Thinking of getting my bike license. What is involved nowadays?

Hades · 2 Oct 2014 at 09:38

I got my car license in 1988 if that is relevant to what I can ride while learning.

I am thinking of getting a motorbike license, mostly just for something to do and to tick it off the life experience list. Any advice on what is needed nowadays would be appreciated.

What it the biggest engine I am allowed while learning? Do I have to do a Compulsory Basic Training or whatever it is called nowadays before being allowed to ride on L plates? Any suggestions on a suitable second hand learner bike to look for would also be appreciated.

Recommended clothing?

I am just fact finding at this stage.

Thanks.

Hades · 2 Oct 2014 at 09:46

Thanks. I will look at those.

Hades · 2 Oct 2014 at 11:34

Thanks.

Hades · 2 Oct 2014 at 16:25

Once again thanks. I have ridden a bike before. Back in about 1990(ish) I did an intensive one week course but failed it. I'd only taken it because I had a spare week off work and the course was incredibly cheap due to it being January. So I never bothered taking it again.

But honestly it taught me more about road awareness than years of driving a car, simply because you're so much more vulnerable. I think it made me a better car driver, or certainly a more cautious one.

So yes I think it's a good idea to take the CBT even if I don't need to.