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Okay, I think we are live now. So, we just do an audio check. I can hear audio. That’s good to That’s always a good thing. Always a good thing on a live stream. So, welcome back to another Ry Rise Club live stream. Uh today we are going to be doing another instructorbased live stream. Um as usual we will have Rich join us today and this will be an opportunity to learn some new insights into riding wherever you are on that sort of journey whether you’re CBT post CBT or looking to become a bit more advanced with your riding. It’ll be a great opportunity to ask any questions you may have about riding. So I’m going to go ahead and bring on Rich right now. There we go. Got Rich up on the screen. So Rich, if you’d like to give an intro. Yeah. Hi everyone. Good to see you, Danny. Um, so I’m I’m Rich War. I’m the owner of Art Rider Training in Essex. Um, been riding on the road since I was 16. So that’s 32 years now. Um, been a qualified instructor since 2005. Um, I’m also a DBSA enhanced rider scheme instructor, so do the advanced onroad stuff and also coach on track at Silverstone. That’s my brief resume. Nice. Cool. So, let’s go ahead and get into some questions here today. So, as usual, I will encourage everyone to sort of join along at home. Uh if there’s any questions they may have about anything and feel free to stop us at any point and just drop your question in, uh we’ll go ahead and answer it for you. So, um I’ve got a few questions here that I’ve prepped today. Um so we’ll start off with one which is a little bit further um in the early stages of learning to ride. So um is there sort of one habit you’d encourage people to unlearn when it comes to their riding? Where to start? Um, I think probably if I’m looking at it from sort of a CBT point of view and and and test point of view is one of the biggest things that probably gets dropped fairly quickly um after certainly after CBT is is the observation side of things. Mhm. Um, I’m quite fortunate to to sort of analyze some of the local riding around our area because I’m out on the road so often and see quite a few people that have done CBTs with us um, riding around on their little scooters or or 125 motorbikes and and the biggest thing that they drop almost straight away is is observations and in particular lifesavers. Um, now for those that might be at the start of their their journey, the lifesaver is basically the the blind spot check. So, it’s actually checking on your shoulder left or right um and and making sure that your blind spot is clear before you actually start to move. Um and now there is a very obvious reason why it’s it’s called a lifesaver. So it is it is quite important and I think sometimes what happens is um when you’re on the CBT you to get you into the routine of doing it we coach you to do it at every single point that you um look to change your position significantly when you’re you’re in the road. Um and then after that people can slip into the sort of thought process of well I know what’s behind me and I don’t need to do it. Um, and inevitably the one time that you you do need it, it it’s is dropped out of the routine of of what you need to be doing to to, you know, change lane, go around a parked car, turn right at a Tjunction, and because it’s dropped out of that routine, you drop it and then it can can cause you issues. So, yeah, I think for definite, that would sit pretty near the top of my list of uh things that get dropped quickly after certainly after CBT. Yeah, it’s also super important when it comes to building on from CBT because when you’re doing your mod one uh not your mod one, well actually your mod one as well. Um both your mod one mod 2 lifesavers are important. You do need to be doing your observation checks. It’s just something to keep ingrained and always do it even if you think you may not need to. So yeah, absolutely. And I think ingrained is is a good way of putting it keeping it part of that routine. Um, I mean it’s it’s so much part of my routine that I’ll even do it walking down the aisles of Tesco’s point pushing my trolley before I change position to go around somebody who’s looking at the baked beans. Um, you know, I do do actually drop in a little lifesaver and then then move my position. So, it is maybe not quite as important in the aisles of Tesco, but out on the roads it’s it’s definitely important. Yeah. Well, when you’re in position B going around Tesco, well, yeah, who knows what could happen. Who knows what could happen? Yeah. So, we had some questions drop on through. So, excellent. Let’s see one from Ray here. So, hi both. Do you think that CBT training and input? Input is realistic to achieve in the time allowed. I believe it should be at least two days. So this is a question that’s been rattling around the industry for quite some time. Um I think possibly it’s been accelerated and brought more to the forefront of people’s minds. um with I think the the sort of the delivery market um and some of the standards of riding that’s on display in in certainly in sort of urban centers. Um so yeah there there is absolutely there is a valid argument for increasing the CBT um time and and and input that’s needed and the DBSA are