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Cardiff Motorcycle School

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What am I doing advertising Cardiff Motorcycle School, on the web site of 1st Class Rider Training.

Well I am often asked how I got started in Motorcycle Training and it was Stef & Simon at Cardiff Motorcycle School who got me into it.

I was still a serving traffic cop at the time and in the process of introducing Bikesfafe to South Wales. It was through this connection that Stef & Simon suggested I take up CBT training as well. They trained me and sent me to the DSA assessment centre at Cardington and the rest as they say………..

We still have a good working relationship, (and long may it continue) even though strictly speaking we are in direct competition. Any clients that I can’t accommodate (on 50cc ‘twist n go’ scoots for example) I recommend to stef and his team.

He in turn sends any inquiries for Advanced Motorcycle Training to us.

So I must say a big thank you to Stef, Simon and the team at Cardiff Motorcycle School for getting me started and helping me along the way.

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New Motorcycle Test

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Sorry but it’s the New Motorcycle Test Again.

a Newsletter recieved from the DSA today reveals that the New Test will be split into 2 modules and from the date of implementation will no longer be able to be taken in Cardiff.

The actual date of the first test to be taken under the new procedures will be 27th of April. The last test under the old scheme will, we understand, be the 24th of April and there will be no tests over the weekend.

This is to allow the DSA staff to leave the country with your ill gotten test fees, that they should have given back to you last September, and to leave the system in a melt down mess as the new booking system starts.

I still feel that April the 1st would have be a more appropriate date to bring this in.

Was it Willy Wonka who said….. “A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men”…….

He may not have said it first but in the Gene Wilder film… he definately did say it. Way ahead of his time he was.

Willy Wonka for DSA Chief!

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Motorcycle Training Cardiff

For Motorcycle Training in Cardiff 1st Class Rider Training is the perfect choice.  Run by Andy Smith, a former Police Motorcyclist.  We only use Police Class 1 Riders as our Instructors to ensure the highest lever of Motorcycle Training in Cardiff.

Established in 2003 by Andy after he worked initially  for Cardiff Motorcycle School and later United Motorcycle Training, before exclusively teaming up with the local BMW dealership to provide 1st Class Training on Top Class BMW machines. And so it was that 1st Class Rider Training-Cardiff was formed.

1st Class Rider Training is based at the Cardiff County Council Road Safety Centre, at North Road, centrally sited to be in easy reach of all parts of Cardiff and South Wales.  This means that we can carry out CBT in Cardiff on a unique secure site made up of a mini road system with authentic road layouts, traffic signs, traffic lights, a roundabout and box junction.

Our Instructor base has recently been expanded so now you can recieve 1st Class Training right from your CBT through the Direct Access Scheme and up to an Advanced level taking an Advanced Motorcycle Test under the RoSPA scheme.

Looking for Motorcycle Training in Cardiff, there is only one choice.

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Welcome to the Official 1st Class Rider Training Blog

Welcome to the 1st Class Rider Training Blog.

I will be updating this blog with news and updates on everything that will affect you as a potential motorcycle learner.

I will also post advice and tips for those taking the CBT, Direct Access or Advanced Training courses.

Stay tuned!

For those of you who may have visited before and are logged in to my Newsletter Blog then you’ll be pleased to know that this will still continue with news of ride outs and social events etc.  We are in the process of re-vamping our Newsletter and this Web site Blog is just an added bonus.

Please bear with us whilst this transistion takes place, all courtesy of my very clever Son Lewis who is taking over my computer from his apartment in Amsterdam.  (No… don’t ask me how!), as he redesigns the these pages.

Andy