Scootering

Getting Direct Access to a full licence

If you’re riding on a CBT you’ve probably glanced, enviously, at the higher power end of the food chain. If the need for speed has you in its grasp you can’t just rock up at the test centre and pass over a brown envelope, no questions asked. No, sir. The powers that be have definitely curtailed that little avenue of pleasure.

There are a couple of routes to access a scoot with a bigger bit of oomph. The first is simply kitting up to your chosen cc and riding it anyway. Of course that’s totally illegal, could ruin you and any insurance claim you may have to make or there’s option two. Or rather A2 and Direct Access. For both categories you must have a current CBT certificate and have passed your

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