DAS fees?

Hi all,

What is the going price at the mo for the DAS?

Been quoted £610, for 5 days training, plus test day, however 4 days will be
spread over 2 weekends due to work commitments and 1 week day, then a final
week day for the test, so hence the higher premium.

Was quoted between £475 - £500 for a 5 weekday course, plus another weekday
for the test.

Price includes test fee and bike.

Sound reasonable for weekend training?

Cheers,

Jach

 

My local one.
http://www.benfleetmotorcycletraining.co.uk/prices.html

 

"> > What is the going price at the mo for the DAS?

How long do you spend "on the bike" is it the whole day being trained or a
few hours, My DAS course consists of CBT, 5 one hour lessons on 125cc and 5
on the DAS bike and an hour lesson before the test on the test day itself,
this comes in at £370 and includes bike/equipment hire.

Drew

 

When I did it, it was 8:30 till about 5 on the bike with loads of rests.
I couldn't have ridden any more.

We covered about 200 miles a day.

 

It's about right, especially for the summer.

 

Similar to mine... CBT was a full day, half on safety talks and the other
half riding - £90 inc bike hire

DAS was 9 till 5 and about 150 miles a day, this consisted of 2 days on a
125 and 2 days on a 500 - £550 inc bike hire, re-tests if needed were
charged at bike hire and test fee only - £85

D

 

Which are knackering, especially considering long periods of it are
spent well below 30.

 

Agreed, especially when I did mine in 100f late last summer.

Mind you it was lovely coming home after a long sweaty day in full leathers,
pouring a can of ice cold fosters into a pint glass then just waitng till
the condensation forms on the outside, then drinking it down with just the
one pause for breath... lovely.

Oh god, it's only 9:20 and I want a beer already.

D

 

AOL, it was absolutely knackering when I did mine like this 5 years ago.

 

100f? What's that in real money, grandad?

 

You know I type that in celsius first then changed it coz it sounded hotter.

D

 

It sounds better to use an archaic measurement system than one that
everyone[1] can understand? How so?


[1] Barring septics, but they don't count.

 

Do you think that really is the case? That many on this group do not
understand Fahrenheit, if so, then I really must be old because I didn't
even give it a second thought... oh dear.

D

 

Oh 37.77c by the way.

D

 

he said "hotter", not "better".

Anyway, on the outside chance you don't already know, you can use
google for conversions of various types, including temperature i.e
just type in "100 F in C" as the search string, and it'll bring back
the answer.

 

37.7777778.

<looks outside>

Nice and cool, 37. Don't know what you're complaining about David.

 

s/'understand'/'find meaningful' and yes, I'm sure that's the case.

It's not just an age thing. Many people much younger than me still
quote temperatures if F, even though they must be equally comfortable
with the Celcius scale[1].


[1] In that all their schooling and any UK weather forecasts they've
seen would all have been using it.

 

Ah, OK. So perhaps he'd like to explain why 100F sounds 'hotter' than
38C.

Actually, I don't find it that difficult to convert in my head,
particularly easy[1] ones like that.


[1] Because it's close to body temperature of 98.4f == 37C, which I
can always remember in both.

 

he's probably one of those leathers-in-all-weathers safety nazi
wankers.

 

But that is no substitute for a good basic education.... this helps you
negotiate a good price on a mobile with a conversion application ;-)

D