Hi Folks At the tender age of 52 I would like to learn to ride a motorcycle. However, I’ve never sat in one let alone ridden one and dont know anyone within 300miles of home (Hexham, Northumberland) who owns one. Even before reading the posts of others I’d been concerned that just turning up for a cbt id struggle with the gears and after a couple of hours of catastrophic attempts at best I’d wobble out into traffic a danger to myself and anyone else while all the kids who’ve been on pit bikes from age 5 are buzzing round the instructor. What I need/want for my own confidence apart from anything else is a day on a bike on a private road (or airfield:) ) with an instructor. I’ve approached many bike schools in the region to ask but I’d describe the response as dismissive or worse. It’s CBT or don’t bother pal. Does anyone know of any school or trainer in the North East or Cumbria that offers one on one private road training with bike hire. Cost isn’t really an issue. If it’s the oldest most knackered bike in the world I don’t care as long as it works. I can ride a bicycle, have held a clean car licence for 30years l, used to race a caterham and restore cars for a hobby. Thanks