Feathering the clutch takes practise, and I would suggest you get a lot of it as stalling the bike on a road test is an automatic fail IIRC. If you can't find 1st, you're in trouble on your hill start.
I did my road test last year, and a few things that he pointed out:
- I was in the wrong gear when I was turning left at a turn signal, going from a complete stop (I was in 2nd). I didn't stall, but he could tell bu the amount of gas I was giving it that I wasn't in 1st
- I was taking too long to change lanes, and being too cautious
- I wasn't taking up the entire lane when I was turning right from a stop. He wanted me to prevent cars from creeping up on the right hand side of my bike
- I was going too slow in a 70 zone. This one I argued pretty hard, as I took my road test in heavy sleet snow, while wearing snowboard gear. It was ######ed.....and I didn't feel safe going over 60. I could barely see, let alone feel my hands.
- he docked my 5 points for not clearing an intersection on a yellow. Said I should have cleared it, then pulled over to the side of the road and waited for him to go through on the next light.
I would suggest reading what the automatic fails are (not yielding to pedestrians, etc) and make sure you don't do them. Other than that, if you're confident on your bike you'll be fine. The test wasn't all that hard.
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