Longford

All fair and valid points, thanks all. As the lady at the CBT centre said, why drop your own bike when you can bend ours! I'm just being impatient for a change

Hi all, I'm new to the Forum and well, two wheel motoring in general. I've had a quick look over and so decided to join. I'll be spending a lot of time browsing through all of the relevant posts over the next few days but in the mean time I'm hoping somebody could answer my question? Having promised myself to book a date for my CBT over the past couple of years, but not getting round to it I've been offered a mates Piaggio Typhoon 125cc scooter to get myself to work on, which I'm also hopefully going to be using during my CBT. The question I have is that the local training centre is about a 5 minute walk away from where I am, and so on the morning of my CBT will be pushing my scooter there. Hopefully, all being well (!) I'll complete the CBT course on the same day and so wondering on the possibility of being able to ride home afterwards. How soon does the CBT take to "kick in" after completing? Will I be able to ride straight away at the end of the day or is there some sort of waiting periood? I will obviously be arranging insurance to start on the CBT day if not the day before and I'll have all of the appropriate safety gear such as helmet, gloves, boots etc. Thanks for your help Liam