definitely looking at this um not necessarily to to push it out to two days but looking at ways that they can improve the CBT um to to make it more effective I think is probably the best way of putting it. But at the same time, what we don’t want as as an industry, as as as motorcyclists, is we don’t want any more barriers in the way of of people coming on to ride a motorbike. And the CBT was never actually really designed for for people to ride around on it eternally. It was designed as part of the footpath to getting your full license. Um so CBT then at the time you know one part practical test um then obviously theory tests were introduced and then it split out into the two practical test and full license. So it’s always designed as a stepping stone to full license. Unfortunately what does happen is it gets used by people that just want to eternally ride on a CBT with only doing a 125 on L plates. So yeah, I think there is definitely scope for for it to be made more effective, for it to be set up in such a way that it allows us as instructors to give more actual practical training. So maybe taking away some of the classroom stuff. There’s definitely scope for that. My if I put my commercial hat on for a second, my fear is that we put it to a two-day um that it it potentially blocks people from coming in to riding motorbikes, which isn’t in my opinion any good for any of us. Agreed. Agreed. Um yeah. So I mean it also in a sense can be two days because if you don’t get your CBT certificate on the first day, you’ll still go back and have your second second go at it. So it absolutely. Yeah. And and you beat me to it on that. You know, that’s one of the things I was going to finish off on there was the fact that the the industry in theory should be self-regulating and and if all schools were at the the required standard of delivering that, they would be doing it properly and then not signing off people that aren’t ready to go out on the road without without an instructor wafting away in their ear. Yeah. Um, and we’ve also got a sort of followup question from someone else here. So, it’s on the same sort of topic of CBT and how it kind of works. Um, as an instructor, what’s your opinion on the theory test not being mandatory uh for CBT? Yeah. So, again, another very relevant and and pertinent question and again is another thing that’s also being discussed currently um through throughout the industry. Um, so again, I I do actually sit looking at this question with with two hats on. So I’ve got my my road safety hat on and I say, “Yeah, absolutely.” Um, let’s have that theory test and and that would certainly make our life easier, which is again allowed us to give more practical training, which hopefully then turns out better, safer riders that are riding on on the CBT. I take that. how often I put my commercial hat on and and it does scare me slightly that again it’s another block in the way of people you know dipping the toe in the water of of motorcycleycling. You know, we get quite a lot of customers that come to us and and do a CBT just to try out just to see what it’s all about and see if it if it is for them. Um so yeah, the I I do sit on the fence a little bit on this one. Um, the road safety probably just about tips it, but I I really don’t want to see any other sort of blocks in the way for people to get into into motorcycleycling. Yeah, it’s a it’s a bit of a balance of that one, isn’t it? Is because it’s another thing that can put people off of discovering something they may really enjoy and something they really want to go and do. Um, but it does also aid safety, I think. Absolutely. I think this uh you know, not to seem like I’m spreading misinformation or anything. I have no idea if this is accurate, but I heard something about perhaps if they did that there was talk about it being a 250 they’d allow, but I’m not I’ve just heard this. So, I I’ I’d be very surprised if if that ever became legislation. The thing is with that, when you look at some of these 250s that are out there now, they’re they’re pretty capable machines. Um, so I I’d be very surprised if it actually changed the the capacity. Yeah. Um, but there may be ways that they can, you know, incentivize people to to do that route and and potentially speed things up or or get a a better, more effective, practical CBT carried out. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I I just have heard there’s a conversation about it. I’m not. We’ll see how it goes. The It’s definitely been spoke about the theory side of things. So, and there is still the theory side in the CBT. There’s just not the test side of things. So, yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Um, and we’ve got a couple more questions coming in here. So, got one from someone called Beat the 9 to5. Hi guys, I failed my CVT for the first time as a brand new rider. just got to go back and complete the road rides. Do you see that often? So, um, hi, great question and and one that’s that’s regularly asked with with CBT stuff. First things first, don’t forget the the T of the CBT stands for training. So, it’s not actually a test. So, there is no pass or fail. So, turn that bit round to to a positive. Um, it’s training. You’ve got to reach a a