How to Pass your Full Bike Licence

Passing a Full Motorcycle Licence

At present to ride any motorbike in the UK without L-Plates, ride on motorways and carry passengers, you will first have to pass the full motorcycle test, this is conducted at a Driving Standards Agency (D.S.A.) test centre and consists of two parts, Module 1 and Module 2.

What size bike you can ride will depend on your age and what size of bike you take the test on. If you are under 21 or just wish to ride bikes of around 250-350cc see our Standard Bike Test page, if you are over 21 then please look at the Direct Access page.

Before any motorbike test or Scooter test can be booked or taken you must be in possesion of a current C.B.T. certificate AND a Motorcycle Theory Test Certificate.
You can ride up to a 125cc manual or automatic for 2 years on L-Plates with a C.B.T. certificate but you DO NOT have to take a theory test to do this.

The documents you are required to present to your exaiminer on the test day include:

Current Valid Driving Licence.
Both paper counterpart (D740) and plastic card with photograph, if you have old style paper only then you must have a valid passport.
Current C.B.T. Certificate (DL196).
Current Motorcycle Theory Test Certificate.
Module One Pass Certificate (only if taking Module Two).

The only way to guarantee you will pass the motorcycle test is to get the correct amount of training and/or experience before booking the test appointment and the only way to do this is to have your riding assessed first.

If you are a complete beginner and have never ridden before and it is a full licence you want, we would suggest the following:

2 Hour New Rider Course.
CBT, once we have seen you ride on a public road we can then recommend exactly how much training you require and also whether or not you could take both Module 1 and 2 on the same day.
Motorcycle Theory Test (this can be done anytime before the rest of the training)
1 or 2 days on 125cc depending on experience (or 3-4 days if under 21 and taking A2 test)
3 - 6 days on Direct Access bike (if over 21).