How much can I expect to pay for a bike course?

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I've decided that I need a bike. The benefits totally outweigh drawbacks for me, so I'm looking at doing one of those week-long courses. I've had a quote for £705 including CBT, but excluding theory - does that sound right? Does anyone know of anywhere they can recommend, within reasonable distance from Southampton or in/around Worcestershire?

Also, what are the best places to sell a car? is it still ph/autotrader or are there any other places I should look?
 
im looking into this aswell, i think im just going to do my cbt first, then ride a 125 for a couple of years, only 19, so cant ride anything above 125 till im 21, i think so anyway?

Does anyone know whats getting changed in oct? Worth doing the theory test before then or not?
 
Seems abit pricey to me, but then again I think most places are putting their prices up before october as everyone is trying to get through.

digisatman said:
im looking into this aswell, i think im just going to do my cbt first, then ride a 125 for a couple of years, only 19, so cant ride anything above 125 till im 21, i think so anyway?
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Why do you think that? :S

CBT you cant ride anything over 125
Full test under 21, restricted to 33BHP for 2 years, but you could restrict a 1300CC hayabusa to 33bhp if you wanted to
Direct access over 21 you can ride any bike you want after you pass

Theory Test will still be the same after oct as far as I know, but i would pass your test before oct if you can, not that the new test is going to be impossible but the nearest test place for you might be miles away and have a looong waiting list.
 
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How many CC does a 33bhp roughly equate to, and isa bike > 125cc really wise for first bike anyway? Lastly, why are they making it harder, is it because of the fuel prices, a lot of people are moving to 2 wheels?

Sorry for hijacking OP thread, but on the same lines i hope!
 
heh, don't worry about it - I'm 25 so if I pass in time, I hopefully won't be restricted. What is the law actually changing to?
 
I had a hyosung comet 125GT for my 125 and it was a brilliant little bike, all depends on what style of bike you want, sporty (looking) you can get the new yamaha 125 or if you want two stroke go for the RS125 but make sure you know abit about rebuilding engines :p
As said it dosent matter about the CC if your restricted, but imo I would go with a 600cc of some sort and restricting it, anything bigger and your lugging more weight around with only 33bhp and they run crap apprently, in the end nearly all the restricted bikes will do around 110 top end, and still accelerate quicker than anything other than a GT3 :p

Their making it harder because of mainly two problems imo, one there are a lot of crappy bike riders out there, and the second is there are even more crappy car drivers out there, and instead of making car drivers observe more etc they are adding into the bike test all the things they think we can do to avoid the cagers :confused: like low speed maneuvering, emergency stops from 50mph I think :o there are going to be a lot of hurt learners from that one lol, even though its going to be harder, ultimately its going to be a lot better as the next generation of bikers should be pretty competent from the off, as you see a hell of a lot of new bikers struggling especially at low speed stuff.
 
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Fireskull said:
I had a hyosung comet 125GT for my 125 and it was a brilliant little bike, all depends on what style of bike you want, sporty (looking) you can get the new yamaha 125 or if you want two stroke go for the RS125 but make sure you know abit about rebuilding engines :p
As said it dosent matter about the CC if your restricted, but imo I would go with a 600cc of some sort and restricting it.

Their making it harder because of mainly two problems imo, one there are a lot of crappy bike riders out there, and the second is there are even more crappy car drivers out there, and instead of making car drivers observe more etc they are adding into the bike test all the things they think we can do to avoid the cagers :confused: like low speed maneuvering, emergency stops from 50mph I think :o there are going to be a lot of hurt learners from that one lol
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i would definetly go for a sporty looking one, that comet looks really good! I know the honda cg125 is reliable and a great first bike, but would probably sit in the garage all year because it looks so damn ugly!
 
digisatman said:
i would definetly go for a sporty looking one, that comet looks really good! I know the honda cg125 is reliable and a great first bike, but would probably sit in the garage all year because it looks so damn ugly!
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Yea id recommend the Hyosung was a brilliant bike had no problems with mine and had it for a year.
If your going to use it for a period of time then you really want to get something you like the look of :p id only use a CG125 if your on a budget or only going to have it as a step up for few months.
 
well, I've booked my theory (but I don't have my licence as it's getting my address updated - hopefully it'll be back in time). Apparently I need to go to ASDA as they've got a theory test companion that's really good. How exciting.

Wonder if my old man will give me his bike.
 
how about a 400cc or a new Kwak 250cc (which has been getting rave reviews)? I wouldnt pay for a 125. New they are overpriced, old they have been ragged to hell and poorly maintained. The other thing is that a 125 wont be producing 33bhp, it will be around 14bhp. So a 250cc (aprillia did a stonking version) is great for 33bhp as is a restricted 400cc. The kwak 250cc and Aprillia 250cc are both great by all accounts and there are early 90s 400cc's that are also meant to handle very well.
 
Mine cost £610 [excluding theory] inc 1 Practice and 3 days training. If you fail practical then free tuition (up to 3 days) and you just paid for retest fees.
 
the main thing I was concerned about changing is power restrictions for new riders, but unless I'm not reading it properly, nothing like that's changing. The new things on the test sound like pretty beneficial skills to have so I'm not sure about rushing it. I'll see if I can get time off work.
 
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the main thing I was concerned about changing is power restrictions for new riders, but unless I'm not reading it properly, nothing like that's changing. The new things on the test sound like pretty beneficial skills to have so I'm not sure about rushing it. I'll see if I can get time off work.
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Power limitations will remain the same. Full A2 licence will have you restricted for 2 years to 33BHP, DAS will give you no limitation.

The problem with the new test is that a lot of the new test centres are not ready, the number of test centres with enough off-road space is very few and so there will be a reduction in test centres offering bike tests, and due to this the waiting times will rocket.

Just so you all know, the latest you can book for the current practical is the 31st July (which means you will need to have passed your theory by then/find a bike school that bulk books practical tests.)
 
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I paid around £120 for CBT and £640 for a 4 day DAS and an extra day gear changing (5 days total). This was however in London and at short notice (in before the Oct change)
 
I payed £110 for my cbt and £500 for 4 lessons and the DAS test at two wheels in edinburgh, which I passed today! :D yay me!
 
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Just so you all know, the latest you can book for the current practical is the 31st July (which means you will need to have passed your theory by then/find a bike school that bulk books practical tests.)
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oh right, well that's me out the window then, earliest test I could book was August 4th (I don't have a driving licence at the moment). Like I said, only thing I was bothered about was power limitation, I don't mind doing the new test.
 
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