Codes
Driving Licence Codes These can cause a great deal of confusion, and in some cases have led people to riding motorcycles when they aren’t licenced. Starting with some easy ones – 01 & 02. 01 means that you put that you need to wear glasses or contact lenses on your driving licence application. However, the […]
Happy 25th Birthday Lightning Motorcycle Training
The winter of 1999 was dark, and for the hundred or more instructors who worked at the many CSM Rider Training sites it was about to get darker still. On Christmas Eve 1999 CSM Rider Training, the largest motorcycle training school in the UK, folded and made all its staff unemployed. For many this was […]
Government updates to driving January 2025
Some much needed changes hove into view In January 2025 the Government announced a series of changes to cycling offences, which included holding onto vehicles, riding without lights (but also using lights that are too bright or dazzling), not stopping at a school crossing, and riding without due care and attention. DVSA declared that they […]
Honda’s new Level Up offer
Honda have started 2025 with a very attractive offer to new riders As a Honda Approved Training School you can benefit from some excellent discounts on a new first bike. Honda are offering: £300 bonus (inc. VAT) for 500cc and below £600 bonus (inc.VAT) for 501cc to 1000cc £900 bonus (inc. VAT) for 1001cc and […]
Merry Festive Season and Happy New Year
Whatever you celebrate we hope you have a wonderful Festive Season and a Happy New Year As ever a huge thank you all our staff, and also to all the amazing, interesting, and passionate people we have met during this year. We hope you all ride safely and get as much fun and satisfaction that […]
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Stuck for a Xmas present?
Gift Vouchers It’s that time of year again – mince pies, presents, and long lingering looks out of the rain streaked window at the garage where your pride and joy sits waiting for the first dry day. But in the meantime there is the vexing question of what to get friends and loved ones to […]
Bikes for sale
We’re happy to announce that we are selling off some of our older bikes We have Honda CB500F’s, Super Soco CUX (electric mopeds) and Suzuki DL650 V-Strom’s. They have the expected patina of training school bikes, but they have all been regularly service and are in good working condition. For more details see our https://www.lightningpass.com/bikes-for-sale/ […]
ChatBot
New ChatBot We’re very pleased to announce that this website has an AI ChatBot powered by DocsBot. You can see it down to the bottom right. This takes information from our website (that runs to several hundred pages) and allows you to find what you want quickly and easily. So, for example, you can ask […]
New bikes for September
We’ve been expanding our fleet September saw us add three new Honda SH125 automatics and four Yamaha Neo electric mopeds to our fleet of nearly 200 bikes. The new bikes came courtesy of Marshall Honda in Reading, and Blade in Swindon – both highly recommended. These bikes give our student more options and make sure […]