Hi everyone,
I'm here to ask a question and having browsed the forum and seen the helpful and friendly advice being administered, I'm sure you'll be able to help!
I'm currently 19 years old and riding an old Yamaha YB100 (with an astonishing 8.6hp) daily but I am looking to pass my full test and progress. Unfortunately (and please correct me if I'm wrong!), the law states that even if I pass my full test, I'm limited to 33hp until my 21st birthday. If I were to pass my full test before my 21st birthday, would there be any point in me attending the school? I understand that it is not a track day and speed is not everything but I could understand there being some insurance issues or something like that.
The reason I ask is that I have a little bit of the common "cornering phobia". And I can put it down to one of three spills (and the only one that could be seen as my fault, promise!).
It was an icy morning and I was going down the same road I commute down every morning. It is never gritted and I had a few slips and slides which I had corrected by pure luck before. As I approached the corner, indicate, shoulder check, turn in, slam. It was only at around 10mph, as I was turning a right hand 90 degree turn but it damaged my jacket and my footpegs on my lovingly restored bike. I have never really recovered from that and fear leaning the bike as I always feel like it's going to slip out from under me again. It seems to take some of the fun out of riding for me.
The reason I come to tell my life story (sorry about the waffle) is that I saw a Cagiva Mito (125) on a roundabout I routinely use last Sunday. He had his knee down which though silly on a public 30mph road, really showed how much grip and lean angle could be obtained on the roads.
Sorry to waffle on, and thanks in advance!
Rufio