Omg the CBT test is EASY. I’m 24 have been driving for 7 years and like to think I have common sense.
I was really nervous when I first booked my CBT, I knew it was done in one day but also knew it was possible to fail! I booked it for a Saturday it cost £120 and I had to turn up with boots and jeans at 8am on a school playground, that was it.
I turn up at 8am with my boots on no idea what is going to go on. I meet Dave, he’s 40+ ginger long hair, classic biker. One other person is doing the CBT, it’s a girl and she’s done it before (2 years ago) for some reason this makes me feel at ease.
So in the morning first we discuss the rules of the road (wow I didn’t realise how much I’d forgotten) telling me about the speed on dual carridgeways with and without central reservations. We then go over the basics of bikes, learning about the clutch, gears, front brake and back brake. Moving on we do circles around the playground, have cones set out for figures of eight, left and right hand turns and emergency stops. It gets to about 1pm and Dave says we are ready to go on the road oh sh*t.
So it was actually easier than I thought, we drive round some some housing estates and on some nice country roads. We take it in turns who is driving at the front (oh and don’t forget we have bluetooth one way headsets with instructions at all times). I fell off when turning right in a housing estate, I kind of accelerated to much then I couldn’t turn and the bike just skidded out from under me. I thought that was it I’d messed it up, but Dave explains its fine and we carry on riding for about another hour.
And that’s it I’ve passed! I get my certificate and it lasts me two years. Next step: Motorbike theory test.