riding an a2 bike before taking tests

[bill_kenway]

So im 19, want to get my a2 bike licence. I had done all my cbt and theory but it expired, ive got it all booked in though.. After ive done my cbt and theory, is there any way of riding my a2 bike on the road before my tests? (just bought a 1972 gt750 which im getting restricted to 47hp) I haven't ridden anything bigger than a 125 (actually a 250, but nobody knew any different) so surely it would seem a bit silly if the first time i rode the bike was on my test?!

please let me know if there is any way around this

thanks

[Hoggs]

short answer no.

unless you have access to private land.

[Westbeef]

There is, go to a training school and have some lessons.

[mikestrivens]

See here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/568266/routes-to-your-motorcycle-licence.pdf

[JRH]

There is, go to a training school and have some lessons.

 

Then he will be using the schools bikes, not his own.

[bill_kenway]

yeah i have access to a bit of private land.. I'm plenty confident on a bike, been riding them my whole life, ride motocross at the moment too. I read that i could use it on the road if i was followed by a qualified instructor while using an earpiece, but still that means i'd have to pay for some lessons and i've just spent all my money on the gt750. im sure it'll be fine on the day.

So if i have my test booked, will i be able to ride the bike to the test or will that not be allowed too?

[SlowBusa]

A Kettle is an Odd Choice for a learners road bike

They are usually a collectors bike

If its been restored do yourself a favor and store it and sell it in a few years at a profit

[JRH]

A Kettle is an Odd Choice for a learners road bike

 

 

Could be a Kwak GT750

EDIT just re read post Nah kwaks were after 1972

Edited January 31, 2018 by JRH

[SlowBusa]

A Kettle is an Odd Choice for a learners road bike

 

 

Could be a Kwak GT750

 

I thought of that,

But he says 1972, Kwak was 1982 onwards

Unless he got years wrong

[JRH]

A Kettle is an Odd Choice for a learners road bike

 

 

Could be a Kwak GT750

 

I thought of that,

But he says 1972, Kwak was 1982 onwards

Unless he got years wrong

 

Yea just edited my post re year. you just beat me to posting.

[TimR]

And no to riding to test as no licence , no insurance as such as must hold relevant licence .( unless bring trained by a qualified instructor)

Examiner will take a dim view and more likely refuse to test you and phone police .

So cost of transporting bike to and depending on your test result maybe back from test centre ..if your that confident speak to a local school for a days training cost to be on your test day .. so a few hours to get used to bike beforehand then test ....

[bill_kenway]

Didn't get my years wrong, is a 72 Suzuki gt750. Dead original, only done 3126 miles from new!! granted, is a bit of an odd choice for a learning 19 year old, but i work in the motor trade, work for a car main dealer as a salesman and by and sell my own, pretty much all classics. Certainly is a step up from my 89 Cr 250! I will advertise it for a 'i don't want to sell it price' and it it goes, i'll get a pre unit triumph 650 then I shouldn't have to restrict it either.. Definitely not an ideal bike to learn on, but it came up for sale at a decent price so i bought it. As i mentioned before, I have ridden bikes my entire life, so it's not like i wont be able to slalom through some cones on it, just a f ing big bike that i have hardly ridden

Right, ok. I do have access to a van, so transport isnt an issue.

Will any test centres be able to supply a suitable bike? or be able to hire one for the day from somewhere? May not end up needing to do this but its just another option as i want to do the test asap but the gt750 needs a few little bits doing to it, only servicing it really..

Dont know if any of you are into twinshock trials bikes but ive got a 74 bultaco sherpa im looking to sell

thanks for all the help by the way

[bill_kenway]

Here's my bike in all it's glory

[Westbeef]

Test centres don’t provide bikes, a training school might for the price of an hour or two.

[SlowBusa]

Im Wondering what a "good price" was

A low mileage restored one is in the £8000+ bracket

I would Clean it up and make a profit,

Lets be real here...........as a road bike they suck! ...you could finance a really nice (possibly new or very low mileage) 600 for what you get for the Kettle

[bill_kenway]

the bike is all up together and generally clean, as i said its totally original so obviously not going to be mint. Unfortunately there isn't any documents to prove the mileage, but I cant see any reason for it not to be real. The thing is though, if i tidied it up/restored it, it would de-value it! it would just be another restored bike the same as all the other ones advertised. But, if you try to go and find a really original unmolested bike, you'll struggle to find what you're looking for. It's easy to restore a bike, impossible to fake originality.

Ahh i dont want to buy a modern bike, no matter what you buy you'll loose money on it, and I can have just as much fun on my kettle, and when i get bored with it i can sell it and make a profit - win win

i didnt get it because i thought it was practical, i just really liked it and there's plenty of profit in it for me so why not??

[Gin]

Test centres don’t provide bikes, a training school might for the price of an hour or two.

Pretty much my thoughts on all this... Putting the money forwards to have a training center escort you to and from the test, while you hire one of their bikes, seems like the best thing to do.

When I did my test I used one of the schools bikes instead of my own, for a few reasons, but it might help that they tend to pick bikes that are "Easy" to ride.

In my case, the training centers bikes were far easier to handle than mine, which was an added bonus when you only want to do the test once if you can.

Good luck with it all.

[rennie]

I love kettles!

I'd love 1 one day

Bit of a strange bike to be training on!

I don't agree with it but the fact is that the only practical way to do it nowadays

is with a training school.

It is possible to do it without but it's such a PITA that very few people bother!

We couldn't get insurance at all when we looked into the Mrs using her own bike

[Richard1985]

Not sure about a restricted bike but bikesure covered my burgman 400 with a 2 month learning period but any time I was on the bike i had to be accompanied by an instructor