required standard of of control of the machine to be safe enough out out there on the road on your own. And that’s what the instructor would have looked at. Okay. Um do we see it often? Yes, we do. Absolutely. Um you know, we we can have a group of four people in on CBT and they’ve all got a completely different sort of take on on what they’re trying to achieve. They’ve all got a completely different starting point. You know, some of them may have ridden off road as a kid. Some of them may have never even seen a motorbike before. That bit is probably unlikely. I may have just made that bit up. Um um yeah, some of them have turned up and they’ve never even ridden a push bike before and they’re expecting to be able to jump on a motorbike. So, everybody’s got a different starting point. Um the the key thing is that it’s about the safety, okay? And that’s what they’re looking for. So, yes, it happens. Yes, it happens regularly. No, you haven’t failed and you’re going to go out and smash it. Yeah, absolutely. There’s it. If you don’t get it on the first try anyway, it really doesn’t matter. It’s training and the more training you get, the better you’re going to feel uh when you first get on that bike for the first uh yourself solo for the first time. So, it’s all about keeping you safe, right? So abs 100% Danny exactly that and one thing I will say as well which might help um is the number of times that we see people that don’t complete their CBT on the first day and they have a week in between coming back to us and they come back in they’ve never ridden a not ridden a bike in that week off right they’ve thought about it you know they processed it a little bit they come back in they get on the bike and they’re a completely different rider to when they finished the first even though they’ve not even touched a bike in that that gap in between the two. And what happens is your brain starts to process it. And quite often we say to people, yeah, you can sit at home and you can visualize what you need to do for for the pulling away or the stopping or the slalom or the figure of eight or the U-turn. And the brain does its sort of filing in that week. And what you’ll find when you go back to complete your CBT is that the brain now knows where to go to and the pathways all start connecting up and the brain knows where to go to to get the bits that you need to do the exercise that that you might be struggling with. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Just revisiting stuff is always beneficial. Go. That’s not even just bike riding. That could be anything. So have that confidence that you will go back and you will be absolutely fine. Cool. Um and we got another question. Um, I’ve had my CBT for a year and I’ve booked in my A license. Awesome. Love to hear it. Uh, and that is a license train over the next three weeks. Any tips for prep? Any tips for prep? Um, yeah. So, tricky to know whether or not you’re R you’ve been riding in that year since CBT. That’d be if you could drop that in, that’d be a helpful bit of information. Yeah. just try and steer it a bit better. Um, so prepwise, um, there’s obviously highway code stuff that you’re going to need for, um, for for the mod 2 side of things in particular. Be well worth having a a brush up on that. Um, there are there are some good bits of information out on things like YouTube and stuff like that, but be selective and be careful with with what you look at. Um, if I get somebody who comes into me and says, “I really want to start looking at YouTube.” I quite often say to them, “Right, well, go and find some module one test videos,” but mute the sound. Yeah. Don’t Don’t let any of the stuff that you might see on social media or YouTube or stuff like that dilute from what you’re going to get from your instructor. Okay? Um, but things like that, you know, looking at the module one test video will help because it gives you a bit of a heads up as to what you you’re going to be doing on the module one test. Um, and some of the exercises that you’re going to be doing. Um, it sounds like you got it over 3 weeks, which sounds like a good period of time to to spread it out over. Um, so you don’t try not to overthink it beforehand, I think, would be my sort of headline on that. um in that you’re going to have a good amount of time with your instructor and they’ll be able to take you through what what you need to know. Yeah. Yeah. I’ve also just found out that um they have got 10 years of car experience. So that’s good for just your road sort of craft knowledge, understand how to read everything. That’s all good. And yes, they do have access to 125 currently. Cool. So bum bum on seat time. Um, you know, some people say, “Oh, I don’t want to go back onto the 125 after the big bike because it will feel weird or it might trip me up or it might get me, you know, thinking about different things.” It’s still a motorcycle in my opinion. Yeah. So, if you can get some bum on seat time, um, you know, even if it is going back out and refreshing yourself about the slow riding technique and stuff that you used on your CBT, um, and then working on some of the bits that the the instructor will give you over the period of your your full license training, then do it. You know, for me, Don seat time is is so invaluable. