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how to get FULL bike license & fast!?

  • 26-02-2013 8:52pm
    #1
    eurotrotter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭


    hey gang,

    im 28,irish, male, and used be a scooter bike rider back in 2007 til about 2009.

    I now live in the UK, and want to get a FULL bike license.

    I already have a full car license.

    I just want to know what the cheapest & fastest way would be to get a FULL bike license would be.

    I am prepared to travel anywhere in europe for it, if it means saving a few quid.

    any advice would be great.

    Thanks very much,

    ed


Comments

  • #2
    KamiKazi
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,201 ✭✭✭KamiKazi


    Do your CBT then do a direct access course.


  • #3
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,102 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    eurotrotter wrote: »
    I am prepared to travel anywhere in europe for it, if it means saving a few quid.

    You can only do a test in a country your resident in. Can't see a big saving moving to another country to do a test.

    Do a google for a local motorbike school, AFAIK the UK doesn't have our 6 month rule and you can do a week, or less, long course to get a full licence.


  • #4
    paddy147
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,858 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    eurotrotter wrote: »
    hey gang,

    im 28,irish, male, and used be a scooter bike rider back in 2007 til about 2009.

    I now live in the UK, and want to get a FULL bike license.

    I already have a full car license.

    I just want to know what the cheapest & fastest way would be to get a FULL bike license would be.

    I am prepared to travel anywhere in europe for it, if it means saving a few quid.

    any advice would be great.

    Thanks very much,

    ed


    I suggest that you learn how to ride a motorbike 1st..before worrying about a full licence.

    Start off on a small bike and slowly work your way up.


  • #5
    Steve.N
    Closed Accounts Posts: 115 ✭✭Steve.N


    Since you live in the Uk, it's cheap as chips to get your license compared to over here! Think that the CBT is around £90 and part 2 lessons only £30 per hr.
    During my 10yrs as an instructor in the Uk we would see 1st time riders who proved to have some ability (approx 75% of pupils) come for their CBT, pass on 1st day then apply for their part 2 straight away. Over the 3wk period before their test they would either have their own bike to ride then only come back for an hours lesson before their test. If they didnt have a bike then I would recommend doing 3 or 4hrs of lessons before going through the test - we consistently had excellent pass rates on people who followed my advice.
    Some training centres in Uk also do intensive 1wk courses.


  • #6
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    paddy147 wrote: »
    I suggest that you learn how to ride a motorbike 1st..before worrying about a full licence.

    Start off on a small bike and slowly work your way up.

    ...eh, he just said he'd already done 2 years on a bike on the road........

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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  • #7
    paddy147
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,858 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    galwaytt wrote: »
    ...eh, he just said he'd already done 2 years on a bike on the road........



    eurotrotter wrote: »
    hey gang,

    im 28,irish, male, and used be a scooter bike rider back in 2007 til about 2009.

    I now live in the UK, and want to get a FULL bike license.

    I already have a full car license.

    I just want to know what the cheapest & fastest way would be to get a FULL bike license would be.

    I am prepared to travel anywhere in europe for it, if it means saving a few quid.

    any advice would be great.

    Thanks very much,

    ed





    .


  • #8
    paddy147
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,858 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    Some advice for the OP.

    Please have a read of this for getting a motorbike licence in the UK.

    https://www.gov.uk/ride-motorcycle-moped/overview


  • #9
    niner99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23 ✭niner99


    paddy147 wrote: »
    Did you read the opening post at all???









    Scooter rider back in 2007.....

    A scooter is not a motorbike.


    Maybe next time you might actually read the post.

    This post got me doing some googling, the DOT Ireland states:

    ‘‘moped’’ means a mechanically propelled bicycle fitted with
    an engine having a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 cubic
    centimetres, if of the internal combustion type, or having
    a maximum design speed of not more than 45 kilometres
    per hour;
    ‘‘motorcycle’’ means a mechanically propelled bicycle, with
    or without a sidecar, fitted with an engine having a cylinder
    capacity of more than 50 cubic centimetres, if of the internal
    combustion type, or having a maximum design speed of
    more than 45 kilometres per hour;

    http://www.transport.ie/upload/general/12149-SI_537_OF_2006-0.PDF

    So it is possible he was riding a motorbike depending on his cc?

    Came across this too which eurotrotter may find interesting as he's in UK. I'm sure it would do Irish bikers no harm either.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/66077/dsa-national-standard-riding-mopeds-motorcycles.pdf


  • #10
    niner99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23 ✭niner99


    sorry Paddy, I requoted your post before you felt your post was a tad harsh :o


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