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Got my 1st Learner Permit... What next

  • 12-04-2019 11:20AM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 212 ✭✭


    Hi Guys

    I have just aquired my 1st Learner Permit for bikes. I am 36 years old and want to start riding.

    I have experience (about 6 years) riding bikes from my own country.

    I would like advice what to do next.

    Which bike to buy to start with?
    Which insurance company?
    etc.

    Advice will be much appreciated.


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,920 ✭✭✭zubair


    Have you done your IBT yet?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 212 ✭✭iwantthat


    No i have not... what is it and where to do it.
    zubair wrote: »
    Have you done your IBT yet?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 12,134 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    It is Initial Basic Training:
    Initial Basic Training (IBT) is a mandatory training course that teaches basic riding skills to learner motorcyclists.

    http://www.rsa.ie/en/RSA/Learner-Drivers/Motorcyclists/Initial-basic-training-IBT-for-motorcyclists/


    While you have ridden in your home country before, it is a requirement to ride legally here.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,014 ✭✭✭FishOnABike


    Can your current licence be exchanged for a full Irish driving licence for the category of bike you want here? If not and you're an experienced biker that just needs to "tick the boxes" for an IBT to get your Irish permit, some training centres provide condensed schedule courses that fit it all into one intensive weekend.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,949 ✭✭✭two wheels good


    Do you have a foreign licence?
    Exchanging a foreign licence: Details
    It's not just for EU/EEA countries.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,716 ✭✭✭ayux4rj6zql2ph


    OP, best thing to do is to give Mick Finlay a shout, he's a moderator on this forum under the username LookBehindYou. He can answer all your questions.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 212 ✭✭iwantthat


    Thank you guys. My take is that i have to do IBT. I have licence but it is not exchangeable here in Ireland. I will look for IBT providers now. But perhaps you guys can answer one more question.

    In terms of first bike, what should i take. The end goal is to ride a proper bike and get the licence with most categories.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,036 ✭✭✭Sonics2k


    iwantthat wrote: »
    Thank you guys. My take is that i have to do IBT. I have licence but it is not exchangeable here in Ireland. I will look for IBT providers now. But perhaps you guys can answer one more question.

    In terms of first bike, what should i take. The end goal is to ride a proper bike and get the licence with most categories.

    Seeing as you have the 6 years experience, that opens up a lot of bike options to you from the get go, so best advice is to go and try out different bikes.

    Most insurance companies will only insure you up to a certain engine size, around 750cc or so and above that the costs are either massive or they won't cover. For example, it's really hard to get insurance on a GS1200 with a Learner licence.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,014 ✭✭✭FishOnABike


    This site
    http://www.rsa.ie/en/RSA/Learner-Drivers/Motorcyclists/no-name-yet/
    explains the process for obtaining a motorbike licence in Ireland.

    If you're an experuenced bike and over 24 the Direct Access for Category A would be the way to go.


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