Your CBT certificate is only valid for two years. Miss that window and you're back to square one, no riding on L-plates, no legal way out on the road until you retake the course.

Your CBT certificate is only valid for two years. Miss that window and you’re back to square one, no riding on L-plates, no legal way out on the road until you retake the course.

That catches a lot of people out. Life gets busy, the bike sits in the garage, and suddenly the certificate’s out of date.

There’s no extension and no renewal process. Once it expires, you simply book and complete another CBT, same format as before: classroom instruction, practical training, and assessment.

At Betta Biker we run CBT courses at weekends, priced at £225. Whether it’s your first time or your second go after an expired certificate, small groups mean you get proper attention either way.

Worth checking now: when did you pass yours?