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[MikeyC]

I'm interested in finding out the price of something, I'm curious as to what the 'going rate' is. To cut a long story short, been riding a year and am planning to do my theory and full licence early next year.

How much is it for a 2 or 3 day course plus theory test??? Regardless, i'm gonna have to start saving my pennies!

[craigT19]

this is the price list for a motorcycle training school accross the road from me.....



cbt+8hrs training+test £225(your bike) £275(there bike)
cbt+10hrs training+test £260(your bike) £310(there bike)
cbt+12hrs training+test £295(your bike) £345(there bike)

no training school can put you through the theory...you got to do that you self..

i just got this from the same school after passing my theory.

4hrs training+test on there bike (£160)

obviously prices change from school to school but they shouldnt change too much

all the best
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[Annabella]

You should be able to get it for around £400 all in - including hire of a bike, and the actual test. You'll get 2 x 4 hour lessons per day usually shared with one or two others.
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[WildGoose]

i paid 375 for my course

it was
new CBT on gears first day
then two full days road riding, from 9-4 with a lunch break
then the final day riding till 3 then my test was at 3.30

failed first time, retest was another 75 quid for bike hire and test fees, and that was another day of training till 3, test at 3.30

passed, plus 10 quid per day for insurance in case you damage teh bikes, plus cost of lunch brings the total to just under 500

id been riding a moped for a year before hand

i would recommened elite motorcycle training if you are in london, i went to the training centre in wembley, which is 30 seconds walk from wembley park tube station, all the instructors were great fun and taught you well, cept 1, but i think he left, and overall i really enjoyed it
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So in other words, he stopped you for being flagrantly in posession of a motorcycle in direct contravention of the Hippies, Darkies and People Whose Face I Don't Like The Look of (Police Powers) Act. 1976

[Doddmaster]

I paid £210 for 3 days training (4 hours per day) and the test

[MikeyC]

how hard is the test really? some people say its proper hard, other say its a walk in the park. Obviously some people will find it harder to do according to ability, but just generally speaking. Taking your test in a car you feel like your every move is being scrutinised, i know you cant compare that to CBT, but on my CBT I had so much freedom to a certain extent, the instructor can't see everything.

So, £500 all in? thing is, it'll cost more cos i'll just want a bigger bike as soon i *hopefully* pass!!

[WildGoose]

nothing they ask you to do is hard, but its the stress that fails most people, cos you concentrate so hard on one thing, forget to do another as a result, make a move deemed "dangerous" instand fail

like my first test i failed on one thing, a cross junction with traffic lights, that stupid offside to offside thing, it was deemed dangerous cos i obstructed my view, and thus failed

but you wont fail a second time, unless youve had no training or you get a bastard tester, mine was a bastard, and it doesnt make it any easier, a friendly tester can put you at ease, one who enjoys being an arsehole just adds to the stress
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So in other words, he stopped you for being flagrantly in posession of a motorcycle in direct contravention of the Hippies, Darkies and People Whose Face I Don't Like The Look of (Police Powers) Act. 1976

[Doddmaster]

I found the test easy, because I knew exactly what to do. The only reason I got 4 minors is because I panicked at some points

[MikeyC]

goose mate, what you mean by offside to offside?

dodd - what did u get minors for?

[WildGoose]

check the highway code mate, its the procedure for turning right at a junction when an opposite car is also turning to their right

its just a gay rule, that needs learning, that i forgot, my fault and i accept why i failed, its just annoying
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So in other words, he stopped you for being flagrantly in posession of a motorcycle in direct contravention of the Hippies, Darkies and People Whose Face I Don't Like The Look of (Police Powers) Act. 1976

[TiN]

Erm, is this a restriced a licence? or DAS?...DAS is usually a little more expensive. Also, the training school that I went to offered free retakes on the restriced licence (but not on DAS ).
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[Phoenix]

[WildGoose]

then pass, forget it all, and learn how to ride "properly"

[EDIT] and what i meant by calling it a gay rule phoen, is that if i was riding anything more than a 125, which i am , i will be clear of the junction and on my selected exit road, before any of the other cars have had a chance to really go anywhere, hence im rarely gonna find myself in a situation where i need to bother with that rule

if i had burned off like this during the test it would have been deemed dangerous through lack of observation etc, but in real life on a modern bike, it really doesnt seem to affect me to much

btw mike, ignore the crap in this post till youve passed mate
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So in other words, he stopped you for being flagrantly in posession of a motorcycle in direct contravention of the Hippies, Darkies and People Whose Face I Don't Like The Look of (Police Powers) Act. 1976

[Doddmaster]

[G1_]

[G]

nah... that's the whole idea of the cbt

[G1_]

Fair enough, it's just that people say you should know clutch control and gears before you go to one.

[G]

AFIAK the idea of the CBT is to teach clutch control and gears etc.

[Major_Grooves]

I live next to Elite school in Wembley but I was thinking of going back to Scotland to do the DAS as itr seems to be quite a bit cheaper (and the roads and traffic are much nicer if the weather holds out).

Is there any problem with doing the test nowhere near where your license is registered? ie registered London, test Dundee?

[G]

NO.... my flate mate did his second CBT and his test in Essex because he knew the roads better.

[Major_Grooves]

Excellent! I wish I was riding back in Scotland. Back home I could be in the countryside in 5mins, some great roads around there. Here in London I never feel like I can escape the built up areas, and the cars.

[Bendy]

[MikeyC]

im over 21 so it wont have to be a restricted licence luckily, just cant wait now to get my licence!