RC #4 and SP #5

Hey guys!

This week I went for 2 practice sessions:
RC #4 (Circuit Revision) - 29/1/15

SP #5 (Self Practice) - 31/1/15

Initially I only intend to go for RC this week but I have a friend who asked me if I wanna go for SP today, so I agreed. More practice, confirm will be beneficial right! Plus today my deal got cancelled so I'm not working today. Was late for prac today cos bbdc carpark got no parking lots wahlaoooooo!! Drive to bbdc so many times and this is the first time I encountered no lots. Waited awhile in the end I went to park the car opposite the centre's multistorey carpark since my friend and I were running late for our SP session already. And I found out the price is so much cheaper than parking at bbdc!!! hahahah.

Did lotsa uturn practices today during SP cause I have a Road Revision (RR) session booked for next wednesday so I wouldn't wanna fall down on the main road when uturning LOL. Extremely hot weather today, tryna tahan throughout the entire 100 mins. AND! I think I noticed that everytime during weekends, the instructors tend to be more cheery and smiley? HAHAHA that's what I feel lah. I've only been to 3 weekends prac out of 20-ish pracs and I noticed that. Prolly cos its the weekends LOL.

Both my RC and SP sessions this week were quite alright. Think I still have some mistakes to work on.. Like,

- Exiting the Figure 8 "S" course really fast = wide turning
- Stopping at neutral gear

- Incorrect posture at ebrake station

- Wobble when stopping

Awaiting my first RR session next wednesday! WHOOPPPP :D

SP #4

SP #4 (Self Practice) - 23/1/15

8 days since my last practice! Booked an early session today.. Session 3 at 11:30am because I havent been to any practicals this week yet, my weekends are meant for working, and the previous days I've been working as well so today is the only free time I got.

Anyway to summarize the performance I had today, IT WAS TERRIBLE!!! I made so many mistakes such as..

- Exiting crank course in neutral gear
- Fell off plank.. Havent even reach 1/4 of the plank then fell off LOL.
- Not stopping in gear 1 a few times
-  Not hitting 30km/hr at my ebrake station.. Unknowingly went to close throttle in the middle already
- Never change signal to left when going down the slope

And many more I don't remember. Plus! I wanted to try to do uturning at the traffic light junction since I only tried it at the mini circuit last week, it will give me a more "realistic" feel since there'll be other vehicles..

My first try was just plain HORRIBLE!!! Here's a badly drawn image below depicting my first try doing uturning at the traffic light junction on my own.....

I'm supposed to stop behind the stop line, wait for green light, move forward and turn handlebar to the right and stop again, then uturn to the 1st lane... The red arrow shows what I did for my first try HAHAHAH!!! I don't know what happened to me or maybe my bike kena possessed lah, My wide turning was srsly damn crazy bad until I almost wanted to go against the traffic or gonna mount kerb HAHAHAHA OH MY GOODNESS. I think some people saw my crazy stunt lah, damn paiseh but! I quickly turned handlebar and braked more so I didn't do any of the crazy things I said that might happen..

Exited and went one round around the circuit, then I went back to redo my uturn. Okay guys I managed to uturn without wide turning or going into some other lane or whatnot LOL. Felt so happy for awhile!

Yeah so my performance is kinda inconsistent, I have my good days and bad days during practices.. Last week I had a really productive SP session and today is just BLAH. Got so much to work on and my TP test is just 25 days away.. How ah how?!?!!?

Have already booked 2 RR, 2 RC and 1 more SP throughout this 25 days till TP. Seeing my shitty performance today makes it seem my current amount of practices are severely inadequate!

SP #3

SP #3 (Self Practice) - 15/1/15

Took my 3rd SP session in my entire 2B course today! Btw it cost like $14.98 (nonpeak) so its so much cheaper than RC and RR, or any other practical lessons. The downside is that there won't be any instructors to guide nor give comments about your performance, but the brightside is bo zeng hu, can do whatever you want (no government) HAHAHA just kidding, sometimes instructors who are stationed at certain courses will give me advices and comments about my performance too. SP is mainly for people who already know where they're weak at and can mainly focus on that course they want. For example, you can just spend the entire 100 mins doing your Figure 8 "S" and crank course, nobody can stop you. Or you can spend your 100 mins doing uturns HAHAHA!

