Scooter Training & Licensing

All the information you will need to get you on your scooter

Training & Licensing Age 16

You may only ride a 50 cc Scooter restricted to 30mph (classified as a moped)
You will need to apply for a provisional moped license and take compulsory basic training (CBT). The CBT must be taken by anyone aged 16 wishing to ride a motorbike or scooter on the public roads. The courses, which are carried out by an Approved Training Body, take a day to complete. The CBT test has to be renewed every 2 years.

The course covers 5 main elements:

Once you have competed the training successfully, you will be issued with a certificate of validation (DL196). L plates will be required which can only be removed, once you have completed a theory and practical test.
Scootercrazy will be more than willing to make all the necessary arrangements for your CBT training and can include the cost in your package.

Training & Licensing Age 17+
If you are aged 17 or above a CBT test will enable you to ride up to a 125cc. Once you have successfully completed the CBT training you will be able to ride on the road displaying L plates. Scootercrazy will be more than willing to make all the necessary arrangements for your CBT training and can include the cost in your package. For a detailed explanation of CBT see the section in the 16 year olds category above.

Training & Licensing Age 21+
Full car license holders can ride a 50cc scooter restricted to 30mph without L plates and without any further training, provided that the license was issued before 1st February 2001 otherwise a CBT test will be required. If you wish to ride a scooter over 50cc you will still need to take the CBT test.

Flow charts below show detailed information on the tests required.

Routes to a full moped license:

Routes to a full motorcycle license:

• Basic Road Safety: Understanding basic Road Safety concepts. Do you know your Highway Code? Would you know what to wear when riding a two-wheeler?
• Introduction to your bike: Knowing where the essentials are on your bikes. How would you operate your brakes, clutch, gears (if you are learning on a manual vehicle), and most importantly how to start up your bike.
• Manoeuvring & Parking: Walking with the bike. Making the bike stationary and getting ready to move away again.
• Slow control: Learn how to balance and ride your bike at a slow pace without wobbling or falling off.
• Road Practice: Practice approaching junctions and the correct procedure for turning left and right.
• Compulsory Skills: Learn the correct emergency stop procedure. You will also be taught how to comfortably do a 'U' turn on your bike.
• The Real Thing: Out on the road in radio contact with your instructor to give you some further guidance.