DAS Cost??

[MWillow]

Just trying to work out my finances to see how much i need to buy everything (Bike, Helmet, Leathers etc).

How much will i be looking at roughly roughly for a DAS course?

I've ridden quite a bit before; not for about 10 years so will just need a refresh i guess. I'll need to hire the bike and equipment from the training school too...

Any help would be great as i don't think i'm too far away from booking if my sums are right

[Guest]

I think a fair budget is prolly around the £500 mark for a full DAS course. But you say you have ridden, so you should have shorter course one would hope... The best way for you to find out is talk to the schools you are likely to use!!! you ain't likely to travel the length of the country to do your DAS to save a few pennies are ya!!!

As for gear... well .... how long is a piece of string !!!! lol

Go for the best you can afford. some peeps get by with a few hundred pounds worth of gear, whilst others ride about in thosands worth!!!

If you want my opinion.... budget .. hmm.... a good £500 for gear too ... and expand from there ...

[MWillow]

Cheers Dan

I've allowed £750 for gear (Helmet, Leathers, Boots & Gloves). I'll prob end up spending a bit more knowing me tho!!

Looks like i'll be getting booked up in the next couple of weeks then

[Guest]

Sweet!!! Nice one

Keep us posted on your progress!!

[Mightycaz]

£700 will be more than enough to get gear!!!

as for the DAS like Dan said about £500 is the benchmark i think, I paid for mine in bits as I did it but failed the mod 1 so had to shell out another £40 to re do that again. If you have ridden before you can probably skip a few of the lessons before doing your test so might work out a bit cheaper...

Oh and sign up to this, http://www.4theride.co.uk/ there are loads of good deals on there.

[Aaron]

I just passed DAS on Friday. I'd never even sat on a motorbike before, so i did a 6 session course like this:

1 - CBT

2 - 125cc

3 - 500cc

4 - 500cc

5 - Module 1

6 - Module 2

Cost was £750 (4 hour sessions, bike, damage waiver, gear, test fees)

I failed Mod1 first time (£150 to try again)

I failed Mod2 first time (£204 to try again)

So in total i guess I spent about £1100 learning.

Just spent £250 on a helmet + £170 on textile jacket/trousers. £80 on gloves. Yet to buy 'proper' boots.

£411 on comprehensive insurance from Caroll Nash (I'm 29 and passed test few days ago ).

So, you should be able to save some cash, having ridden before, but beware how much it *could* cost if you have to retry any tests. Being a DAS course you can't just rock up on your own bike and pay 15 quid for a quick module1 retest. I also think £204 for mod2 retest is a bit of a rip considering that, depending the time of the test, you could only be on a bike for less than 2 hours.

I managed to get some overtime so i'm not sad anymore about the extra cost : ) I'll be doing the overtime with a smile, looking forward to getting out on another ride.

[LuciferJonny]

Why did it cost 100+ to retake ur mod 1 and 200+ for mod 2? In plymouth i was quoted 15 quid for mod 1 and 75 quid mod 2 based on if I use my own bike and didnt have any lessons. Surely renting a bike for the couple hours to retake them doesnt cost 100+ each for mod 1 and mod 2? Unless your doing futher training on them?

[Mightycaz]

Yeah £150 is very steep, I paid £40 to re take my MOD 1 when I failed and that included bike hire.

[Aaron]

You have to do the DAS tests on the larger bike. Typically a 500cc. You're not allowed to ride that many HP on your own, so you then have to pay for an instructor to accompany you. If you live half an hour from the mod1 test center then thats an hours worth in travel. plus 20 minutes of test/paperwork, plus the 20 minutes at least of spare time (getting there early so you dont miss it and waste all that money). Add on a few minutes either end where you actually turn up, say hi, warm up the bike, get your gear on and set off. That's 2 hours worth of 'tuition'. In reality my travel time was nearer 40 minutes each way. I had to book a whole 4 hour session (that's the only way they came) but that meant i had enough time for about an hour of practise first.

Module 2 is getting on for an hour of test time, for which you still have to pay for bike hire, accompanyment, etc. Plus the time you take to poodle over there, etc (Module 2 i could do in my home town). That's more of a rip off because you're unlikely to actually spend 4 hours on a bike, but i kinda understand it because you're still stopping someone else from booking a whole morning/afternoon session. I think it would be nice though, if after the test, you could use up the remaining time practising overtaking tractors or something you've not done much of so far.

Anyhow, it's essentially the fact that you can't ride that size of bike on your own that makes it expensive.