not a person is safe to ride solo on a motorcycle even if the said person gets 15 minor faults, whereas a person with no minors has displayed he is safe but didnt do the u turn perfect due to a little exam nerves...

Wont make no difference i just wanna see what shit they come out with

PMSL...its like a student getting every question right in an exam, but cos they didnt show the working out on one question they fail the whole lot

Yes i am bitter

 

Very

 

as was i! cossie had gone up in smoke. used the insurance money to buy a bike which was sat in the garage. When i failed it was sunny everyday and i had no other transport. it was a month before my next test. yes i was bitter

 

its sunny here now...Boo hoo i wanna go out on it!

Glad i aint bought a lid, cos my pateince and sensibleness would have been tested to the hilt....

 

i failed my bike test first time Lee...

For lifting the front wheel for 150yds down a local dual carriageway























































Not really i locked the back wheel on the emergency stop for a split second.
Fooker caught me between 2nd & 3rd gear

 

unlucky m8



sure youll be fine next time

 

dangerous - reyland


pmsl!!

Aye i made sure i tootled in 3rd before i got round to him. Stop was fine, it all was fine except that fooker of a u turn,,,

TBH it was probably my worst u turn ever. I just didnt think

 

You`ll get it next time

 

Good luck on the next one mate should be a walk in the park.

 

Hope so...

Cant beleive how gutted i feel ........ Its like it hasnt happened and my test is tommorow or sommat

 

Reynolds you complete spaz!!!!














































i done exactly the same thing on my first test!! was the start of december and then the next 4 tests i had were cancelled due to bad weather then i passed with no minors hang in there mate