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Queen’s Funeral and Bank Holiday

Lightning Motorcycle Training sends its sincere condolences to the Royal Family, and thanks Queen Elizabeth for her dedicated service to the people of this country. We respect the traditions and understand the grief and loss the Queen’s passing represents. It is for this reason that we have given much thought to whether or not to […]

Honda’s new £500 Step Up Offer

Learn to Ride through Honda! As a Honda approved training school Lightning Motorcycle Training can help you take advantage of Honda’s Step Up Offer. Basically this Offer will take you as a novice, or post-CBT rider, through to getting a full or A2 Restricted Licence – and then give you £500 off a new bike. […]

Instructors wanted

We’re really pleased to announce that due to expansion and growth we need more instructors We are a PAYE employer with good rates of pay, holiday, pension and sick. We supply any training needed; and will consider both unqualified and qualified applicants. We are looking for staff to join the following sites: Oxford Wembley Birmingham […]

High Winds – Friday 18th February

We have cancelled all courses at all centres for Friday 18th February This is because of Storm Eunice and the risk it represents to people riding motorcycles. Please do not call us; we will contact you to rebook your course as quickly as we can. Stay safe!

Can’t find your training site?

Getting lost and being late is very frustrating… We have to start our courses on time, and particularly with CBT you can’t join in once the course has started. So, it is important that you are on time and at the right place. To help you with this we have updated our directions page and […]

New Birmingham centre

We’re very pleased to announce that we have opened a new centre near Hagley, Birmingham It is based at the Old Halesonian Rugby Club and has all the facilites you might expect such as a generous training area, customer parking, toilets etc. We now operate from five sites in a geographical spread that gives our […]

Poor Performance from the DVSA Customer Services

DVSA phone line and email degradation of service With regret we must inform our customers that the situation with the DVSA’s email and phone line service has become so poor that we are unable to make enquiries on your behalf. Waiting times on the phone have exceeded 5 hours and emails simply go unanswered. We […]

Covid Update December 2021

From 1st December 2021 this is the latest Covid advice You must bring a mask to your training and test sessions. Customers will not be allowed into our buildings so you must be clothed to be outside all day. We will continue to provide protective clothing, but we strongly recommend that you bring your own […]

Temporary Email disruption

Apologies… From Friday 1st October to Tuesday 5th October 2021 we will not be able to respond to emails as our IT system is being updated. Please accept our apologies for any slow responses. If your message is urgent please text (07418310355) or call (01865777676). We thank you for your patience.

Motorcycle Instructors required

We are really busy and need more staff in all areas Advertising for the job as a Motorcycle Instructor in either Oxfordshire, Berkshire or London We would prefer fully qualified DAS instructors, but will consider all comers (we can provide training for the right applicant). We offer good rates of pay with either PAYE (including […]