one more question bout bike test

[rumpelstiltskin]

I have full car license,is this suitable to cover the'provisional license'they need for sitting the bike test?Thanks!

[Gerrard]

Yep. It should say on it that it is a provisional licence for group A.

[Davel]

most do although I think that a very few don't.

The riding school will check it before you start any training...

[smeagol]

Not so sure on this one when I took mine I had the Full licence but I still took the CBT. The impression I got was that if you were doing the DAS then the CBT was part of that assessment certainly I had to show my CBT at the test centre as well as my drivers licence and theory test pass.

I believe the full car licence obtained before 1st of Feb 2001 allows you to have a provisional licence for motorbikes upto 125 and a full moped licence. But am not sure you can do DAS without the CBT. the DSA/DVLA website isn't clear on this either.

It certainly is a good idea to get used to a much smaller bike first. The school I went to, I got the impression that the CBT was compulsory before they would even let you on one of the 500cc bikes.

>> Edited by smeagol on Thursday 25th September 21:00

[Steve_T]

Full driving license gives provisional bike license. You need to pass your theory test before most of the schools will plan your lessons. You must have CBT (Compulsory Basic Training - clue's in the title) and the theory test before you can take the test proper.

Steve.

[tvradict]

You have to do the CBT as part of your DAS training. You can choose to do it yourself before you begin your DAS, but I think it is included in the DAS before your allowed to ride anything over 125cc.

[Davel]

Would have thought that most DAS schools will put you on a 125 cc initially, through a CBT, just to get you used to a bike on the road - before letting you loose on a bigger bike.

[jj.]

I thought that anyone who passed their car test before 1 December 1990, automatically had a bike provisional entitlement.

I passed my car test on 14 December '90, and so had to do a CBT course (well that's how it was sold to me at the time) prior to being let out on the road. I believe you have to do a CBT course now to even go out on a twist 'n' go (good thing if you ask me).

I also remember having to show my bike examiner my CBT pass certificate prior to my bike test.
jj (with fond memories of zipping round on a RXS100 back in '96).