Basic Course

Intended for those looking for motorcycle training in cork, ‘with little or no previous on road motorcycle experience’ and for those returning to motorcycling after many years absence. The aim is to get you to the stage where you are safe enough to ride on your own in all normal conditions.

This course is also suitable for those who have not ridden for many years (i.e. “born again” riders) This course can be done either using your own machine or alternatively we will supply a suitable school bike. The bikes available are listed on the Website.

The course commences with Essential Theory and Survival Tactics. We then move on to ‘machine control’. It is not until you have mastered good machine control that you would be taken out into light traffic. As the on-road training progresses you would be introduced to heavier and more demanding traffic conditions until, towards the end, you would be able to ride safely in Cork city-centre traffic without compromising the safety of yourself or anyone else.

Whilst this course covers all the elements that comprise the ‘Driving Test’, due to the inordinate delay between applying for a Driving Test and our being given a test date, the majority of your students tend to acquire their own machine and continue to practice in readiness for the eventual test. We also provide pre-test instruction.

Intermediate Course

In order to pass the test, so basic is the test which takes place in daylight and, invariably with the 30mph limit can mean that you are still not safe on motorways, fast sections of national roads, you might never have done any overtaking, nor had any experience on twisty country roads. The Intermediate course is an introduction to more advance riding techniques which you can continue to practice in preparation for taking the Advance Course.

Advanced Rider Training

The aim is to get you to pass level in the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Advanced Rider test. This is as high a level of attainment as a civilian rider can achieve.

This course would always be done with you using your own machine unless you have previously had at least 5 hours training with Bikecraft. We would first require you to take the Intermediate Course. The Advanced Course can be either on a 1:1 basis, or on a Group basis.

Pre-Test Course

For those who do not hold a full licence. This intensive course will focus on preparing you for your Government Driving Test. The course will include essential theory, briefing on the test itself, the Rules of the Road as well as instruction in on-road aspects of the test. For the duration of the test your instructor will be communicating with you via intercom which will be similar to that used on the Government test.

School bikes are available if required for Government test.