Full test or 125 decisions decisions

[Louise]

Once my bike has gone im undecided if I should go for my full bike test and go without a bike for a few months (I wont ride much in winter anyway)
Or stick it out and get another 125 Sports bike.
Ive only been riding geared bikes for around 2-3 months now is this long enough or would you reccomend more riding before the test?
I worked out its around 500-600 for the lessons + test.
If I fail the test, would I need to pay another 500+ to do it all again or just 65 quid roughly?

[Type_Mo]

do the test and wait. If you shop around then you can probly get the price of the test down.

CBT - £80 - £120
Theory - £21.50 or £25 if training school book it
lessons - £100 a day roughly?
Bike hire - £15 a day maybe?
Test about £50 - £60?
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[Whosthedaddy]

DAS

It will be slightly more for a retest as its test fee plue hire of motorcycle. I paid £90 for my retest, yet others have said that they had to pay in excess of £200

Once you a straddle a big, fat throbbing one, you wont look back
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[DanStw0]

Dont think about failing Keep positive

However if you do, you would more than likely just after to pay the exam fee and the bike hire of the school you are with.

Depending on which school you go with some guarntee a pass within reason

If it was I would go for the full licence funds permitting.

[veeeffarr]

My DAS was £480 for a 5 day course including bike hire and test fee.

Was also guaranteed so if you failed you only had to pay the test fee back.

Cheers,

T

[Stu_666]

Did my CBT in Nov' 04 then took the full test on about June the following year.

Think it was about £600. That included two full days training on the bike and morning before the test. Also included bike hire. Place where I went would'nt charge you anymore if you failed for more training. Think if you did fail then you'd have to pay the test fee again. As my instructor said, think of the money your losing if you fail then its a good motivator for passing

I'd probably recommend the full licence exam thingy if you can afford it. Gives you more options for your next bike if you want one more powerful and not restricted.

[MattEMulsion]

If I was you then I would wait until the spring time before thinking about doing your bike test. This time of year isn't that nice for riding about in at the best of times, so trying to learn how to ride correctly (the way you should in order to pass), and to concentrate fully on your riding skills must be even harder in the crap winter weather.
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[mellowmoose]

This is currently one of my dillemas.

Does anyone know of any good training centres in London where they offer free training/refund if you fail the test.

Otherwise, its down the restricted route for me

My current plan is to take the restricted test on my Yamaha xvs 125 and then to get a restricted 600cc and take the full test on that. A bit long winded I know but its affordable

[MattEMulsion]

[Dave McCool]

I've heard that the test is supposedly getting harder this year, does anyone know when?

My 20th is in March (I know, I've left it ages, but I'm a student, and in the first year beer came first...) and I could probably get my mum and dad to help me out paying for the DAS (I think that's what I have to take, the A2 thing anyway) training and test for that, but I'd rather get it done before it gets ridiculously hard.

Also, I'll have had my car license for nearly 3 years by then, does this still negate the need for a CBT?

Thanks...

[DanStw0]

[Dave McCool]

Cheers mate, that's handy to know.

You're probably right, it will be very busy next year, but I need some time to save, and I don't particularly fancy doing the test in January, so March will have to do...

D'you reckon the waiting list will be huge by then?

How long did people have to wait between booking and actually taking their tests?

[ram_doom]

Do it asap as the test is soon to become much more complex and probably more expensive...
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[Dave McCool]

That does look more complicated, but again, does seem to be coming in to place in late 2008, so I reckon I'll be O.K, in fact, I'll be 21 by then, so I should even be able to sort out the accelerated access test before it gets too complicated.