SP #6 and RR #2

2 pracs for yesterday and today!

SP #6 - 8/2/15
RR #2 - 9/2/15

My second road revision (RR) today! How was it? It was really bad, but not as bad as my first RR last wednesday. Took my 2nd RR with 5 other guys, of which 4 of them are having their TP test tmr gosh. Only 1 of the guys and I are gonna take our TP next week....

First we went for warmup of 2 rounds around the circuit test route. For the first round, I entered the "S" course in neutral gear wtf. Guess I didn't kick it high enough or the gear just dropped to neutral on its own zzzzz. For my second round at my ebrake when I wanna stop, I didn't turn my handlebar to the centre and thus.... My right foot drop wtf. My instructor was standing infront and he gave me that "orh hor that's an immediate failure" look hahahhaa. Then we went out to the road.. When queuing up to exit bbdc, we had to do low speed control to slowly move up whenever vehicles exit bbdc and.... My right foot drop again wtf is wrong with me?!?! My instructor told me, "wah this stage already still right foot drop ah." Listen already I also feel stress.

Did 4 rounds today for our public test route and this time my uturning wasn't as bad as my 1st RR. But I guess nerves got the best of me, when I wanna move to the stop line at the uturn... I dropped my right foot for 2 rounds (out of 4) lah. *SHAKE MY  HEAD* fail liao lor really, well done joyce well done.

Before returning our bikes, we went to do 1 round of narrow plank, pylon slalom and ebrake. I think I went too fast for ebrake and step too much on my rear brake and guess what happened... My rear wheel kena locked, I ALMOST SKIDDED.. ALMOST!!!!!! My handlebar was moving left and right already and I immediately released my brakes and braked again.. Of cos I exceeded the stop line by ALOT.

I guess the toughest circuit courses for me will be the  S course, whether I'll hit the required timing and I still try my best to not exit the course so fast and Ebrake, sometimes my posture is wrong or I still do clutch in early. Practice practice practice!!!

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

RTP, RTT and SP = 5 hours at BBDC

Alas! My long awaited 13th dec saturday is here. I've been waiting so long to take my RTT so I can book my TP! Because I've been passing my prac 1x a week so I kinda regret not taking my RTE earlier hahaha.

Woke up at 7-ish in the morning to prepare to head out. I had booked 2 riding theory practice from 0825 all the way till 1005, followed by my riding theory test at 1030-1120 and then a self-practice (SP) practical session at 1130-1310! Yeah its like almost 5 hours at BBDC hahahah, specially opted not to work today (cos I work normally work on the weekends) just for riding.

Did a quick run through on the 5 riding theory booklets and quickly made use of every minute hahahah. I felt so nervous when I walked down from the 3rd to the 2nd floor for my RTT.. Because all I could think of was, "What if I fail?!?! I'll have to wait like 2 more months before I can retake my RTT and then book my TP.." Went to the test room and the TP person gave me a slip of paper with my PIN and seat number. Sat at my seat, waiting for more people to arrive. Saw this dude sitting beside me started googling on stuff like, "how to control a skidding motorbike". Hahahah!! Did my test.. It consist of 50 qus, must get 45 and above correct answers to pass my RTT! I actually finished it in like 5-10 mins BUT! Being the cautious person I am, I went to review all my 50 answers again.. Actually I got confused with 2 qus but yeah. Submitted my answers and went to view my results...

I got 48/50!

Bet my 2 incorrect answers were the ones I got confused at hahahaha. Went to grab some food before heading to the motorcycle office to wait for my SP session! Yesyesyes this is my first ever self-practice practical so I was a little lost hehhhh. I was ready to grab my bike when Vincent said, "Why you never wear elbow and knee guard!" hahahahah I told him "oopsssss sorry I didnt know! It is my first time taking SP hahaha." Wanted to practice my uturns first so I told the instructors there if I could use the mini circuit for uturns, they were really nice and helped lay out the cones for me.

There were 2 instructors there, presumbly taking 1.03 prac, I know they are quite the "old bird" there, like the chief instructors kind.. They helped correct my posture and stuff, what to do and all. Of course I felt the pressure and stress to perform well since they're very experienced and I was afraid of doing it wrong. Subsequently I could do it (I think)! I went round and round the mini circuit several times wahahahha bloody retarded but then I prolly only had kena 2/3 times went off course/my right leg slipped. I was still very wobbly lah but I guess I have to slowly work on my uturns. Then I went off to the main circuit to practice my courses!

It was damn fun doing any courses I want?! Of cos SP will be cheaper cos there won't be any instructors guiding you. But sometimes at certain courses, some helpful instructors will give me pointers on how to improve my courses or help me to clock timing for plank or "S" course. I prolly went like 4-5 times around the circuit test route before heading back to return bike. The 100 mins really passed by damn quickly!!

Haven't decide whether to book another SP or to go for my 7.01 first but I'll prolly do either 1 next week. Good luck to me!!! :D