On low speed, you have to keep feeding power to the wheel by letting the clutch slip. Control your speed with the rear brake. Don't be tempted to use the front brake in a low speed turn or u turn.. The second you touch the front brake, it will just kill momentum and transfer weight to the front inside turn and down you go.

For tight corners, you need to counter lean some. The more lean, the tighter the turn you will be able to turn.

The first 50km when I got my bike was all parking lot drills. Low speed stuff. Figure 8s. U turns. Dropped it a few times. Only after I got my "L" 2 weeks later did I venture out. That 2 week practice made such a big difference in confidence.

Making a u turn on a steep incline/decline still mucks me up sometimes with the bike fully loaded up.

They do allow other helmets. But they recommend the one they give or an open face...easier for the testers to see your face.

Not all testing centres or schools give free helmets.

Since there was no time limit and since we did have a trainer bike at home, there was no need to place undue pressure on the wife by rushing her through her training. After all she had zero experience on two wheels other than riding bicycles, so why rush?

From the time she got her L license, I coached her every week or so for about 7-8 months to make sure she could rack up more than enough practice and experience before going back to the driving school. It was important to build her confidence and competency first before stepping up to the driving school's MT07, in order to minimize the risk of her getting discouraged and giving up.

She completed the required classes with the driving school in 2 months. By that time she was already competent enough to tour with me on the Dominar 400 and 700 CL-X, and she was finally ready for her B-Full test which she aced without any problem.

Depending on your level of experience, it might actually be beneficial for you to start on the smallest clutch-equipped bike possible. After Hafiq Azmi's RS150, we didn't have anything smaller than the Dominar 400 so it had to do. If we had the FZ150 it would have probably been easier for her since it's lighter and weight is always a factor for short, female newbies. But once she mastered the Dominar 400, getting a hang of the MT07 was far less of a problem.