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it to me it also sounds like with the amount of uh braid experience you currently have, you’ve been riding a 125 with your CBT, I think you just turn up the training in the most optimal state you can be and just take it as it comes really. Absolutely. Um don’t stress it. Yes, that’s the best advice. Simple. Um, yeah. So, hit what we got here. Um, we had beat 9 to5 reply back to us saying, “Thanks. Feels so much better now.” That is a great uh great tip uh back on Saturday. So, looking forward to it. I guess I’m not the next Valentina Rossy just yet. There’s there’s the key bit. Just yet. I like that. Just yet. Perfect. Uh, and I also found out that um our friend here that’s doing the full license uh in the next few weeks uh has also been practicing in empty car parks doing slow speed which I mean yeah it seems like you’ve you’ve basically got it nailed. Yeah, I think the key thing is going into the big bike stuff is try not to overthink it. You know, I get it completely. It can be daunting and it can be a step into the unknown. and we’ve got this sort of funny roleplay that we’ve got to do for the module one test. Um, you know, pretending that there’s it’s a live road environment and stuff like that. So, I I do I do get it. Um, and it is obviously very easy for me to sit here as a full license holder of of however many years to to say, you know, don’t don’t stress it, don’t overthink it, don’t try not to over complicate it, you know, especially if you got that road experience, like just keep it keep it simple. Yeah, for sure. Um, oh, and you’ve also been asked, um, what was your first bike? Love it. You may have to Google this one because most of you probably would have never seen one. Um, it was a little Suzuki FZ50. It was a little twist moped. Um, it had a shopping basket on the front of it, which I kept on trying to take off and then my dad would bolt back on. Um, and that that was it. you know, I was well, I was hooked already because I’d been riding pillion and and off-road bits and pieces and stuff with with with dad prior to that, but um that that was it. That that really sort of sealed the deal in terms of my love of of road motorcycleycling. Um and I think I think it’s still in a garage somewhere in the family waiting restoration. And it went from me on my CBT to my middle brother on his CBT and then to my younger brother on his CBT. And then my dad used it for a bit for shopping. With the shopping basket on the front. Nice. Nice. Uh oh, we had another question which I missed. Um, from Gracy’s I10. Uh, good evening. I did pass my CVT in January this year on an automatic, but I want to do manual training again. I think that’s what they’re saying there. It’s a bit The message said something slightly different, but I’m assuming that’s what you meant. Um, yeah. Cool. So, first things first, um, CBT on an automatic doesn’t actually restrict you to just riding an automatic. So, it’s not the same as if you passed your car test in automatic. You can then only drive automatic cars. Yeah. So, completing the CBT on an automatic doesn’t restrict you. You can ride either automatic or manual. If you’ve not ridden a manual motorbike before, then I would strongly recommend um getting some additional training. So, speak to the school that you you used. Um the majority of them will do um what we call at at ART a to gears conversion session. Um so it’s basically taking you from that automatic um and then moving you into into a manual motorcycle. Um if you’re thinking about going on and doing full license training, I’d thoroughly thoroughly recommend doing that first. Um get that booked. it will give your instructor a chance to see where you’re at and and the confidence and then they can hopefully then tailor make the the package for the full license stuff to suit what you need. But yeah, I’d strongly recommend getting some some form of training. Um, ideally with somebody qualified, there is the option alternatively if you’ve got a friend with a 125 that you trust that they they could potentially give you a bit of a steer as to how to do it. um that might just lengthen that whole process that it takes you to get sort of up and running on a on a manual motorbike. But but yeah, definitely get some some additional help on that. Yeah. Yeah. We we find that pretty much most schools will do what is a gear conversion course or however it’s phrased like Yeah. Different schools will have it differently, but um it’s definitely worthwhile if you feel like you couldn’t just jump on it and learn it in a nonsafe environment sort of thing. So yeah, it’s it’s definitely worth doing. Cool. So that’s all the questions currently in the chat box. So um keep those questions coming. They have been very good so far. Um and I hope they’ve been helpful. Um, what would be quite interesting is that for those who are watching, uh, perhaps if you let us know like where you are in your riding journey, like we got a rough idea with some of the questions that some people are either about to redo their CBT or about to go do full license, but it’ be cool to see what everyone’s uh, up to. Um, I’ve got some more questions that