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I was similar when I started on my MT5. Almost failed the CBT due to an inability to work out I was trying to pull away in 4th - stuck at the railway bridge between Tun Wells industrial estate and High Brooms with a growing line of traffic behind me and an instructor losing patience. Just about managed it, rode home, and spent the rest of the evening scaring the shit out of myself trying to ride in rush-hour traffic. For a couple of weeks after, every time I pulled away I popped the front wheel up from dumping the clutch, much to the amusement of the stockbrokers watching from a window as I tried to leave the car park after each day's work experience. Think I only crashed it the once, on ice, playing silly buggers in a car park. But I was 16 and indestructible. The trouble started with the TZR...