The UK test changes

Get it done NOW!

This Government have decided to ignore all the pleas of the biking industry and have allowed European legislation to decide our driving test rules, for some reason we test in kilometers per hour! The new bike test which is not fully available across the UK has come into effect (27 April 2009). It will be a 2 part test. The DSA have closed all but one of the temporary sites in West Yorkshire as our only MPTC opened in South Wakefield in early 2010. The on road element can still be taken locally at one of West Yorkshires' 4 test centres Bradford, Leeds, Halifax, Wakefield.

The test fees have already risen more than 40% in 12 months to almost £95. We will be using the best methods possible to train you and have just acquired a large, flat, tarmaced site for Part 1 off road training! Still do it now before the 3rd European Directive is imposed on us, which may raise the DAS age to 24 or 26 years and there will be a number of restrictions imposed on the size and power of what you can ride.

Our guarantee

We believe in our quality!

We are so confident of our training methods and content that we GUARANTEE if you ride the way we teach, YOU WILL PASS! If you don't pass and you did everything the way we taught you then we will pay for your re-test.

Module 1 the off road Manouvres

Allegedly this is going to make you a safer rider?

Part 1 ( The DSA call them Modules) of your test is staged at an off road area, quite large where the examiners want to see bike control, swerve avoidance and braking. It consists of 11 separate exercises and the layouts will vary dependant on the venue. We have a similar site ourselves and it will most likely be taken at Wakefield. This link to the DSA site explains more about the test. DSA
Both parts of your test must be taken on the category of bike you want a licence for, i.e. it must be a DAS 500cc bike if it is a DAS test you are taking.

Module 2 the on road riding

This is virtually the same its always been.

Part 2 is an on road ride of about 40 minutes to prove to the examiner that you can control and ride safely in traffic. The only technical exercises you will carry out are hill starts , angle starts etc... Its about road craft, safety margins, progress, lane discipline, observations, use of signals, halts, move offs, reading the road this could take a while, getting the picture? We usually use the current test centre in Bradford at Eccleshill.

Your test will depend largely on your age. Read on to find out what's available to you.

 

The options

There are three options.

There are 4 module 2 test centres in West Yorkshire, Leeds (Horsforth), Bradford (Eccleshill) Halifax, and Wakefield. Wakefield has re sited to the MPTC location and we believe Halifax is under threat as a bike test centre. We generally use the current test centre at Bradford for module 2's as our sites are close to this test station. For Module 1's it is effectively Wakefield or nothing.

16 year olds: You can only take your test on a moped and when you pass it allows you to ride a moped on full licence status. That is lose the "L" plates and you can carry passengers. Take your Grandma to the Post Office on pension day. If you want to ride a bike at 17 you would have to revert back to learner status.

17 to 20 year olds: You can take your test on a learner legal 125cc machine. This would give you an A2 licence that means for 2 years from test date you are restricted to riding a bike with a max power output of 33BHP. This is power restriction not cc, so the bike could be a 250cc or a 1000cc dependent on its power and of course you can have a more powerful bike restricted down. After 2 years your licence automatically upgrades to a full unrestricted one, i.e. you can ride anything, insurance willing. There is another category of licence called A1 and this is awarded if your bike does not match the A2 criteria, don't worry all 2Wheelskools' 125's meet A2 criteria.

21 plus: If you do finally make it to 21 then the DAS scheme is available to you. Basically you take your test on a large bike and once you have passed you can ride anything. See the DAS page for more info. The test fee payable to DSA is incorporated in the price of all courses. We book, pay for and arrange all the detail of your test.
One final thing about Motorcycle tests. If you take your test on your own automatic machine it restricts you to riding automatics only.

The Theory test

For our course students.

If you are doing a course with us we book, plan and assist you in getting through the theory and hazard perception test. This consists of 50 multiple choice questions and 14 streaming video clips for the hazard perception. The tests are taken at the pearson view centres which are city centre based in Leeds or Bradford. The test takes about an hour.