I’ve written down myself. So, we’re getting to one of these now. So, um, what do riders get wrong about confidence? Good question. Um so I think if I look at it from from the sort the training school point of view um I think the majority where I would class them as as not quite classifying their confidence correctly would be those that come in and say I’ve ridden for years and done this and done that and you knowve I’ve ridden illegally and and that sort of overinflated confidence. Um, and then what that does is it kind of shuts them down to then taking on board anything else or or any sort of positive criticism or learning or anything like that. And I think I think that’s the the the tricky bit. When you as you progress down your motorcycleycling journey, you’re going to become more confident, you know, naturally spending time riding your motorcycle, taking on board information, listening to others, you know, researching what it is you’re doing and and constantly learning. Naturally, you’re going to become more confident. But then it’s getting the right balance between that confidence and then becoming overconfident and actually thinking, “Oh, I know it all.” And shutting yourself down to to anything new. Um, and I think that’s that’s one of the key ones that I see is that that lack of ability to to actually take on board because you think you know it all. Yes. All about keeping that sort of ego, if you will, in check. not not over going through how confident you are and just always entertaining that you know you do have to keep caution stuff. Um got another little question coming in. This is uh this is quite a nice one actually. Um once I pass CBT is it worth going for mod one training straight away or getting a 125 to practice first? I’m 45 and I’ve read that sometimes 125 can potentially build bad habits. So, um, let let me nip that last little bit in the bud. You’ll only develop bad habits if you allow bad habits to develop. So, you know, you can take on board the information from CBT and that will give you the information that um that you need to practice if you do go down the route of getting a 125. Um, in terms of of the benefit, it I think the easiest way is for me to say that it largely depends on the individual. There’s some people that have never ridden a motor bike before. They come along to us, they do a CBT, and they decide to pitch straight into to big bike stuff, and they’ve got the ability to process all the information, put it together, and and deliver it on a motorbike. There’s people that come along to us that never ridden a motor bike before, jump on on a CBT, get the CBT done, and then struggle a little bit when you move on to the big bike stuff. And actually, they they then benefit from from going away and having some of that I mentioned it earlier, bum on seat time. So, I don’t think there’s a there’s a right or wrong answer to that. Um, because, you know, first of all, if you do go down the 125 cc route, you’re going to be out there enjoying motorcycleycling. All right, it’s on a 125, but it doesn’t detract from from the motorcycleycling. You may get to the point where you’re you’re ringing the neck of the 125cc all the time. Um, at which point you definitely need to be moving up. Um, but it’s still out there and you’re still out enjoying motorcycleycling and the freedom that it it gives you. So, yeah, I don’t think I don’t think there’s a right or wrong answer to that. What I would say is if you haven’t done CBT yet is do that and then have a chat with your instructor on the day as to how they think you’ve fared and what they think would be the best route for you to go on and do full license. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That’s probably the best thing to do there, just to sort of work out um how your instructor sees your riding and see what they think because more often than it can give you a pretty good answer in a day. Um and a couple things I’d add on to sort of this this topic is that um actually going for your mod one, mod 2s to get the big bikes, the big bikes realistically feel a lot nicer to ride. That’s personally what I found and most people will report that. Um, so it’s not so much I’d be worried to jump in and do it because you might feel overwhelmed. It’s more are you ready to sort of process it, go through it all and and do all of your uh all your training there. Um, you could for sure just do your uh theory test as well in the meantime. um which will not only make you a better CBT rider as well because you’ll have all of that um sort of verified highway code knowledge um so yeah you can just go ahead and do it straight away if you feel confident but it’s a decision for you to make really cool so oh someone else uh said that they did their CVT and then did 125 for a year to controls spent one to two days a Yeah. Yeah. Cool. So, I think that hopefully has answered your question there. Beat the 9 to5. So, as always, just keep those questions coming in. Um, we’re we’re going back to a couple questions here. So, um, what’s a good one? What have we got? Uh, how do you get into that flow state when riding and what breaks it? The flow state when riding. Yeah, good one. Um, so right, for me, okay, for me, I think that the second I’m