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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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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.
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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