Motorcycle
practical test explained
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Vehicle
safety check questions and eyesight test
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Before
you actually start your practical riding test you will be asked to read a number
plate to prove you can meet the eyesight requirements. You will also be asked
two machine safety check questions before moving away.
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The
practical test
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After
the usual pre-test preliminaries e.g. licence and identification check the examiner
will help the candidate with the fitting of the radio and earpiece.
While accompanying the candidate to the machine the examiner will explain how
the test will be conducted and how the radio equipment works.
The law requires anyone riding a motorcycle, scooter or moped, with or without
sidecar, to wear protective headgear securely fastened. The test cannot therefore
be conducted unless the candidate is wearing properly secured protective headgear.
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Test
manoeuvres
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During the test
specific manoeuvres must be carried which include:
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.
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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 when carrying a passenger’.
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