starting to put my gear on, my brain trips into the mentality of I’m about to ride the bike. Now whether that’s going out instructing or on track or just for a a pleasure ride or whatever it is, the instant that I’m starting to get things on and that could be trousers, jacket, boots, gloves, the brain is starting to activate and it’s starting to go into the the the mentality of right, let’s turn on to and focus on the task that we’re about to do. And for me, one of the biggest pleasures of of motorcycleycling is that complete focus and that ability to to sort of switch off to any of the outside noise or distractions or anything like that. Um, that’s what really helps me get into into the flow is is is being able to completely switch off the brain to everything else other than what I am doing. in that exact moment which is motorcycleycling. Um what can disrupt that flow is then having I don’t know a little run through a a 30 mph village or sitting in traffic or something like that and allowing some of those outside distractions and noise to to come back in and actually remove you from that that 100% focus on on motorcycleycling. So yeah, for me it starts with the prep. The the suit of armor goes on and then the brain is part of that armor and switches on to what it is I’m about to do. Yeah. Maintaining focus really, right? Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. And and that that that’s the key to to I think to unlocking it for a lot of people is that focus. Yeah. And sometimes it’s uh it’s actually more about um maybe this is this has just worked for me personally but actually thinking less helps in general just kind of concentrate on I want to say concentrate but actually less concentration I don’t know how to word it how I want to but um just kind of Um, for me when I was doing some of my training, I was concentrating too much on perhaps like the dials on the bike or other like controls on the bike, but just sort of allow myself to just like look forward um that really just helped with with keeping in that sort of flow state and stuff. So I think I think what what I would say there, you’re absolutely spot on, right? I think I think if you change that concentration to focus focus yes because for me focus similar to a camera you can change it and it it can can sort of flow up and down the road for me like you were saying there concentration is almost like you’re concentrating on one little piece or a couple of little pieces and then all of a sudden the bigger picture has got lost sort of over here. But if we look at focus rather than concentration, that allows you to vary that focus a lot more. And it’s a it’s a real subtle little tiny difference. Yeah. Um but just in terms of the the sort of like the methodology of how you implement that that focus and how you deliver that um really helps with that that flow. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Actually, it’s a very good way of uh of looking at it like adjusting where you’re sort of focusing on. That’s that’s that’s good that um and I think naturally that helps you relax as well when you sort of like figure out where you want to be looking and to be honest relaxing is also just a good thing. Absolutely. Cool. Uh being a 9 to5 replied saying thanks that is what I am hoping to do and then get a Ninja 500. So, I think they’re hoping to if CBT goes sort of the way they want to and they feel confident, um they’ll be looking to do their uh their full license straight away. They’ve already done their um uh theory test, which is very So, that is definitely it just Yeah, just makes it possible, isn’t it? Yeah. Game on. That’s it. Um cool. Um, we’ve got about 10 minutes left now. So, if anyone’s got any more questions, just keep keep filing across to us. Uh, I will go ahead and find a question. Uh, you’re you’re hunting you’re hunting difficult. I’m trying to I’m trying to find something. You’re trying to trip me up. Yeah. Well, we got a crowd which uh quite a few people are sort of like new to new to riding, so I’m trying to find ones which are a little bit more cater to that. Uh, let’s kind of have um let’s kind of have like a funny one then. So, what’s like the funniest thing you’ve seen during uh a lesson you’ve you’ve been given? Oh, how how long have you got? Um, we are we are talking coming up to 21 years now of instructing. Um, yeah, there’s a few. Um, I think I think the one that still makes me chuckle is we had a an elderly gentleman um and we were going very quiet little 30 mph country road. We’re going around this sort of um long gentle leftand bend and and he it’s a good learning point actually. his he just completely lost his his sort of focus on on where he was looking to going and then target fixated on the curb on the the wrong side of the road started slowing down as he drifted wide and I’m coaching him through it all saying okay we’re on the wrong side of the road now sir we need to be moving back over to to our side the road if possible um still slowing down probably doing not even 10 miles an hour at this point so he has shut the throttle but everything’s gone like his brain’s completely focused on on the curb and thinking that it’s going to hurt him when all he needs to do is literally just