driving test/scooter

[jinxed]

I've been quoted £65 for test and admin fees by Tommy Bee's

[Devo McDuff]

Yes, that sounds more like it. Book the test yourself and save a skin diver.

[Robjack]

ianfitch said:

I took my Direct access test last year having not rode for 15 years and had about 6 lessons on a 500cc bike including my test. It was 45-50 quid per 2 hour session and i'm not really sure where some of the expensive prices mentioned here come from.

Although riding a scoot gives me great pleasure the 500 cc Kawasaki was much easier to ride than any 125 bike as it like Mini compared to Mercedes, everything was more just so -seat , power , brakes etc... Go for the bike and then ride anything you want.....

Not singing bikes praises here too much I hope..........Oops

I agree with Ian. My advice, for what it's worth, to anyone thinking about doing their test, is to swallow your pride and do it on a bike if you can. A bike is more stable than a scoot and gives the impression that you are more in control. Which is one of the major things that you are being watched closely by the examiner for. Give yourself as much of an advantage as you can, and then get out on your scoot once you've passed.

[Spence]

I have to say that I too ditched my scooter for a week and took lessons then my test on a bike.

I'd never sat on a motorbike in my life, had my first lesson on a Saturday, an hour or so each day except on the Thursday when I went for my theory test, then a couple of hours before the test on the following Saturday and that was it. Never ridden a bike again but I didn't have to go through all the stress of finding the right scooter to do it on.

[Gary]

I took lessons and test on a bike as well.
It doesn't matter how long you have been riding, i would advise anybody to take at least half a day lesson to iron out any bad habits you may have, plus you will probably get to ride around a possible test route which gives you some idea what the examiner is looking for.


Anyone thinking of taking their test, get it done as soon as possible as it looks to be getting a bit more difficult later on this year.

[jaz]

bucksgary said:

...plus you will probably get to ride around a possible test route which gives you some idea what the examiner is looking for.

Don't forget you can download all the test routes from the DSA website. Find your local test centre here:

www.dsa.gov.uk/AtoZservices_Bannered.asp?Cat=-1&TestType=mc&TypeID=17

and you can get all the bike test routes as PDF docs.

As far as doing the test is concerned, I'm going with a geared bike rather than a scooter simply because there's a far greater choice of riding schools that way. What I ride after that is up to me ;D