Module 1 cornering and controlled stop

Watch it, then drive it

1. 1

   Watch how it is done

   Instructors film this one step by step. Watch a couple before your first try.

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2. 2

   Drive it with the coach

   Guided mode puts the reference points on screen and stops you the moment you drift.

   Practise this in the simulator
3. 3

   Test yourself

   Test mode says nothing and marks you in the examiner's words. Three clean runs in a row and it is learnt.

The bend

Build your speed on the straight before the bend, look through the bend to the exit and hold a steady throttle round it. Braking or shutting the throttle in the middle of the bend unsettles the bike.

The stop

Once you are upright and straight, ease off and use both brakes progressively so the front wheel stops in the box. In the simulator the box is 1.2 m long and the front wheel's contact point has to finish inside it.

Step by step

These are the words the simulator says to you, in order, the same briefing you would get from your instructor over the radio.

1. 1Look over your right shoulder and move off. Build your speed on the straight, before the bend, not in it.
2. 2Look through the bend to the exit. Hold a steady throttle; the bike leans, you stay relaxed.
3. 3Controlled stop: ease off, both brakes progressively, and stop with the front wheel in the box. Left foot down last.
4. 4Front wheel in the box. Tap Finished.

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