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Whatever your reasons… learn to ride with us!

 

A Driving Standards Agency Approved Motorcycle Training Body.(01233) 621 536
Motorcycle  Training  in  Ashford,  Kent.
 

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Motorcycle Taster Sessions - click here for more details.

 

 

There's a New Motorcycle Test coming in 2008 -  full information and our personal assessment. 

 

Motorcycle Training Gift Vouchers - click here!

We are an Official 'Suzuki Selected' Training Partner! Click here for insurance offers!

 

News! Top Grasstrack racer Lee Street, sponsored by Dexterity Motorcycle Training, wins again!

 

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Our on-road motorcycle training courses take us across the beautiful Kent and East Sussex countryside.

 

Towns and villages in the South East that we ride in include...

Ashford

Kennington

Faversham

Folkestone

Hythe

Sellindge

Tenterden

Rye

Hastings

Hawkhurst

Hamstreet

Cranbrook

Staplehurst

Tunbridge Wells

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Motorcycle News & Local Weather


Test Fees to Rise Again? 

The Driving Standards Agency is considering a further increase to the Practical Motorcycle Test Fee in the new year from the current price of £60 to £80, raising the cost of being tested by a third. Insiders in the industry are not surprised by this move as it has been widely speculated that a series of test fee increases would be brought in on the run up to the changes in the practical motorcycle test  coming in next October. The move is likely to lead to criticism that this increase, and those before it, have been brought in to make any October 2008 increase seem less dramatic, rather than a reaction to any rising costs of administering the current test.

 

Theory Test Changes

The Motorcycle (and Car) Theory Test has changed. From 3rd September 2007 the number of multiple choice questions  has increased from 35 to 50. The pass mark increased from it's former level, (30 out of 35) to 43 out of 50 (as a percentage this remains roughly the same at 86%). The fee increased by £7 for tests taken on or after 3rd September this year.

The hazard perception part of the test is remains unchanged.

Click here to find out more about the motorcycle theory test...

 

 

New Motorcycle Test

 A new practical motorcycle test is to be introduced in 2008.

The new test will be in two parts. The set exercises will be tested on off-road sites at new Multi Purpose Test Centres (MPTC) to be built. Then the accompanied road riding element will follow. The new test includes some additional special manoeuvres for riders including wheeling the machine backwards into a cone 'garage', a slalom and a figure of eight, and two higher speed manoeuvres including an avoidance manoeuvre and a higher speed emergency stop.

Click Here to read about it...

 

 

DSA 'We won't be ready'   Updated!

Having already missed its Secretary of State target for multi purpose test centres

there's more bad news from The Driving Standards Agency.

 

The latest from the DSA is that they now admit that they will fall short of the 65 centres they were hoping to have opened by October 2008. The actual figure is likely to be nearer 45, or less. This is due to difficulties and delays in obtaining planning permission with many areas encountering strong local opposition to their plans. To make matters worse they now seem to have shelved contingency plans to bridge the gap in the short-term through hiring temporary sites. A lack of suitable sites, and safety concerns over the quality of tarmac surfaces needed for the higher-speed manoeuvres, have been given as reasons.

 

In order to provide off-road motorcycle test facilities for the New Motorcycle Test the DSA was aiming to have 20 of the new multi purpose test centres (MPTCs) operational by the end of March 2007, only 12 were operational by this date, (60% of target). The agency is aiming for around 65 centres to be built in total. It is thought difficulties in acquiring suitable sites due to pressure for new houses together with planning problems may have contributed to the delays.

So far only 12 of these new test centres have been built, these include Gloucester, Ipswich, Newport, Shrewsbury, Leicester, Rotherham, Gateshead, Exeter, Darlington, Hull and Enfield. Further centres are at various stages of building and commissioning in Peterborough, St Helen's, Chester and, for our area, Herne Bay.

The final location of many of the planned sites is still unknown, although the general areas which the DSA and their agents Lambert Smith Hampton are searching have been published. In our area we now know that an MPTC is under construction in Herne Bay whilst the search continues in the Gillingham and Hastings areas.

Construction of the Herne Bay MPTC was delayed recently after having to call in archaeologists to check some interesting artefacts they began to uncover! It is now back under-way but the delay means it may only just open in time for the new test.

The DSA describes as 'good progress' the acquisition of just 22 sites so far out of a total requirement of 65. Less than 50% of the total with around a year until they are needed would not count as a success by many people's reckoning!

Motorcycle training organisations are concerned that in many areas sites have still yet to be identified, and delays in getting the centres operational could cause those areas to be without motorcycle test centres when the new bike test comes in force in October 2008 to comply with EU requirements.

 

For more information about the new motorcycle test in 2008 click here...

To check on current DSA progress in building the new Multi Purpose Test Centres click here...

Updated 02/12/07

 

You can view the Draft Consultation Document here.

 

 

DEXTERITY  MOTORCYCLE TRAINING APPOINTED AS SUZUKI PARTNER

Dexterity Motorcycle Training have been appointed as an official ‘Suzuki Selected’ training partner for the Ashford area.

