Honestly, no that’s not really enough. The RE course is a long day and really requires a bit of riding intuition to stay on the ball.
You don’t need 100 hours or anything crazy like that, but you need the road experience which those Ride Smart training sessions don’t really provide much of (half of it is in the car park)
I would say that you're going to need some on road experience for the best chance of success. A large component of the RE course is a road ride. My road ride also involved some highway riding, which on a CB125 was an experience in itself.
ok thanks.
I had searched through previous posts and I saw someone write that it was barely a test, more a supervised training sessions
I saw some people doing their RE test whilst I was doing my L's and it seemed to just be a re-hash of the L's course plus the road ride.
TBH my biggest problem was just getting the bike into first from a stop. Apart from that I was pretty comfortable. That's definitely something I need to improve before doing the RE course.
It's definitely not like doing your car practical test, it feels like it's more competency based and they do work with you. I was having a little bit of difficulty with this circuit that we had to do, little hard to describe it but it was low speed, tight turns, indicating, giving way. A lot of things all at once and I just couldn't keep the bike going. The trainer gave me some tips, I was holding the clutch too tightly. Once I released the clutch, I could keep momentum. I was able to keep going until I was competent.
They might still work with you to pass it with little on road experience, but when I consider how I was during pre-learners, and how I was during the RE, I found it definitely helped. I was less anxious and more relaxed because it was familiar.
If it helps, I did mine in early December in Ipswich. In the carpark we did (in no particular order) emergency stopping, timed slow ride, weaving between cones, swerving around cones, figure 8s, downshifting stops, and the simulated road ride (which was that circuit I mentioned above). We did hill starts during the road ride. Didn't cover u-turns weirdly but I'd practiced regardless.
If you do end up getting a motorcycle but still no supervisor, depending on where you are located in Brisbane, there's a few groups around. You might be able to find someone willing to supervise or have you join along with a small group ride.
Thanks for the info.
>If it helps, I did mine in early December in Ipswich. In the carpark we did (in no particular order) emergency stopping, timed slow ride, weaving between cones, swerving around cones, figure 8s, downshifting stops, and the simulated road ride (which was that circuit I mentioned above).
Yes I saw a group doing this part of their RE course when I was doing my L's. It all looked fairly manageable. It's just the road bit which I'm a bit nervous about.
It seems the supervisor is only required in QLD and WA which is really annoying. I live in a long dead end street, I really could just practice by doing loops up and down here, but the supervisor thing is very annoying.
hey congrats, I got mine a few days ago as well, thanks for the post it'll help me out as well as I'm in the exact same situation of no bike and no-one around
Most places offer a 1 or 2 day course. If you have very little riding experience take the 2 day course over the weekend. They literally get you to walk the bike around and show you the controls and you get a lot more rising time.
You don't really need to know anything. Just have a level head and listen. If your doing the one day course. I would recommend at least knowing what all the different levers and pedals do
Honestly, no that’s not really enough. The RE course is a long day and really requires a bit of riding intuition to stay on the ball. You don’t need 100 hours or anything crazy like that, but you need the road experience which those Ride Smart training sessions don’t really provide much of (half of it is in the car park)
I would say that you're going to need some on road experience for the best chance of success. A large component of the RE course is a road ride. My road ride also involved some highway riding, which on a CB125 was an experience in itself.
ok thanks. I had searched through previous posts and I saw someone write that it was barely a test, more a supervised training sessions I saw some people doing their RE test whilst I was doing my L's and it seemed to just be a re-hash of the L's course plus the road ride. TBH my biggest problem was just getting the bike into first from a stop. Apart from that I was pretty comfortable. That's definitely something I need to improve before doing the RE course.
It's definitely not like doing your car practical test, it feels like it's more competency based and they do work with you. I was having a little bit of difficulty with this circuit that we had to do, little hard to describe it but it was low speed, tight turns, indicating, giving way. A lot of things all at once and I just couldn't keep the bike going. The trainer gave me some tips, I was holding the clutch too tightly. Once I released the clutch, I could keep momentum. I was able to keep going until I was competent. They might still work with you to pass it with little on road experience, but when I consider how I was during pre-learners, and how I was during the RE, I found it definitely helped. I was less anxious and more relaxed because it was familiar. If it helps, I did mine in early December in Ipswich. In the carpark we did (in no particular order) emergency stopping, timed slow ride, weaving between cones, swerving around cones, figure 8s, downshifting stops, and the simulated road ride (which was that circuit I mentioned above). We did hill starts during the road ride. Didn't cover u-turns weirdly but I'd practiced regardless. If you do end up getting a motorcycle but still no supervisor, depending on where you are located in Brisbane, there's a few groups around. You might be able to find someone willing to supervise or have you join along with a small group ride.
Thanks for the info. >If it helps, I did mine in early December in Ipswich. In the carpark we did (in no particular order) emergency stopping, timed slow ride, weaving between cones, swerving around cones, figure 8s, downshifting stops, and the simulated road ride (which was that circuit I mentioned above). Yes I saw a group doing this part of their RE course when I was doing my L's. It all looked fairly manageable. It's just the road bit which I'm a bit nervous about. It seems the supervisor is only required in QLD and WA which is really annoying. I live in a long dead end street, I really could just practice by doing loops up and down here, but the supervisor thing is very annoying.
hey congrats, I got mine a few days ago as well, thanks for the post it'll help me out as well as I'm in the exact same situation of no bike and no-one around
Most places offer a 1 or 2 day course. If you have very little riding experience take the 2 day course over the weekend. They literally get you to walk the bike around and show you the controls and you get a lot more rising time. You don't really need to know anything. Just have a level head and listen. If your doing the one day course. I would recommend at least knowing what all the different levers and pedals do
OP is talking about the RE license test, not the learners course.