I guess to review something accurately you need a frame of reference...I have none. First time on a motorcycle and I was happy to inform them of this... Can i just say,if your thinking of sitting a CBT and like myself have never ridden a bike before....ever...Don't expect miracles. 7hrs hours later you will need to have mastered v basic bike mechanics, riding, theory and develop a bedrock of self confidence... £115 - £125 (depending on promotions) for a CBT..Treat this as 7hrs of training. Which at £16 an hour is frankly a bargain to learn a new skill and cheaper than driving lessons.. These people genuinely care about what they do. I have no problem at all with recommending them from my limited perspective as a complete novice rider. Thumbs up! read more

I've only ever ridden a bicycle but wanted to try motorbikes as friends were all planning a "European tour". I looked at the main centers round here and this one was the best. There are plenty of patient instructors, and their practise area is a huge pad of tarmac, that is very similar to that used in the official DVLA module 1 test center - they use the same layout and its probably the largest area for practise in Bristol. The basic training was one day and after a bit of shaky start I got through that easily enough. If you have never ridden before they also have a bike in a stand that allows you to get used to the weight and motion without falling over. I then moved onto Module 1 and 2 - I can't remember how many times they had to remind me about the indicators! But, I passed both tests first time so that must say something about the quality of the training. I feel confident on the bike now and look forward to putting in the miles... and joining that tour. A great team of people. read more

I felt that the instructor I had was extremely moody, sexist and racist, and was obviously in serious need of some therapy. I did a CBT here about a year ago and I can only say that the training was extremely poor. This was my first day on a bike, being pillion for the last few years. You'll be given very little advice about the actual art of riding, which will obviously cause you some issues. It's pretty much just a day of getting on a rusty old bike, riding around until you, yourself get used to riding, but with extremely poor, guessed technique. If you're lucky, you'll pick up enough in order to "pass". But the whole day will be like a ride through hell, getting yelled at for making mistakes (within a few minutes of starting). You're paying money to get yelled out. Completely out of order, unprofessional and frankly speaking one of the worst riding experiences of my life. If you meet this individual you will eventually want to tell him where to shove it, but I somehow managed to bare with it for my love of riding. He will expect you to ride perfectly. You will not. Having now passed, I've been riding about a year now on a sv650 and I've been almost obsessive about correct riding technique. Looking back on the poor training that I was given first, it's evident how bad the instructor was at teaching and just how many issues he really has. Terrible. I can't say I've experienced the other instructors there, perhaps they're not in serious need of mental evaluation. But for a riding school to employ such a blatant masochist, they fully deserve to be boycotted. read more

Just passed my DAS course. No motorcycle experience except my CBT about 9 months ago. Had Slim as my instructor for 3 days and him and the whole place are just full of enthusiasm and really good teachers. Like the last review they genuinely love what they do and gave me confidence to succeed. Would definitely recommend the place to anyone read more

Oh dear, very poor quality centre, bikes that look like they would be turned away from a scrap yard, radio's that simply do not work, very aggresive instructors that are only happy IF you can ride a motorcycle. A training area that is in dire need of new tarmac, AVOID AVOID AVOID, look else where. These people will tell you that you need more days training than you actually need...! read more

I have used this company on two occasions - one day for CBT and another for module 1 training. The CBT training went smoothly however the module 1 training was useless. There were 3 students on the day, one of whom had driven to Bristol from Birmingham. This student and myself had booked a morning's training with our tests booked sequentially at around 2pm. Unfortunately the third student's module 1 test was at 11am. I understood that training would start at 9am and imagined several hours of training before leaving for the test centre in the afternoon. This was not how things worked out. Training started around 0930 but was interrupted after around 40 minutes as students are not permitted to use the on-site module 1 training area in the absence of their instructor. Therefore all 3 of us had to travel to the test centre to observe the student take his test in the morning. We did not return to the training centre until 1150. We still couldn't enter the training area as the instructor then had to leave the morning test student to Parkway station. It was 1220 before the remaining two students could resume module 1 training for approximately 1 hour before we had to leave for the test centre again. After our total training time of less than 2 hour's on the module 1 test area, so heavily advertised, we both failed. Perhaps if we had received the full morning's training we paid for (£117 + test fee) things could have been different. I will be using a different training centre next time. read more

I will start from day 1, I booked a CBT ... on the day i got there late (30 min) thanks to the office staff, i was still able to take the CBT. The day was a success in my eyes... if you listen... you learn.... and pass, i have not been on a Bike in 30 years. 1 Week later Theory, passed Now..... Mod 1, I had 2 Days training on the 500cc and passed. Unfortunately i had 2 different instructors on the 2 days, not really what i call good planning!!. Mod 2 , 1 Day training... Test the next day and passed Now its time to be honest!!!! I think that BMTC should try to allocate the same instructor to the same student and not change all the time( i had 4 from CBT to Mod 2) i must say ... all of them are class 1 instructors in my eyes, hard but good. Time to be honest...... The Bikes........ well what can i say? The 125cc bikes are past it, they should invest in new ones The 500cc bikes have also seen better days but they will have to go anyway in Jan. The Tarmac needs some attention. The Cafe..., take a packed lunch (they should rent it out) All in All.... i went there to learn how to ride a bike and that is what i done with the help from the BMTC team, i would recommend them anytime and a very special thanks to the girls in the office, Rob,Greg, and John without your persistence i would never have passed. From CBT to Mod 2 pass took me 6 weeks 1 day CBT, 2 Days Mod 1 training, 1 Day Mod 2 training, the rest was waiting time i only gave 4 stars because of the Bikes, Tarmac and Cafe but that has nothing to do with the quality of the instructors doing there work read more