gently apply the brakes, come to a stop, and we could have reset and gone again. My next comment, I think, was, “Okay, so you you’re up on the pavement now. Um, so we do need to be stopping now. Apply the brakes, please.” Okay. Right now, you’re on the grass now. At this point, probably only doing about three or four miles an hour. So, really slow, like a a proper nothing instant. Anyway, he’s eventually remembered that he needs to to gently break and come to a stop, but decided to to touch the front brake on on wet grass, which even at at 3 m an hour, the front is likely to just sort of slide out from underneath you. Um he then managed to basically face plant into a again at 3 miles an hour. So literally as if he was like walking along and just fell over um into a patch of a rather large patch of stingy nettles which was all absolutely fine and he was absolutely fine. and he sat up straight away and I could hear him sort of chuckling in his helmet a little bit. But then for some bizarre reason he decided to take his gloves off before getting out of the stingy nettles and pushed himself up whilst in the stingy nettles bed. And honestly I’ve never seen hands like it that just in like matter of seconds were like bloodshot red lumps all over them and and that was the only injury was the fact that he’ taken his gloves off in the stinging nettles. So yeah, we do we do see some some stuff. Um but what I would say is the majority of stuff people do look at it and go instructing you must see some accidents and incidents and unfortunately the nature of the beast is that we do but the majority of them in fact I’d say probably 95% of the stuff that I’ve seen whilst coaching on road has been at less than 15 miles an hour. So real real slow speed stuff and the majority of the time the student has actually answered the question in their brain as to what they’ve got to do. It’s just taken a while to get from the brain to to the various controls. Yeah. So please don’t let whatever I’ve just said put anybody off because um get the right instructing, get the right coaching and and it can be as safe as you make it. Yeah. I mean funny stories like that will just happen, won’t they? It’s um a brain fart if you would. Absolutely. Yeah. 100%. Yeah. And the thing about that is as well, you know, as humans, we we learn by making mistakes. That is the only way we learn. What we want to do is make sure that it’s a a relatively safe mistake. Um, so, so don’t if it, if something does happen to you on your CBT, you know, if you, if you drop the bike, if you stall it, if whatever happens, try try and put it away as quickly as you can because if you hang on to it, you’re never going to let yourself move on to the next bit. Okay? So, learn from it, understand why it went wrong, put it right, learn from it, and then hopefully you then don’t repeat. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Cool. Okay, we got two more questions left, but we are quite limited on time at the moment. So, we got about five minutes left. So, we have to try and do these kind of rapid fire. So, for number one, we’ve got beat the 95 asking best tips for CBT road ride, please. Um, chill out, relax, look as far up the road as you can. Um, all of the answers are in front of you. Look for them, answer them, plan for them in plenty of time. Listen to your instructor. Perfect. and get a good night of rest. Do not turn up on two hours sleep. Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah, that’s Yeah, perfect answer there. Um, we’ve actually got a uh CBT video uh on our channel as well. If you want to watch that, that might be quite helpful just in case you want to see what what to expect. We kind of go over everything there. So, hopefully that’ll be helpful, too. Um, and the second question is from J. Marty Walker. Hi, I’m in my 60s and have been driving a car for over 30 years. Is it too late for me to learn to ride a motorcycle? Thanks. Quick fire answer. No. Hell no. Definitely not. Um we we had a guy last year who was 76. Um absolutely not. Take your time, chill out, relax, enjoy it. Um but without doubt, quick fire answer. It’s never too late. Nope, not at all. In fact, actually, sometimes it can be uh I mean, it’s it’s just as good a start at any point, really, isn’t it? Um if if you’ve been driving for 30 years, you’ve got plenty of road experience. Um you likely will be quite keen to see what’s on the road. like you will have a good eye for it and you’ll have a level of maturity that you’re not just going to go like jump straight away on a one liter bike and go 100 miles an hour, you know, you’ll be fine. So yeah, cool. Uh I think that’s pretty much wrapping us up for today. Um that was a really good one actually today. I think uh we had lots of questions coming in so I hope that’s helped um anyone that’s asked anything. Um, and if you have any sort of questions in the meantime, uh, before like the next live stream, you can pop them either in a DM, you can pop them in the WhatsApp group, in the Discord group, which should be linked below. So, yeah, feel free to hop in there and ask any questions in the meantime. So, uh, yeah, thanks for everyone attending today. Um, and we will see you in the next one. Bye. Bye. Bye. I hope.