Compulsory Basic Training

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Compulsory Basic Training (CBT) is a basic training course for motorcylists in the United Kingdom. It is often taken as the first stage of gaining a full motorcycle licence, but is not always a necessary requirement.

The rules, as of September 2004 are as follows:

  • If you have a valid, full car licence granted before February 1, 2001, a CBT is not necessary to ride a moped (i.e. a machine of cubic capacity of up to 50 cc and limited in speed to 50 km/h) and may carry a pillion as you will have a full moped entitlement.
  • Regardless of whether you passed your car test before or after the 1st of February 2001, if you wish to ride a machine larger or faster than a moped, you must take the CBT. The maxima for a learner legal machine are 125 cc and a power output of 11 kW.

If you have taken the CBT successfully and are at least seventeen years of age, you are legally allowed to ride a motorcycle of up to 125 cc as a learner (must display "L" plates, cannot carry pillions, cannot use motorways). In the case of sixteen year olds, you are limited to a moped as defined above. Aged seventeen, one can then take a full motorcycle test to gain a full licence. A standard motorcycle test pass (Class 'A') restricts the full licence holder to machines of 25 kW (33 bhp) with a power to weight ratio of 0.16 kW/kg for the first two years, after which no restrictions apply. Direct Access and Accelerated Access are two options available to those over twenty one to remove this restriction by taking the test on a machine of at least 35 kW (46.6 bhp). It is also possible to pass a 'light motorcycle licence' (Class 'A1') which, while restricted to 125cc and a power output of 11kW (14.6 bhp), allows you to ride without `L' plates, carry pillion passengers and use motorways. If the full motorcycle test is not passed within the two years of carrying out the CBT, the basic training must be retaken; this can be done indefinitely. Once a full licence has been attained, the CBT is no longer necessary.

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