I looked up the Eliminator and it looks like it'd be a good bike for the course/evaluation. Did you manage to get into second gear?
As far as bikes go, I find the CBR type very slightly little more difficult for that first turn, as you need to get near the steering lock to get it around the corner.
Also, really short bikes with low handlebars, as I then need to tip my knee out to turn the bars.
That being said, most students have no problems, doing it.
Edit: That's why it's usually best to stick with the same bike for the whole period.
The other factor is that the friction zone is going to be different, on different bikes, and it's best to only need to learn that once for the course.
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When I went through, I was slow on the first two exercises as well.
More because the person in our group went very slow, and I had no other data to base my required speed on.
Watch the rider who demonstrates the exercises. The really good ones, go at the speed that the students are expected to.
It's not really an obstacle course. It's an attempt at a simulation of some riding you might come across:
- Right turn from a stop, accelerate through a mild right curve, stop at the end.
- Accelerate from a stop into a mild left curve, stop at the end.
- Make a left turn from a stop.
- Accelerate from a stop, and then stop on a signal, as though the light had changed.
- Accelerate from a stop, and swerve to a side on a signal, as though boxes fell from a truck in front of you.
- Accelerate from a stop, and stop in a curve on a signal, as though you noticed the traffic backed up.
The speed required isn't very fast. It's not like you're on the street in a 50, 60, 80 zone, with traffic backed up behind you.
The closest thing to an obstacle course would be something know as the "peanut" a.k.a. decreasing radius curves, done in the training portion.