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hodgerydoo
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PostPosted: 12:38 - 30 May 2012    Post subject: DAS and test fails how did your school deal with? Reply with quote

Hi, if anyone has done a DAS and failed either Mod1 or Mod2 I'd like to know how your school dealt wiith it, did they re-book and pay for the tests within the pre-paid training schedule or did you have to pay for more training plus more tests?

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PostPosted: 12:47 - 30 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Had to pay for the test, hire of the bike and instructor. No other lessons.
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PostPosted: 12:49 - 30 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

pinkyfloyd wrote:
Had to pay for the test, hire of the bike and instructor. No other lessons.

Same. Plus I got a clip for breaking my instructors streak Laughing
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PostPosted: 13:17 - 30 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

No mod1/mod2 in my day but I just paid for the test and bike-hire on re-test day and got a day of the instructor's time for free.
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PostPosted: 13:26 - 30 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

How much are you looking at for that £100 a test?
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PostPosted: 14:07 - 30 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Depends on a lot of factors; how much they charge for bike hire, cost of the test, whether they'll chuck in the instructor's time for free (this was part of the DAS deal my school did). £100 is probably the right sort of magnitude. How many times are you planning on failing?
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PostPosted: 14:11 - 30 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

My instructor was great when I failed my Mod 1. He said, I'm surprised you didn't fall off going that slow, why didn't you go faster like I told you too?! Then he took me back to the school with a bit of filtering. He rang the test centre up there and then and got me booked in the for the next week. Had to pay an extra half day bike hire and then the test fee so 70 quid or so.
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PostPosted: 14:23 - 30 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

DAS is the "big bike test" not the actual learning-to-ride-one course.

So it'll be different between schools and instructors.

Some offer a single-price course, of those, some might include guaranteed pass (i.e. they will cover additional fees and lessons). Others offer a price per hour/price per day and will get you to pay the test fees etc.
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PostPosted: 15:03 - 30 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why are you asking?
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PostPosted: 15:42 - 30 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had to pay for my MOD 2 rebook and training - no discount which i thought was a joke but as I learn while on training pupils are simply money making machines and if you fail then more money for them!
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PostPosted: 16:13 - 30 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

gixer84 wrote:
I had to pay for my MOD 2 rebook and training - no discount which i thought was a joke but as I learn while on training pupils are simply money making machines and if you fail then more money for them!

Some misplaced cynicism there. It's a business which relies heavily on reputation and if one school has an 80% pass rate and another has a 30% pass rate it won't be long before the 30% one is out of business. It's not like you even have to stick with the same school. My missus swapped schools during her training because she didn't get on with the first one.
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PostPosted: 16:21 - 30 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've booked with school that in event I would not pass, I pay small petrol money (£10 per day) and tests fees.
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PostPosted: 18:06 - 30 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

I failed my Mod 1 on the fourth day of my course. That meant I'd pissed away the Mod 2 fee I'd paid for later that afternoon with the course cost. I had to do two more 'sessions' - not really a days training as it was literally just a ride up to the test centre to re-take and pass Mod 1, then a second session a week later to get to the Mod 2 and pass it. Cost an extra £125 which I thought was pretty reasonable seeing as the test fees were £90 for the two. Cocking up the Mod 1 is the only downside to an intensive course as you have lost the Mod 2 fee.
Besides, you're not going to fail anything, so it won't be an issue!
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PostPosted: 19:23 - 30 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Passed my Mod 1 / Mod 2 Oct last year.

Nerves got the better of me on the first Mod 1 and I missed out on my Mod 2 fee on the same afternoon. Failed the Mod 1 again on nerves at the second attempt.

So in order to motivate me my instructor said my third Mod 1 attempt was free.................... I passed !!!

Mod 2 was flawless and passed without a single minor Mr. Green

In hindsight I wouldn't have booked my Mod 1 and Mod 2 on the same day the first time around.

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PostPosted: 21:00 - 30 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rogerborg wrote:
Why are you asking?


......the reason I'm asking Roge is I'm considering DAS and I'm wondering where I will stand should it not go so well.

It seems like DAS puts a lot of eggs in one basket, paying up front for instruction, bike hire, petrol, insurance that you dont know if you will need. but most importantly tests that you don't know if you will be ready for. No-one learns to drive a car like that do they? we pay as we go and book the tests when we are ready.

