Guest Posted November 23, 2015 Posted November 23, 2015 Hi all,Currently a full A1 license holder with around 6 months before I can step up to get the unrestricted A.I've been debating taking the BMW Rider Guaranteed Pass scheme - essentially allowing me to take my A2 now and then returning to get my A next year - asking £1400 for both which includes unlimited training and unlimited mod 1/mod 2s.Only catch is it's based in Royston so bit of travel involved from London.I have been debating taking a London non-guaranteed DAS as well but fancied peace of mind over anything else.Just wondering, does anyone know of similar guaranteed courses in London that cover resits etc?Cheers. Quote
fq-craigus Posted November 23, 2015 Posted November 23, 2015 Dont bother with that course. It advertises gaurenteed pass which lures people in but is essentially a normal das course with limits on how many hours tuition you can have. A normal das course is about £500 for someone who already has a current licence so you minus the cbt. Your already riding so not a complete novice. If you dont pass with the 5 days tuition and two tests at the worse you pay for another day training and another test which would take a lot to build up to the £1400 Quote
Hoggs Posted November 23, 2015 Posted November 23, 2015 I agree with craigus, if you've been riding for a while you may be able to do a 4 day. Most places offer a free assessment to see how you handle a big bike.1400 seems really steep especially adding travel time and cost on top Quote
soll Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Just wait 6 months and do A licence job done. Quote
RantMachine Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 That price is bloody insane Typical BMW!Anyway, they probably teach you a load of bad habits like not nodding at anyone who doesn't have a squinty headlight I rode on my 125 for more or less exactly a year, then did one and a half days training (which cost something like £150 total). The first session to go over Mod 1 with lots of practice, the second to do some road riding on a big bike. Well, we did about an hour of road riding then decided I would be fine and spent the rest of the morning in a greasy spoon talking about the bikes we'd both seen at Motorcycle Live But anyway, that was all the training I did. Chuck in the price of the tests and the hire of a bike from my trainer for the test, and it cost me a grand total of just under £400 and I passed first time with a clean sheet. If you've been riding for six months and have done a decent few miles in that time, I wouldn't recommend bothering with a guaranteed pass course. Quote
Glorian Posted November 26, 2015 Posted November 26, 2015 I hear the course comes with a free polite jacket. Quote
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