How should I go about doing tests?

[Stay Hazed]

I've ridden my 125 for about 6 months now, doing around 200 miles per week. It still gives me fun every ride, but I wish to do my tests.

I'm 21, held my CBT for around 1 year 3 months (had a couple of bikes before my current one), so I can only do A2. That's fine by me!

How should I go about doing tests? I'm in Redditch, Worcestershire. I've contacted the local bike schools, who to be honest, all offer the same price. 2 day course £500 incl test fees, bike hire etc. I'm only on an apprenticeship at the moment so money is very tight, so want to do it as cheaply as possible. Will I need to do the 2 day course things, or am I better off booking a few lessons @ £35 p/h I think it was, then booking tests myself etc? My mind is telling me do that as it's cheaper, but I may well need the course etc I don't know.

Any help would be appreciated.

SL.

[Wonko The Sane]

First thing to do is book and sit your theory, this must be done before booking tests

If you were to do your tests on your own bike I believe you'll be limited to 125's until doing another test.

If you're fine with being on a 125 until you can go straight for full license then you can do it on your own bike.

£15 fee to do the mod 1 test, perhaps budget to do this twice, once to get a feel for what you're being asked to do, once to pass it - read up online what's required.

can't remember fee for mod 2 - it's possible to pass both without lessons.


if you want to do A2 and be on a 46bhp license then you'll need a bigger bike to do it on, you can buy, insure and get it there some how (don't ride it yourself obviously) and do the tests on your own bike, however you might need some time to get used to a bigger bike.

This is where the training comes in, you get taught how to handle a bigger bike, guided through what's required on the tests and taught to pass and hopefully be a safe rider.


Personally, I did my tests on my own 125 with training, however I did it before the license change so my license becomes a full license in November.
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[wr6133]

I think in your shoes I would probably try and DIY the A1 tests, forget about the A2 and just do full licence in 3 years. That's because I'm a stingy git though and balk at the idea of doing an expensive course to get A2 and then repeating 3 years later.

[pdg]

Courses?

Modules?

Theory?

I'm so glad to be an old fucker sometimes... One test on rented 100cc 2t = ride what the fuck I want card

I'm quite sure I didn't die very often being allowed to ride ANYTHING when I was 17...
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[Ariel Badger]

I am also glad to be older, my test was just a ride around the block with an emergency stop.
THEN I get back to the UK after years away and do my car test but do not notice that when my licence comes back I have lost bike entitlement so I have to do CBT and DAS
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[wr6133]

[CaNsA]

[pdg]

[MC]

I spent a year on a 125, did 2 days training and had my tests on the 3rd day. Tbh it wasn't enough but luckily I passed. It depends on how quickly you adapt to the big bike, and if you have any issues with the mod 1 exercises for example.

£500 for 2 days or £35 p/h sounds a lot as well.
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[wr6133]

[Ariel Badger]

I was on a CBT for about three weeks until I could get a DAS. On the DAS I did 60 in a 30 and knowing I had blown it pulled a wheelie as we returned to the test centre. I passed, I guess the tester felt pity for me.
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[Stay Hazed]

I don't want to stay on the 125 for much longer though to be honest, but maybe yeah I should do the A1 on my 125 then as and when I can afford to, do my A2?

[Rogerborg]

Meanwhile, back at OP.

Are you intending to buy and insure an A2 bike after you're licensed up?

If so, you can buy it now, insure it through Bikesure against your provisionaL entitlement, then find some way of doing some "private road" practice and getting it to and from the test centre legally.

No need to go via a training school if you're confident and competent, plenty of us didn't.

I reckon that's "as cheaply as possible", if you don't twa​t up the tests repeatedly.

Nothing to stop you getting in a few hours of training first as well, if the schools are interested in doing that.

Theory first though.
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[blueglue]

Good luck with moving forward with your licence

We are all different when it comes to finding our feet but as CaNsA stated an assessment buy a local training school will let you know where you are at.

I'm 32 and hadn't ridden a bike for 13 years. Did loads of Motocross when i was younger and had a Honda MT5 when i was 16 etc..

I rocked up after passing my theory in advance and did my CBT on a 125 and i was going around the playground like a shitting dog.

After that i went straight into my DAS doing a lesson to the DVLA centre in Birmingham. Jumped on my first 'big bike' and stalled it twice immediately, but once id sorted the clutch bite i found it so much easier to control with the gyro affect of the engine.
I did one more lesson on the way to my Part 1 test, then a lesson on my way to my part 2.
Probably 6 hours CBT in total and about 6 hours in my two pre test lessons.

When i went to do my part 2 the other chap who was taking his A2 failed (went through a red light then parked up in a bus stop with a bus waiting to pull in behind him) and he had done lessons into the double figures. He said afterwards nerves just got the better of him and could see it all going wrong in slow motion (Matrix style?!?)

All in all it cost me about £600 last December.