New #motorcycling lesson this morning from 11am until 1pm. Yep, the lack of daylight was 100% my Achilles heel.
De-li-cious ride today with some in-city stuff and then a nice dike ride alongside the river. No things of concern surfaced during those two hours.

We are so back! In 3 weeks I'll know if I'm worthy 🥰🏍️

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Had a late lesson today, 6pm-7:40pm. Though I was well-rested and the conditions were OK (it was dark, 3 °C and slightly rainy, visibility was good) I wasn't in my element.

I think I'm not comfortable in the dark and it messes with my basics, like shoulder checks and keeping/creating distance. I really messed up in those departments a few times today.

Learning's not a linear process. Still: this is annoying.

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I was out on two pretty wheels tonight for two hours from 4:30pm.

Fairly unfriendly conditions! 0 °C + fog + dark, about 500m of sight. Quite the eye-opener what such humid coldness does to focus, even with proper winter gear.
Now I know better how that affects me and what I need to pay extra attention to if I end up in those conditions again.

Not the easiest ride but overall I did okay and learned things :)

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Had a riding lesson this afternoon, and it was so good for the soul once again. We focused on a lot of the slow manoeuvres to make sure that all looks decent.

Enjoyed a bunch of delicious twisty dike roads, resulting in the face below. Ugh, I love this so much 🥰

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Took two more lessons over the past weeks to end the year nicely.

My eyes really are in a better spot lately. I'm riding much more by feeling, while keeping my gaze near the horizon when looking forward. This works great to improve my riding line and to automatically keep clear of the road markings. To me it seems the exam administrator was onto something with his remark.

Progress!

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Wednesday was my first time back on the road since the failed 🏍️ exam. As always: it was lovely to ride. Good to build up more experience in dark winter nights.
'Annoyingly' I did very well. Wish that important ride earlier was like this, hahaha.

One thing did pass a test: these heated gloves! My finger tips were still good after 2 hours in ~2 °C conditions. #nospon, can recommend.

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Whenever the next exam date is, it'll be in dead winter. As I prefer having living fingertips by the end of it, I figured I might as well get these warm bois 🥰

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Womp wommmmp. Failed the final exam this morning. Definitely was one of my better rides, but the person administering the exam failed me for riding over white road markings (pedestrian crossings / arrows) too often.

My instructor linked this to some hesitant road positioning which may have underlined this for the examinator.

It is what it is. Onwards to early next year. 😕

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