The tests
What test are available to you.The UK test changes
Get it done soon!
This Government have decided to ignore all the pleas of the biking industry and have allowed European legislation to decide our driving test rules. The new bike test which is not available evenly across the UK will come into effect in October 2008. Rotherham is the nearest MPTC and possibly a VOSA site somewhere in West Yorkshire!
The test fee is going to rising 30% from £60 to £80 and there is a new off road element to the test. We will be using the best methods possible to train you to pass your test! Still do it now before the 3rd European Directive is imposed on us, which may raise the DAS age to 24 or 26 years and there will be a number of restrictions imposed on the size and power of what you can ride.
Our guarantee
We believe in our quality!
We are so confident of our training methods and content at 2wheelskool that we GUARANTEE if you ride the way we teach you to YOU WILL PASS YOUR TEST. If you don't pass and you did everything the way we taught you then we will pay for your re-test. Your test will depend largely on your age. Read on to find out what's available to you.
The options
There are three options.
16 year olds: You can only take your test on a moped and when you pass it allows you to ride a moped on full licence status. That is lose the "L" plates and you can carry passengers. If you want to ride a bike at 17 you would have to revert back to learner status.
17 to 20 year olds: You can take your test on a learner legal 125cc machine. This would give you an A2 licence that means for 2 years from test date you are restricted to riding a bike with a max power output of 33BHP. This is power restriction not cc, so the bike could be a 250cc or a 1000cc dependent on its power and of course you can have a more powerful bike restricted down. After 2 years your licence automatically upgrades to a full unrestricted one, i.e. you can ride anything, insurance willing. There is another category of licence called A1 and this is awarded if your bike does not match the A2 criteria, don't worry all 2Wheelskools' 125's meet A2 criteria.
21 plus: If you do finally make it to 21 then the DAS scheme is available to you. Basically you take your test on a large bike and once you have passed you can ride anything. See the DAS page for more info. The test fee payable to DSA is incorporated in the price of all courses. We book, pay for and arrange all the detail of your test.