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Live to ride, but always ride to live!What does the practical motorcycle test involve? |
The examiner will introduce himself and perform a licence and identification check, then help the candidate with the fitting of the radio and earpiece.
While accompanying the candidate to the machine there will be an eyesight check.
The candidate will be asked 2 machine safety check questions, then the examiner will explain how the test will be conducted and how the radio equipment works.
The examiner will then ask the candidate to get ready while he goes to his own vehicle, which may be a car or motorcycle (usually a car in Weston). He will do a radio test, and then ask you to move away, while he will follow.
During the test specific manoeuvres must be carried which include;
- The Emergency Stop exercise.
- An emergency stop is given on every motorcycle test and can be given at any time during the test. The candidate will be told the route to take and the examiner will demonstrate the signal that will be given.
- Wheeling / Stand exercise.
- The candidate will be asked to position the machine alongside the kerb and put it on its stand, then take the machine off the stand and wheel it across the road in a `U' turn. (Either a centre or side stand is acceptable, but a machine without a stand is not suitable for the purposes of the test).
- U-Turn exercise.
- Via the radio, the examiner will ask the candidate to ride the machine back across the road. The candidate will be asked to move off from a parked position and to turn the machine around to face the opposite way, within the road width.
- Slow ride exercise.
- If the candidate has not had the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to control the machine at slow speed e.g. at junctions, they will be asked to ride as if in slow-moving traffic as a separate exercise.
After the practical part of the test the candidate will be asked a question on `balance or carrying a passenger'.
The test will have lasted about 45 minutes, of which 35 - 40 will have been on the road.
If you pass and have a photocard licence, the examiner will ask if you want him to send your licence away. Most people are happy with that, and the new licence should arrive within a couple of weeks. If you have the old style licence, you will be given it back, with the pass certificate, and the forms for applying for the new licence.
Last changed: 21st September, 2007 at 9:18 PM
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