New Rider Courses

Starting out

In line with the Driving Standards Agency’s ideal of structured, modular training over a period of time, here at ART, we offer a variety of courses designed with the individual in mind to give you the very best start, making your motorcycle lessons safe and enjoyable.

Our New Rider Course is a two hour one to one session with a qualified DSA instructor, on our 12,000 sq ft secure off road training pad with no pressure of having to do well in front of a group of strangers, very important if you are at all nervous or anxious about riding a motorcycle for the first time. We cannot recommend strongly enough the value of this course if you have little or no previous motorcycle experience.

For 16 year olds who have no experience of being on the road we offer a two hour lesson, the first hour is spent in our training school were you will practice you theory test questions and hazard perception video training before spending the second hour in the safety off our secure off road training area learning how to control an automatic scooter. This course is ideal for making sure that you’re Son or Daughter gets the best possible start before moving onto a C.B.T.

Never ridden a motorcycle before?

For 17 years upwards, if you have never ridden a manual bike before (with clutch & gears) our New Rider Course will give you the skills and confidence to move onto taking your CBT with ease, you will receive two hours tuition in the safety off our secure off road training area. You will learn how to pull away & stop smoothly before moving onto changing gears and then slow control techniques to include figure of eights and U-Turns.

Please note that training course lengths are determined by the individual's level of skill and competence. The number of days spent on training is advised by our instructors after an assessment of your riding skills. This assessment can be carried out when the CBT road ride (Module E) is undertaken. For examples of how many days training that may be required to reach a test standard, please read the Standard Motorcycle training page or the DAS training page

To book a New Rider Course online please click on the link below.