After four days of pretty intense training, dropping the bike a few times and a what felt like thousands of figure of eights, I was ready to take my Mod 1 test. My test was at a North London test centre which is pretty notorious for having a pretty low pass rate and some not so friendly examiners. After doing some last minute practise on the off-road site, my instructor, one other student and I got on our bikes to travel to the test site. As soon as I got…

l did my DAS course with a great local school, which also happened to be a MCIAC training school (find out more online). One of the main reasons I chose this school was because they offered me a free assessment ride so they could choose the most appropriate course for me. They also had a great social media presence, with loads of positive reviews online. Following my assessment ride, I booked in for a 5 day DAS course which included the cost of both the Mod 1 and Mod 2…

I always knew I wanted to get a full motorbike licence and after I passed my CBT in September I spent a lot of time deliberating what route I wanted to go down to get it. There are two different options available after passing your CBT – you could go and get a 125 and ride that to get experience or you could go straight to the DAS and ride a big bike. In February 2017 I went to the Motorbike show in ExCel and while I was there I…