CBTA Full License course

[rodgerd]

Anyone done this to get their full bike license early?

Yup - great wee course, and the skills practise was pretty useful for slow riding. Well worth while.

[rodgerd]

IM keen as hell, but my problem is that i have had 2 speeding tickets..... will this effect the application?? if not, where do i get one???? otherwise i will have to wait AGES to get insurance when i get the gixxer

I'd had one ticket when I applied - but then the ticket was when I was 17 and I applied when I was 30, so it'll probably depend on when and how big.

[nedj]

I did the course throught passrite. Nice to be legal for a change. I thought it was worth every penny.
If you keep an open mind you can learn a lot. More to the point, realise just how much you dont know. If you are expecting a course where you think you are going to learn to handle a bike in excess of the speed limits. Think again. But what ever is tought to you is to keep you alive and rid one of some very silly notions.
I fully recomend it.
From memory in order to get on the course you needed to be over 25 and have had a drivers licence for over 2 years with a "clean record". I think that is left to the LTSA's discretion.

[MrMelon]

I'm 20 and they let me on it.
If you're over 25 you can go straight from your learners to your full though. Under 25 and you have to go learner -> restricted -> full.

[rodgerd]

I'm 20 and they let me on it.
If you're over 25 you can go straight from your learners to your full though. Under 25 and you have to go learner -> restricted -> full.

You used to be able to do that, but no longer - over 25s get a shorter restricted period, but can't got Learner to Full any more.

[Zapf]

There is a CBTA course at Passrite (Auckland) at the following dates

14th Aug
11th Sept
9th Oct
13th Nov
11th Dec

Cost is $285 and its a full day from 8am to 5pm I think.

U can bring ur own bike or hire their under 250cc bikes for $50.

Goto www.passrite.co.nz for more info

I am personally going to do one of these, I am hoping the 14th Aug one.

[Hoon]

Ummm I just did a defensive driving course... 4 evenings of theory classroom stuff which cost all up $90. Knocked my restricted->full time down to 3 months (for >25yo).

[LB]

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Thanks for this info, it's useful to know - I didn't realise you could do this.

And Stonechucker, I realised of course that the 31/07 speeds were a one-off.
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[Eyetie]

IM keen as hell, but my problem is that i have had 2 speeding tickets..... will this effect the application?? if not, where do i get one???? otherwise i will have to wait AGES to get insurance when i get the gixxer

I am doing the course on the 25 Sept Rest-Full CBTA at Passrite Auckland was worried that my cage speeding ticket (only 12ks over) would hold me back, but got the confirmation letter from LTSA so all good, I guess the LTSA would be looking at fairly serious infringments rather than the odd speeding ticket here and there, I think the CBTA is a great idea, I have held a learners for 16 years and coming back into riding now at 34yo, I am looking forward to it and wish they focussed on this more (price is a consideraton obviously) when I was younger and bullet proof but learned the hard way about 1K of fairing damage after laying my first brand new bike in a corner after about six months of owning it.

[raster]

Anyone done Defensive driving course in AK, Who where and how much.

[Macktheknife]

IM keen as hell, but my problem is that i have had 2 speeding tickets..... will this effect the application?? if not, where do i get one???? otherwise i will have to wait AGES to get insurance when i get the gixxer

Unfortunately they do nail you hard for any infringements in the preceding year or the next year. They also keep tabs on you for the next 3 years, just for research purposes of course ! (Tui anyone?)

[SARGE]

just got a letter from Fred @ Passrite.


" it is with regret to inform you that LTNZ has suspended the CBTA trial.

*snip*

the last date for application forms at this stage is 10 December 2005.

*snip*

we understand that a review for the continuance of the scheme will be held early in the new year"

[ktulu]

Ah great, well I got my application in last week

[steved]

just got a letter from Fred @ Passrite.

" it is with regret to inform you that LTNZ has suspended the CBTA trial.

the last date for application forms at this stage is 10 December 2005.

we understand that a review for the continuance of the scheme will be held early in the new year"

Pity. I thought it was good.

[Stevo]

Pity. I thought it was good.

I did too actually. They must have run out of things to do for the office boys down at LTNZ, so are reviewing the CBTA course to fill in a month or two