Today I did my last 2 hours at the moto-school after 5 months of riding on my own; so now I can (finally!) book a date for the exam. They said the next possibilty is the 7th April (everybody wants to ride as spring is here), so I will book an exam for that date tomorrow.
The exam is actually quite tricky, there are a lot of manouvers that you need to perfom without putting a foot on the ground (slalom, 8's, riding on a narrow board, 10 meters at min 12 seconds, panic braking). You have two attempts, but all the steps need to be correct in one of the two attempts...
I'm gonna do the exam on a Kawa ER-5 (belongs to the school), it's much lighter than the Kat and easier to handle at low speeds... but sucks big time in comparison to the Kat on the freeway
I keep telling myself that this will make me handle the bike much better at low speeds, but still I feel the pressure to get it all right on the exam day... it costs an arm and a leg if I have to do it again (about 100 euros every time). Wish me luck! I'll be practicing with the Kat as much as possible (see this PDF for a description of the manouvers if you're interested).
Do you have to do these kind of things in the US or Canada too, to get your license?
The exam is actually quite tricky, there are a lot of manouvers that you need to perfom without putting a foot on the ground (slalom, 8's, riding on a narrow board, 10 meters at min 12 seconds, panic braking). You have two attempts, but all the steps need to be correct in one of the two attempts...
I'm gonna do the exam on a Kawa ER-5 (belongs to the school), it's much lighter than the Kat and easier to handle at low speeds... but sucks big time in comparison to the Kat on the freeway
I keep telling myself that this will make me handle the bike much better at low speeds, but still I feel the pressure to get it all right on the exam day... it costs an arm and a leg if I have to do it again (about 100 euros every time). Wish me luck! I'll be practicing with the Kat as much as possible (see this PDF for a description of the manouvers if you're interested).
Do you have to do these kind of things in the US or Canada too, to get your license?
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