Compulsory Basic Training is a training course, not a test, there is no pass or fail. This is the first step to your motorcycle licence
CBT is a safety course required by law to entitle a provisional/full licence holder to ride upto a 125cc motorbike with L plates and some cases moped entitlement for a full car driving licence holder without L plates. Only Approved Training Bodies (ATB) can conduct CBT, their instructors and training areas being approved by the DSA.
The CBT is a one day course between 9am and 5pm and should take about 8 hours to complete
The CBT consists of 5 elements;
- An introductory lecture
- A machine controls lecture
- A road lecture
- A maintenance lecture
- Off Road riding followed by On Road Riding (2 hours minimum)
The idea is to achieve a safe standard of riding on the road; to ensure this an instructor can only take a pupil on the road if they have reached an adequate standard of riding off-road. If the riding isn’t good enough to go on the road later in the afternoon then, as CBT is by law all training to get to a safe standard, another off-road training visit would be required. Don’t worry if you need to do more, you are not alone!
We have been conducting CBT since its introduction in December 1990 with the same philosophy we started with, one fee for all training, no ‘test failures’, just more riding/training until you are considered safe. The only further charges would be for bike hire, if required.
For prices on CBT please see our Price List