scrubbedexpat068

HI Guys!! can anybody help i am looking to under take motorbike lessons -to get my licence here in AD so i can use it when i return to the UK!

Cheers Graeme

busybee2

i dont think that you can change your AD licence into a UK one, only the other way round, UK to AD etc, the best place to check is the traffic department drivers licensing place up on 4th st but if you were meaning when on holiday etc, ie for hiring purposes, ie hire car you can use your AD licence there. Is that what you were meaning?

MacScot

If you value a long life...get your licence in the UK rather than here in AD. Once you pass your test (or before) undertake one of the advanced rider training packages available around the country. You will be glad that you did...so will your partner. Speaking from experience here... having trained with local motorcycle police on their public advanced riding programs.

twinkle-star

Are you mad?????
Have you not seen the way people drive over here you wont last 5 minutes!
Take a tour of Abu Dhabi and count how many motorbikes you actually see!
Not counting the pizza delivery guys.

Inselaffen

had 2 friends who were planning to do the same in Dubai but never go around to doing it. It is supposed to be quite cheap here.

also had a former housemate who bought a bike and ending up selling it. Was too dangerous to ride in Dubai and he didnt get enough opportunities to ride it outside Dubai.

soukie

Totally agree!

Norm_uk

Don't they have advanced motorcycle courses in the UAE? I'm thinking of getting a bike to ride some weekends when there's no traffic around.

N.

Elzo

Agree...!

I have been riding for year's and miss it big time but there is no way that I would get on a bike on these roads...

I would doubt that even a confident rider would last the day...

If you really want to ride, buy a KTM and use it in the desert!

scrubbedexpat068

Thanks guys i wasnt planning on riding a bike here it was more the reason while i was here i may as well get it done!! they are soon to change to bike laws in the uk and i thought maybe get a licence here as i already have a car one!

arbroath_abroad

ill sell you a cycle...

MacScot

I think DIDC’s state-of-the-art training centre at Dubai Investments Park follows the UN/ECE recommended curriculum for driver training and testing, which includes motorcycles. That may include the swerve and break test that will be introduced in the UK.

While I no longer have my Kawasaki 1100 cc bike, which I bombed around France on, I would hate to ride the roads here, especially where there is any remnant sand on the road...just asking to slide and end up on your backside..especially when cornering !

twinkle-star

Since you are the expert!! Is there a cycle track on the corniche and can you rent cycles there???
Not for me .....Obviously...but got people coming out in Oct with kids and thought that might be a good place to send them off to for the day!

arbroath_abroad

dont think you can rent out bikes?? but there is certainly a cycle track on the corniche which is very nice for talentspotting errr i mean getting some lovely exercise.

Not my cup of tea though as you cant really go full pelt. Will definately be the place that we take our daughter on our mountain bikes when she can fit into the child seat....gotta start them off young!!
so for visitors with kids it is a really nice place to go cycling. as for renting--pass im afraid but i bet someone knows..bzzzzz

busybee2

you can rent bikes from the little place that has just opened up on the corner by the Hilton Beach Club/Big Picture! and they have just opened a 3k stretch of cycle lane along Sultan Bin Zayed something road, was in the paper yesterday i think, buzz to the rescue.

mo_bay

Hi,

Tried to get some lessons in the UK. You need to be living there to get your papers processed. That is what I have been told !!

As I live in AL-Ain it get quiet during the evening and the temptation to whirl around Jabal Hafeet road in a bike is overwhelming !!

I just wonder where all these couriers guys and Pizza delivery guys here have been trained (that is if they did!!)

If you manage to find any course please let me know.

Ta

Mo