I Really need to get my license QUICK!!! Plz help

[freddy_sv]

Hi all,
I have recently passed my theory test and am trying to get a direct access course in swindon/wiltshire and everyone is booked until sep. I've got a naked 650Y sat in my garage just begging to be taken out for a caning before the weather turns cr*p and its doing my head in.does anyone know of an instructor/school in the swindon or wiltshire area.cheers :thumleft:

[Ceri JC]

Hi all,
I have recently passed my theory test and am trying to get a direct access course in swindon/wiltshire and everyone is booked until sep. I've got a naked 650Y sat in my garage just begging to be taken out for a caning before the weather turns cr*p and its doing my head in.does anyone know of an instructor/school in the swindon or wiltshire area.cheers :thumleft:

ART - Abbey Rider Training are pretty good. They are based in the car park of the dog track. They even ran sessions in the evenings after work a few years back (may still do) so easy to fit in. If you can take time off work and do it Monday-Friday you are much more likely to get a booking at this time of the year than at weekends. Try checking into George Whites in Swindon and looking at the notice boards, all local training schools should have their details there. HTH and best of luck learning.

[matt c]

hi mate, I was pretty much in the same boat as you. I booked my DAS in June to be done a week ago, and I was told if I failed I probably wouldn't get a retest with this guy until the new tests came in. Thank God I passed!
The general test availability at the moment is due to the tests changing in October (which I'm sure you know) and isn't helped by the time of year. I'd ring around anybody you can find, try looking on the DSA website.

[freddy_sv]

I really don't fancy doing that new test cos it sounds like a b*tch! i'm going to have to get a move on tho before our short lived british summer dissapears and it starts getting all miserable :-(

[philbut]

Very frustrating mate. IIRC, i had to wait a month to get my lessons / test booked up when I did it a few years ago. If you are really set on doing it it might be worth ringing around a bit further afield - if you do a 3/4 day course and test package you could stay over somewhere.

Incidentally I did my test in november (test in poyuring rain) and still managed to use my bike loads over winter - yes its cold but you'll still love it. Hope you managed to get it sorted before we run out of good weather mind!

[Alpinestarhero]

Could try some other area's al together, stay in a hotel while you do your trianing. Sure, thats expensive...but I gather the new test thats to come in will be expensive anyway, and you'll need extra training, so it might end up costing the same, and you get to sit the current simpler test

[Dappa D]

I've got a naked 650Y sat in my garage just begging to be taken out for a caning before the weather turns cr*p and its doing my head

when did it get good?? i must of blinked and missed it!!!...

on a more helpful note have you tried looking further afield....maybe bristol? not too far from swindon and quite a few training schools here done mine with http://www.kickstart-mct.com/index.html they do monday to friday and weekends.....I was determined not too pay a fortune as I knew i could ride a bike safely and after a bit of assesment of me in their carpark I persauded them to let me do a 1 day DAZ...started with them out riding at 9am and had my test at 3.30pm and passed...for £200 including the £60 test fee, Id recommend them.

Dappa D:joker:

[nik_nunez]

tell me about it, got a sv in my garage to, failed my last test a few weeks back and now waiting over a month for a re-test, if i fail that one its going to be an expensive road with the new tests etc, i ring every other day looking for a cancellation

i feel your pain

[G]

I really wouldn’t worry about the new test its really not that bad, it just involves doing the manoeuvres you would do on the road, in a controlled environment so that.....

A) the environment is the same for all candidates.
B) if you drop your bike doing U Turns/Emergency stop, help is at hand other than JUST the examiner who in most cases wont help you when out on the road anyway for H&S reasons.
C) So the time on the road is actually spent observing riding.

[Ceri JC]

Could try some other area's al together, stay in a hotel while you do your trianing. Sure, thats expensive...but I gather the new test thats to come in will be expensive anyway, and you'll need extra training, so it might end up costing the same, and you get to sit the current simpler test

+1, cheap B&B/travel lodge will 'only' cost you £100 for the week, might well be worth doing if the alternative is the new test...

[nik_nunez]

I really wouldn’t worry about the new test its really not that bad, it just involves doing the manoeuvres you would do on the road, in a controlled environment so that.....

A) the environment is the same for all candidates.
B) if you drop your bike doing U Turns/Emergency stop, help is at hand other than JUST the examiner who in most cases wont help you when out on the road anyway for H&S reasons.
C) So the time on the road is actually spent observing riding.

and i think you get two chances at each section, its just the time element that i worry about not the new test as such