Uk Bike Licence Test
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Lurch
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Get the provisional entitlement on your licence.
Go to a training centre with your licence and some sensible clothes and shoes. Do a CBT training course (normally a day), and if you're deemed safe enough, you get a certificate and you can ride up to 125cc/14hp unsupervised for 2 years. After this if you want to ride you need to do a test (see below), or do another CBT.
Tests. There's age limits for sizes, but at 19 or under you can do the A1 which is 125cc less L plates, and you can then take pillions or use motorways.
At 21 you can do an A2 which is up to 47hp
At 24 you can do Direct Access which is any size bike you can afford to buy or insure.
Test format is:
Theory test - multiple choice questions and hazard perception video clips where you click the mouse when you see a hazard. Need to get about 2/3 correct to pass.
You need your theory to do the next two steps.
Mod 1 - pushing the bike around, slalom, fig 8, slow ride, U turn, emergency stop and an avoidance exercise (swerve). You have to behave as if on the road, and make sure you do shoulder checks and lifesavers when setting off. No feet down at all, show good control at all times.
You must pass mod 1 before doing Mod 2.
Mod 2 - riding on the road following instructions. Also there's an independent ride section where they tell you to follow road signs.
Go to a training centre with your licence and some sensible clothes and shoes. Do a CBT training course (normally a day), and if you're deemed safe enough, you get a certificate and you can ride up to 125cc/14hp unsupervised for 2 years. After this if you want to ride you need to do a test (see below), or do another CBT.
Tests. There's age limits for sizes, but at 19 or under you can do the A1 which is 125cc less L plates, and you can then take pillions or use motorways.
At 21 you can do an A2 which is up to 47hp
At 24 you can do Direct Access which is any size bike you can afford to buy or insure.
Test format is:
Theory test - multiple choice questions and hazard perception video clips where you click the mouse when you see a hazard. Need to get about 2/3 correct to pass.
You need your theory to do the next two steps.
Mod 1 - pushing the bike around, slalom, fig 8, slow ride, U turn, emergency stop and an avoidance exercise (swerve). You have to behave as if on the road, and make sure you do shoulder checks and lifesavers when setting off. No feet down at all, show good control at all times.
You must pass mod 1 before doing Mod 2.
Mod 2 - riding on the road following instructions. Also there's an independent ride section where they tell you to follow road signs.
dandoolittle
Site owner, lovely and adorable
Are got coming here?
Lurch
Administrator
Marbro_za
Dan's princess
was arguing with some tard on fb, he said you have to filter to pass the test, I was like.....no?
So wanted to confirm
But also, im there in december,
dandoolittle
Site owner, lovely and adorable
They don't like you filtering on a test. If you're on an A road they do expect you to get up to speed and overtake.
Where in the uk are you going ?
dandoolittle
Site owner, lovely and adorable
I could imagine that. I remember my test we got held up for ten minutes and my instructor said, if you get held up, drag it out. You're not legally obliged to filter
Marbro_za
Dan's princess
Staffordshire or something,
The part that threw me was, Filtering isnt something a learner should be doing, They dont know how to judge gaps in traffic, Where the road is safe etc.
That comes with experience
BlackMamba
WINNER!
I taught my self to filter the day i passed my CBT. slow and steady is the way as well as plan ahead alot.
SwissMotard
The Swiss Motard
I had to filter on my test in Birmingham. We sat for at least 5 minutes in traffic before he asked me to though.
I got a minor for hesitation for not doing it without prompting =/
I got a minor for hesitation for not doing it without prompting =/
dandoolittle
Site owner, lovely and adorable
Well you passed but he isn't allowed to do that as its a legal right to filter, not a must
Lurch
Administrator
I got a minor for not putting myself in a position to spot a filter opportunity, although you're taught to ride central in your lane, and I was behind a truck who was several cars behind the line. He said it was a mark for me to think about to help me in the future, otherwise an excellent ride.