 

A new initiative established by Suzuki GB, to help non licence holders get a full motorcycle licence in an easy and safe manner, ‘Suzuki Selected’ training bodies work in conjunction with the local Suzuki dealer, offering a complete training solution for customers.

Suzuki GB marketing manager, Paul de Lusignan commented, "We are delighted to welcome Dexterity Motorcycle Training to our ‘Suzuki Select’ scheme. Aside from offering customers a simple solution to obtaining a motorcycle licence, we are also able to offer successful participants fully comprehensive insurance on selected brand-new Suzuki models for just £99".

For more information on obtaining your motorcycle licence before the new test comes into force in 2008, visit Dexterity Motorcycle Training in Ashford, or your local authorised Suzuki dealer: Alford Brothers based in Folkestone, Kent.

Note: The £99 Insurance offer is available on the SV650/S, GSF650/SA, DL650T/GT or GSR600/S, within 90 days of successful completion of a DAS motorcycle test before 31st December 2007.

Insurance conditions apply.

This offer CAN be used in conjunction with any other offer available at the time - making this a truly great deal.

 

Dexterity Motorcycle Training will be continuing to sponsor Kent based grasstrack champion LEE STREET in 2008...  Lee won all but one of his 2007 races!....

 

Lee Street Gets that Winning Feeling!

Grasstrack racer Lee, sponsored by Dexterity Motorcycle Training, had a great 2007 season!

Lee Street won all of his 2007 races except one, however the one he failed to finish was in the crucial final championship heats and so he finished an overall 9th. But you can be sure this has fired him up and he'll be back in 2008 to compete again! Dexterity Motorcycle Training are proud to continue their association with Lee and will be continuing to sponsor him in his 2008 season.

If you've never watched Grasstrack Racing be sure to try to get to at least one of the events in 2008. It's fast, furious and right in front of you! The riders and the paddock are accessible so you can meet them afterwards, or just wander through the paddock and see what goes on behind the scenes.

 

Find out more about Grasstrack racing here.

Full results here.

 

Lee Street wins at Collier Street, Kent.

Dexterity Motorcycle Training were pleased to sponsor Lee Street in 2007.

 

Quote from www.sidecarspeedway.com - '250cc Solos went to the man of the class this season (2006), Lee Street. Winning all his races and the final as he liked. Surely on this form he will be hard to stop from winning this year's British Championship.'

 

 Lee Street (left) winner 2006 Best Pairs Grass Track Championship Number 75 - Lee Street

250cc Solo 2006 Best Pairs Grass Track Championship

                                   Lee Street (left)
                                     Chris Still

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

We are proud to have sponsored Julia Jones, doing our bit to help promote British music... see the article below...


 

 

TICKET TO RIDE FOR KENT

SINGER-SONGWRITER’S AMERICA CHALLENGE

Singer-Songwriter Julia Jones learning to ride with us!

Kent Businesses ‘Dexterity Motorcycle Training’ and

‘Robinsons Foundry’ Get Behind Julia’s 4000-mile America tour

Julia Jones had never climbed onto a motorcycle until she was persuaded by some of her music fans in San Francisco during her 2006 tour. Jones says ‘I climbed onto the back of this amazing looking Harley Davidson after our show and suddenly we were zipping through the streets of San Francisco at 1.00am. From that moment I was hooked’.

Julia has been touring America with her band since 2005 with the support of UK brands including Virgin, Bass, and EMI promoting British music using her pimped-out double-decker bus. The event is called The BritBus Tour and was developed by Julia after she completed her MBA degree at UKC in 2001. After hearing of her new-found passion for motorbikes, Triumph motorcycles in the USA offered Julia a Triumph Bonneville with a Union Jack gas tank to ride across America with the double-decker bus during her 10-week 2007 tour.

Julia says,

‘It was fantastic news to hear the offer from Triumph but without a licence and riding experience I felt that I couldn’t accept’.

Fortunately local Kent businesses heard of the news and offered a helping hand. Dexterity Motorcycle Training based in Ashford stepped forward to sponsor Julia’s motorcycle training. In addition local dealership Robinsons Foundry in Canterbury and their riders clubs contacted Julia and offered to provide an identical Triumph Bonneville for Julia to get used to riding on the roads of Kent before hitting the road in the USA.

Julia Jones learning to ride a motorcycle with Dexterity Motorcycle TrainingNo turning back... Julia on the 'big bike'

The fantastic support from Dexterity and Robinson’s Foundry will enable Julia to not only ride across America but also enable her to use the motorcycle to attract more media attention during her 2007 tour. The motorcycle will be given away to a prize-winner in the USA when she reaches her final destination in New York.

Kent bands can win the chance of joining Julia at her final show in New York by visiting the www.thebritbustour.com website. This years tour kicks off from Los Angeles in April.

 

 

Photos by Ben Jones.

Read all about it! Dexterity Motorcycle Training in the newspapers.

The Mayor of Ashford officially opens our training school.

The Mayor tries out one of our bikes!

The Mayor & Mayoress and representatives from The Towers School at our official launch event.

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

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