I've trawled the forum and I couldn't find the answer so I am asking what do you do if you fail the tests on a 5-6 day £600 DAS course and how much extra will it cost to get a bike and instructor to take you to the test center and hopefully pass further tests to get a full licence.
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PostPosted: 21:02 - 30 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

I failed mod 1 on the morning of the 3rd day of my DAS course.Fortunately I lost no money or training,the course stopped there and then.To be continued when I had the mod1 under my belt.
To re-take all I had to pay for was the test fee.bike,fuel and instructor cost me nothing extra.When I passed mod1 we picked up where we had left off,failed mod2 1st time.Then he got me re-booked in,asked my if I felt like I needed any more training,I said maybe a couple of hrs just to refresh things.All I had to pay for for the re-take was the test fee.No charge for bike or the two hrs instruction.
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PostPosted: 21:13 - 30 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Had to pay for test plus Another £50 for the bike hire fuel and insurance
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PostPosted: 21:14 - 30 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Themightyimp wrote:
I failed mod 1 on the morning of the 3rd day of my DAS course.Fortunately I lost no money or training,the course stopped there and then.To be continued when I had the mod1 under my belt.
To re-take all I had to pay for was the test fee.bike,fuel and instructor cost me nothing extra.When I passed mod1 we picked up where we had left off,failed mod2 1st time.Then he got me re-booked in,asked my if I felt like I needed any more training,I said maybe a couple of hrs just to refresh things.All I had to pay for for the re-take was the test fee.No charge for bike or the two hrs instruction.


Sounds like you had an Angel of the Road teaching you there Mighty, mind if I ask how much the DAS cost?
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PostPosted: 21:21 - 30 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just pass it first time.
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PostPosted: 21:30 - 30 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

multijoy wrote:
Just pass it first time.


"blue sky thinking"? Some don't wonder what the percentage is on DAS overall.
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PostPosted: 21:37 - 30 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

It cost me £600 mate.
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PostPosted: 00:09 - 31 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

hodgerydoo wrote:
Rogerborg wrote:
Why are you asking?


......the reason I'm asking Roge is I'm considering DAS and I'm wondering where I will stand should it not go so well.

It seems like DAS puts a lot of eggs in one basket, paying up front for instruction, bike hire, petrol, insurance that you dont know if you will need. but most importantly tests that you don't know if you will be ready for. No-one learns to drive a car like that do they? we pay as we go and book the tests when we are ready.

I've trawled the forum and I couldn't find the answer so I am asking what do you do if you fail the tests on a 5-6 day £600 DAS course and how much extra will it cost to get a bike and instructor to take you to the test center and hopefully pass further tests to get a full licence.


DAS is the big bike, it is not a specific training course.

A lot of training schools will do an intensive "DAS course" but they don't have to, there are other ways of passing your big bike test.

Would be much better off taking a couple of lessons a week max, over a few weeks, and that way you won't lose your Mod2 if you fail the Mod1 first time round. As well as being able to go away and absorb more of the information, possibly making you a better rider by the time you pass the test.
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PostPosted: 08:03 - 31 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

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......the reason I'm asking Roge is I'm considering DAS and I'm wondering where I will stand should it not go so well.

It seems like DAS puts a lot of eggs in one basket, paying up front for instruction, bike hire, petrol, insurance that you dont know if you will need. but most importantly tests that you don't know if you will be ready for. No-one learns to drive a car like that do they? we pay as we go and book the tests when we are ready.

I've trawled the forum and I couldn't find the answer so I am asking what do you do if you fail the tests on a 5-6 day £600 DAS course and how much extra will it cost to get a bike and instructor to take you to the test center and hopefully pass further tests to get a full licence.


Different schools have diffferent policies as you will no doubt have gathered from the various replies you've had. The best thing to do is ring round and ask. Then pick the one that suits you.

One thing I wouldn't do is book the Mod1 & 2 on the same day. I put a stupid foot down on the Mod1 in the morning and that was my afternoon's Mod2 fee up the swanee.
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PostPosted: 09:58 - 31 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

ive had to pay for rebooking my test and bike hire but my instructor has hired the mod 1 test centre and letting me practice for free cant complain at all
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PostPosted: 14:54 - 31 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

my instructor saids it would of cost £240 to redo the mod 2 and borrow the bike/instructor etc... Sounds a bit iffy compared to some other posts... Glad i passed it 1st time or i woulda been fucked.
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