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pippatee

Alright lads ...

I had my test today in Tallaght ...

went like a charm, nailed the Rules of the Road ... controlled braking ... obstacle avoidance ... hillstart ... didn't miss a beat on the road ...

almost done after almost an hour(just around the corner from the test centre), and I did my u-turn ... no problems there .... instructor says ... "now we do slow control and we'll head back to the centre" ...


and the fu**in' clutch cable snaps .... so the test is abandoned ...

So I says ... "Ah sure I probably failed anyway" an he says "Nah, theres not one "X" on the sheet, you were flying"...


I mean sick is not the word ....

seanybiker

ah man thats tough look. An hour to do the test. I was only out on the road for about 15 minutes for mine a years back.

KamiKazi

That really sucks! :eek:

pippatee

seanybiker wrote: »

ah man thats tough look. An hour to do the test. I was only out on the road for about 15 minutes for mine a years back.

Yeah, an hour ... I think cos traffic was bad ....I was outside Shamrock Rovers stadium for about 20 mins just waiting ...

Zascar

Sucks! Sorry to hear that. He should have just given it to you.... I mean come on...

pippatee

Zascar wrote: »

Sucks! Sorry to hear that. He should have just given it to you.... I mean come on...

I know ... I was kinda hopin' he'd just tell me to follow him back in first gear an pass me ... but I rang the RSA and they'll let me sit the retest for nothing and prioritise my booking ... so all is not lost ...

Lilliput69

that is a tough break, hope u've put in for another straight away and put that u'd take a cancellation.

U'll ace it next time, btw my test i was riding round for over an hr, apparently it was just such a nice morning!!!!

PS could have been worse, i know of a guy that did the whole test, was told to pack bike at the test center, he thought it was in neutral, he let out the clutch and bike ended up burried in the wall and he got flipped over the wall, all will tester looking at him, needless to say his pass turned to a fail.....

MrJoeSoap

Lilliput69 wrote: »

that is a tough break, hope u've put in for another straight away and put that u'd take a cancellation.

U'll ace it next time, btw my test i was riding round for over an hr, apparently it was just such a nice morning!!!!

PS could have been worse, i know of a guy that did the whole test, was told to pack bike at the test center, he thought it was in neutral, he let out the clutch and bike ended up burried in the wall and he got flipped over the wall, all will tester looking at him, needless to say his pass turned to a fail.....

Hahaha brilliant.

OP, just think of it as a good pre-test, you'll be passed in a few weeks now hopefully!

Quint

pippatee wrote: »

I know ... I was kinda hopin' he'd just tell me to follow him back in first gear an pass me ... but I rang the RSA and they'll let me sit the retest for nothing and prioritise my booking ... so all is not lost ...

At lest you'll stroll it the next time

Interceptor

Bummer dude - chalk it up to experience...

'cptr

Try1ng

Hard luck mate, real bummer!

kowloon

That's plain nasty.

n.catenthusiast

pippatee wrote: »

I know ... I was kinda hopin' he'd just tell me to follow him back in first gear an pass me ... but I rang the RSA and they'll let me sit the retest for nothing and prioritise my booking ... so all is not lost ...

That's a sh1t one man.
If it's any consolation you shouldn't be waitin too long
had my test cancelled & put on priority like yourself (tester pulled a sickie)

Had my test approx 7 seven weeks.
So try not to think about it-you'll have an RSA letter in the door in no time!

pippatee

n.catenthusiast wrote: »

That's a sh1t one man.
If it's any consolation you shouldn't be waitin too long
had my test cancelled & put on priority like yourself (tester pulled a sickie)

Had my test approx 7 seven weeks.
So try not to think about it-you'll have an RSA letter in the door in no time!

Cheers ... doesn't seem so sh1tty today ... like you say, hopefully I'll be sorted soon ...

Run_to_da_hills

My gear leaver broke off just minutes after the test.

pippatee

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

My gear leaver broke off just minutes after the test.

:pac: ... Nice one ....

Run_to_da_hills

pippatee wrote: »

:pac: ... Nice one ....

I did my test in 1984 on a 1962 Triumph Tiger Cub 200cc, (Same bike today would be the equivelant power of a 50cc scooter) Even back then the tester was interested in the bike as most would have Jap at the time

Wossack

I'd read this before, and it sounded like a good idea... dont know how plausible it is though..

If you're putting a new clutch cable on it, it might be worthwhile to get two, and ziptie them together. Then run them as a single cable and just connect one of em up. That way in future if one breaks, its a relatively quick job to unhook it, and connect the other.

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Wossack wrote: »

I'd read this before, and it sounded like a good idea... dont know how plausible it is though..

If you're putting a new clutch cable on it, it might be worthwhile to get two, and ziptie them together. Then run them as a single cable and just connect one of em up. That way in future if one breaks, its a relatively quick job to unhook it, and connect the other.

Its easier just to lubricate your cables regularly.

OP how did you recover the bike?.

If that happens again, put the bike in first and start in on the electric start. The bike will jump forward but it'll bump start into life.

After that just change up gear as normal (but don't go flat out!). You won't change down gear without a clutch so break and let the bike cut out (at the lights), put it into first for the green light and off you go again.

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faceman

hard luck OP, thats awful timing. At least you know you wont have any problems next time.

pippatee

Celine Swift Equipment wrote: »

Its easier just to lubricate your cables regularly.

OP how did you recover the bike?.

If that happens again, put the bike in first and start in on the electric start. The bike will jump forward but it'll bump start into life.

After that just change up gear as normal (but don't go flat out!). You won't change down gear without a clutch so break and let the bike cut out (at the lights), put it into first for the green light and off you go again.

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That's what I did ... I couldnt jump through the gears for some reason, but I was only 5 mins from home, so I just drove in first ... judged the lights nicely so I didn't have to stop