Test advise

Hi all

I am decided I would like to take my test and get on the road with bikes
again. I did have a 125 when I was 17 but never did the test but took the
car 1. Now some 20 years later I wish I had. Can anyone tell me what sort of
tests I will have to take these days. Also will I need to do a theory test
as I have had a full driving licence for a car since 17

Many thanks all

Glenn

 

English.

 

AFAIR it's all in the FAQ - link is in my sig.

 

In a manner very similar to Jeremy Paxman, You're harsh! But you're fair.

 

First of all congratulations - it is a decision you will never regret!

You need to make sure you still have provisional entitlement on your
licence - the dvla have a habit of losing info from
driving licenses

Route 1 is Direct access. CBT on a 125, the theory test, then the
practical test on a 500 or bigger.

Route 2 - also known as take it at your own pace.

First step is the cbt, once you have got this you can ride a 125 (upto
~15bhp) on any road except motorways for a max of
2 years then the cbt runs out.

When you're confident enough on the bike (ie 6 months if you are using
it frequently) do the theory test, then go for your
practical test. If you do the practial test on a 125, then you are
restricted to 33bhp for 2 years. If you do it on a 500 or
something with over 46bhp (I think this is right) you get a full
licence with no power restrictions.

I would recommend a book from motorcycle city called "Pass your
motorcycle test with CSM" - available on amazon.

Good luck

 

OK so here is another question. If I have a full license for a moped why do
I need to take a cbt. They obviously think you capable of riding a bike so
why make us do a cbt. Seems a little odd.

 

Another question and your first telling off.

Please refrain from posting your replies at the top, this is Usenet not
some web blog, there are conventions to be adhered to. Details of the
where and why are to be found in the ukrm ffaq along with some
marvellous information about the tests you need to take in order to be
allowed to ride a motorcycle on British roads. ukrm itself is only to
be used if you wish to discuss GPS and motor cars.

 

Yes. Note the theory test gets bigger (and more expensive) from 3rd
Sept.

 

Because the law says that you have to.

And if you'd read the FAQ as I recommended then you would have noticed
that we really, really dislike top posters.

 

No - if you've had a full car license for twenty years you do not have to do
the theory test.

 

<fx: raised eyebrow> Really?

--
Joe

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I'm pretty sure that this has changed recently. Also, the DVLA site
suggests that you do need a theory test certificate number to book the
practical test. I doubt that you still have that after twenty years...

 

Well I had to take one only two years ago and I'd been driving for over
20 years

 

If you had a full car license before 1-2-2001 you are exempt from the theory
test for bikes and vice versa.

http://www.gnn.gov.uk/content/detail.asp?NewsAreaID=2&ReleaseID=55390&print=true
(Note 4)

Unless the law has changed more recently

 

Bad form replying to my own post but I didn't read this properly. I took my
car test last February and didn't have to take the theory test 'cos I'd had
my bike license for so long. Assumed (wrongly it appears) that vice versa
would be true.

I'll get me coat ...

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear

Yebbut, be fair. Even then you wouldn't regret it for *long*.

An odd thought struck me the other day. Had my recent off been a fatal,
I'd have known *absolutely* ****-all about it. One second A1M, fat warm
and happy, next...

I wouldn't have even got to see Elvis and the bright light.

I can't decide whether that's a good, or a bad thing.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer Norton 850 Commando
Kawasaki GTR1400

 

For who, exactly?

Or is it whom? I can never remember.

Anyway, it's not like most people get to choose. DMt2 will probably
do that for me.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, DR

Well, I'd have cheated that out of a victim. :^)

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer Norton 850 Commando
Kawasaki GTR1400

 

The book didn't do either company much good, did it? MC & most CSM
franchises went tits-up years ago.


--
wessie at tesco dot net

BMW R1150GS

"Wessie is a lovely man with many wonderful qualities" TM Blaney

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Higgins

Well, witnesses say I didn't brake, and I was KO'd in the initial impact
(hence the 'ragdoll' during my brief flight). So I reckon it was as
close to instantaneous as it gets.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer Norton 850 Commando
Kawasaki GTR1400