Before that I was in a bloody rush to get to bbdc! Cause my university convocation is on saturday and I had to quickly drive to school to collect my guests' invitation cards, quickly drive back home to get changed for bike SP session then quickly drive to bbdc hahaha. Yeah I'm graduating!!! Oh my gosh the one thing I hate about some Singaporean drivers is THEY DO NOT SIGNAL!! And, slow drivers hogging the first lane argh. Okay so anyway, I made it to bbdc on time hahaha. Moving on~

Did lotsa rounds about the circuit test route, but sometimes when I see certain courses that are damn crowded I'll just skip and go to the next course hahaha. Halfway through the 100 mins I went to the mini circuit to practice my uturning as well! Azad was there to give me comments on how to straighten my bike when I'm moving from the first stop line to the second stop line before doing my uturn. Even though the last time I did uturning was more than 3 weeks ago (Uturning is one of the test requirement that scares me, I have a phobia of my right leg dropping to the ground or wobbling), surprisingly I did fine!! Although there was only one time I accidentally strike the cone hahahaha, cos of wide turning. These 4 things are always on repeat whenever I do my uturns,
1) KIAP FUEL TANK SUPER TIGHTLY
2) DONT BE AFRAID TO THROTTLE
3) STEP ON FOOT BRAKE
4) LOOK FAR FAR AWAY

Although I still feel a little nervous when I was gonna uturn.. Idk how I'll fare if I do on the road but I felt pretty happy knowing I can do uturns in an "okay manner" in the mini circuit after such a long break heh.

Did all my circuit courses.. Once I entered the Figure 8 "S" course in neutral gear ahahaha omg made me wobble and almost strike kerb and once at ebrake, I didn't kick my gear high enough from 1 to 2 so I throttled alot in neutral gear, then there was a "VROOOOOOOM!!" sound ahahah luckily there weren't anybody at the ebrake course LOL.

Very productive day today, although the sun was blazing hot like mad!! My eyes were squinting when I was riding in the direction of the sunrays ahahaha. My thighs and arms were having a mini sauna party with my long sleeve top and jeans as well LOL. And to the guy I saw at the right turning stop line today, hello there!! I hope you passed your prac 4.01 today :D

Will probably go for another SP or RC session next week, see you next week bbdc!!

Countdown to 2B TP:
33 days

RC #3

RC #3 (Circuit Revision) - 7/1/15

Back to bbdc again!! It has been more than 2 weeks since my last time being on a motorcycle.. Do I miss it? YOU BET!!! I didn't go for pracs cos there were still quite some time left to my "judgement day".. Which is my TP test hahahah. Bumped into my primary school friend at the bbdc entrance, plus my secondary school friend (who was taking the same RC prac as me!). Actually they were the ones who called my name yet I need to ask who they are before knowing I actually knew them lol... So laokui ley me. It's crazy amazing how people can change so much in a span of few years!! If they still are able to recognize me, does that mean I still look like a kid?! Ok I digressed.

Took my 3rd RC in my entire 2B course, to date, with 4 other guys and the instructor we gotten was Syahir!! He's the only instructor whom I have the privilege to attend his pracs so many times!! Around maybe 4-5 times already? So today I was the only person waiting for TP, while the other 4 guys were either in their prac 5 or waiting for prac 6!

Did 2 rounds of the circuit test route as a warmup first. As I didn't attend any prac for more than 2 weeks, I felt so foreign to the motorcycle hahaha! Took me like 5 mins to get used to it... Initially I felt damn wobbly and stuff. Hence its really true, what the instructors said.. To go for pracs at least one time a week so we wouldn't lose the feel of the bike! Yes, tested and proven... At least for me lah.

Then we went back to the circuit test route board for a briefing on general riding and stuff, how to lane change properly etc.. After the briefing, we did narrow plank first, pylon slalom, ebrake, figure 8 "S" course, crank course, right turning and lastly slope!

If y'all know, I really love doing narrow plank! It gives me this sense of achievement when I can stay on it hahahaha. But for the past few sessions I had fared really horribly on narrow plank :( BUT BUT BUT! I think the narrow plank feel struck me back today, and I felt so good doing the plank! My average timing was 8.35-8.60 secs today. Plus I didn't wobble badly anymore!! Pylon slalom was alright. Moving onto ebrake!

Okay this ebrake ah... Sometimes can sometimes cannot? Initially I started to slow down even before I reached the line to close throttle and brake hahhah I was travelling at 28-29km/h (we gotta hit 30km/h) or I pressed my front brake too hard abruptly (very very dangerous!). Subsequently after corrections I got the hang of it! Then to the figure 8 "S" and crank course!

Deep down I'm still a little worried about hitting below the 11 seconds mark for "S" course! So I did my "S" course, taking a deep breath before checking left blindspot and moving off.... Surprise surprise, my instructor told me my timing was 9.60 seconds?! Wahhh freaking amazed lah, cos I'm damn noob one.. Always 10 seconds + or close to 11 seconds.

Now if only I can hit such timings for my narrow plank and "S" course during my TP test hahahah.

Did right turning and slope after, both were alright! Then we headed back to return our bikes. Today's 100 mins felt like it flew by damn quickly!! Did a debrief and I guess right now for courses I must work even harder for my ebrake hahaha. Will try to go bbdc for SP/RC/RR at least once a week so as to not lose the feel of the bike.

Countdown to 2B TP test:
41 days