General Getting My Large Motorcycle License

[Reize]

 

[F4celess]

Did my lessons on a CB650F, very similar to the XJ6. Main tip I can give you on the figure8, is to use countersteering to lean, and look ahead, not at your path. I'm sure they tell you what you should do to improve though.
And yeah, Norwegian lessons are alright, its the practical exam that is hard. But they look at the whole picture and not just at the result of each test, so you can fail a small part of it but if they see that you are a decent rider and just had a bad day, they can pass you anyway.
Also.
I think you might be placing the ZX6R on a pedestal there, I don't think they are going above and beyond the competition. So if I were in that market I'd give both the Yamaha R6 and the ZX6R a pretty serious look before deciding, bias aside.

 

[Reize]

Yea, they tell me to look at where I wanna go (there are cones to mark the intersection of the figure 8).

I can go through the figure 8 fine, but I have difficulty getting the timing because I can't really nail down the proper amount of throttle. If I crack it open some, I end up going too fast, and if I let it roll, it's too slow.

FML, because the system here requires you to pass all the test items in each lesson at one go to progress to the next stage, before you get qualified to sit the actual exam.

I don't mind the R6 or R1. I'm actually a Yamaha fanboy (all my guitars, basses and keyboards are Yamahas). And I know Yamahas are really cheap in Singapore, it's just that a ZX-6R is really nice to own because I think they are actually the sexiest bike out of the 4 600cc Japanese sport bikes.

 

[F4celess]

I don't mind the R6 or R1. I'm actually a Yamaha fanboy (all my guitars, basses and keyboards are Yamahas). And I know Yamahas are really cheap in Singapore, it's just that a ZX-6R is really nice to own because I think they are actually the sexiest bike out of the 4 600cc Japanese sport bikes.

Incidentally Yamaha just revealed their new R6, which, tbh, blows al other sportbikes out of the water designwise. Even the R1

 

[DanielJ]

Yea, they tell me to look at where I wanna go (there are cones to mark the intersection of the figure 8).

... but I have difficulty getting the timing because I can't really nail down the proper amount of throttle. If I crack it open some, I end up going too fast, and if I let it roll, it's too slow.

You hold open just a little throttle, so just a little gas (enough to prevent a stall), then feather the clutch at its biting point to maintain a suitable speed around the cones. Use only your rear brake should you begin to creep too fast... ALWAYS be looking at where you want to be going, up ahead, and not down at the floor/cones. Your body/bike will naturally follow.

Take a nice wide circle around the figure 8 cones, to make it easier for you to maintain control and speed, plus not come in too tight and hit a cone.

 

[Reize]

You hold open just a little throttle, so just a little gas (enough to prevent a stall), then feather the clutch at its biting point to maintain a suitable speed around the cones. Use only your rear brake should you begin to creep too fast... ALWAYS be looking at where you want to be going, up ahead, and not down at the floor/cones. Your body/bike will naturally follow.

Take a nice wide circle around the figure 8 cones, to make it easier for you to maintain control and speed, plus not come in too tight and hit a cone.

No chance for nice wide circle. It's a gymkhana course, you have to do the figure 8 within a 1.5 meter wide path that has a 3 meter radius to the outer edge.

 

[DanielJ]

No chance for nice wide circle. It's a gymkhana course, you have to do the figure 8 within a 1.5 meter wide path that has a 3 meter radius to the outer edge.

Quite substantial differences to these test requirements, from one country to the next.