Well as some of you know by now I failed my first attempt at the module 1 due to my excessive use of the throttle as all was going well until I was told I was going too slowly. So I just gave it far too much as a result and ended up in me clipping a cone on my second go at the avoidance test.
For those who are about to take the module 1 you may find this part of my DAS Diary interesting as I will give you my experiences on each exercise as experienced by myself on the day, including faults made by myself. I will refer to each section as I took it based upon the left hand side of the track as per the diagram below.
You will be tested either on the left hand side or the right on the day; this is up to the DSA examiner at the time of the test. The numbers on the diagram correspond to each manoeuvre. I will give you my experience of the test based on this.
I would start at 1, but your test starts way before this as the first thing you are expect to do is ride onto the test track after the gate has been opened. You will be scored on observation prior to moving off onto the test track.
Having moved onto the test track you will be asked to stop and to put your bike into neutral. You will then be given a quick brief by the examiner as a reminder that he expects you to ride as if you were on the road and not to hit any cones!!!!
1. Having moved into the test area and after your briefing you will be asked to ride into your garage to perform the stand and manual handling test.
Make sure you don’t try and ride straight in as you will be on an angle so ride forward and use as much room as you can then turn and park up between the cones as depicted in the diagram. You are given the choice of the left or right section for some bizarre reason at the time. I choose the first 4 cones to my left. As always make sure to make your observations and perform a life saver to the direction you are turning.
Once stopped make sure you put the bike in neutral then switch off the engine then get the bike on the stand and get off. I picked up a minor for this as I did not ensure my bike was in neutral prior to turning off the engine and getting off the bike. Having realised my mistake I said to the examiner that I had not put it into neutral prior to getting off and was allowed to correct my mistake.
To be continued....... So please don't quote or reply to this as I will be editing this post tomorrow with additional info.
