Is the CBT Easy? | Motorcycle tips and tricks UK #1 | Honda CB750 Hornet
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- Опубліковано 7 бер 2024
- A video made specifically for the beginner rider FB Group. This is my first video in the tips and tricks series. It's not a perfect video as it's my first, but I hope it gives an insight into what to look out for on the CBT and common questions. If you want to know how easy or hard the CBT is, this is the video for you.
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Motorbike - 2024 Honda CB750 Hornet
Mods:
Black Widow 300m (no db killer)
Oxford Bar ends
Pyramid Rear Hugger
Puig R19 Crash Bungs
Quick Shifter
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Songs Used:
Song: T & Sugah - TumDaDaDum [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: ncs.io/tumdadadum Watch: ncs.lnk.to/tumdadadumAT/youtube
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Gear - Cardo Packtalk Edge, DJI Osmo Action 4, Purple Panda mic
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**********DISCLAIMER**********
Shot on a closed private road, Additional vehicles are stunt actors.
I took my cbt at 60yo after having driven for 40+ years and rented many (automatic) bikes and scooters on holidays plus a lifetime cycling, so plenty of road experience and expected it would all be a breeze, but this was my first time on an manual bike and while improving quickly still struggled to synchronise everything in the short time we had, i think i was trying to do it all too perfectly. on top of that it was real hot day and i was pretty hot and bothered. when we got on the road the instructor said he couldnt issue me the certificate because he didnt think i was safe, and i needed further training, and sadly i knew he was right, but i also knew it was just a bit more practice needed, so i went out a few weeks later on an automatic taking the gears out of the equation and pretty much aced it. i then bought a 125, with the intention of setting off real early and practicing in a supermarket car park, but when i got there at 6am, had made decent gear changes so just carried on up the dales, and an hour later wasnt having any issues at all, so id say to anyone don't get disheartend if you struggle a bit to start with, it's just a new skill to learn and you should get there pretty easily if you want to. It's well worth persevering, i love motorbiking, took a year to learn & gain experience clocking up 10k miles, then did a DAS & now have a full licence, just recently buying my first 'big boys' bike, & love it, im addicted now !!. GL
Well done but moral of the story is don't do manual 😂
@@snowpz know what you mean :), but i wouldn't feel like i'd learned properly without doing it, and now i'm fine. maybe i'll get an automatic in the future, something like a honda nc750x looks fun. GL
My cbt is tomorrow. Just watching some videos for a bit of extra confidence. Going to be doing it on my own 125 cc
How did you get on.
My CBT is in a couple of weeks
Im 16 in a week and have always ridden mountain bikes, road bikes ext. But ive always wanted to ride a motorbike and im taking my cbt for my birthday and ive been stressing a lot but the simple tricks and the friendly biking community are really helping so thank you
hey!! i hope your glad to know i just passed!! so exited to go out and ride and hopefully meet some new friends
Well done,enjoy,
When got my bike 125cc I struggled a little,after an hour in empty carpark doing clutch control I am now fine
Did you get your CBT?
@@TheRagingWookie Yes, Thank you
@@Adamski4 ayy well done bro :)
cheers bro appreaciate it, doing my test in not long so this video is great !
No worries, you'll smash it! :)
Just found your vids mate, I'm looking to doing my cbt in two weeks time, used to ride as a teenager, but got the bud 100% at 53 😆 looking at both the hornet and the CB650R too...
I much prefer the look of the CB650R, the way the Hornet rides though is much more up my street! :)
Great video and thanks for the advice!
I’ve got my CBT in Oxford next week so hopefully it goes well. Looking at the video I’m guessing you’re in the Benson area? I’m from Didcot so it’s cool to see some biking videos in my area
Sorry for the late reply! Yes I was at that time, I'm based near Banbury though.
I did my CBT yesterday and I was struggling with changing to 2nd gear without going into Neutral as I could put feel the gear lever with my motorcycle boots. It also took me a few tries to stop smoothly and not suddenly. My steering was tight according to the instructor and because of the steep learning curve with operating a manual motorcycle, I could not go out on the road and have to go back for further training.
Maybe I’ll go for automatic transmission as that’s somewhat easier to control.
Hey! No worries about not getting few on your first try, it happens to so many people! Something that you could do and is perfectly legal is do the CBT on an automatic bike, then buy a geared bike for yourself. You'll learn it in no time! :)
@@RevAndRideWithChaz Yeah, I think I’ll book for a Twist and Go type of bike (even though, my local training school has electric mopeds!) Question: would I be able to practice on a geared bike in say, empty car park? Next time I’ll do my CBT, here’s hoping that I get straight to Element C, as I failed that.
@@benford1253 Legally no. You're still in public land in the eyes of the law as it's accessible to the public. If the car park in question had a closed gate (Not accessible to the public) and you had land owners permission, then you can ride/ drive whatever you want.
However, you can do your CBT on the rev and go, then buy a geared bike, insure yourself on it and then you can practice in that car park with it.
Hope this helps, feel free to ask anymore questions.
just posted my similar experience above, you will get to grips with the gearing in no time m8
Yeah just go auto. I'm doing auto for my cbt this month, not even gonna try manual I'd be terrible and crash 😂
I appreciate that technically the CBT is not a "test", however roughly what proportion of trainees do not achieve the certificate first time. And roughly what percentage not at all?
I'm not aware of the statistics unfortunately. I do know that because it's up to the instructors discretion, it varies massively between training schools. I've heard of people falling off and running red lights and still getting the certificate. On the other hand the place I went to wanted to make sure we would be safe on the road before handing anything out.