aaronabbott im seriously considdering doing my direct access course very soon,as ive been putting it off for a year or 2.
my questions are
1) should i buy my own bike to learn on so i get to know my bike instead of using the course owned bikes.

2) will i be able to insure it as im learning.

3) any tips that i can learn from other riders on here.

russelllinn It depends on your age for what size bike you can have and learn on, to be able to ride on the road you'll need to have completed a CBT and have L plates front and rear of the bike, best to check with the DVLA.
You'll be able to insure it as motorcyclists can only learn solo as long as you adhere to above.
It is always hard to give tips when not actually riding with the person to see what potentially doing right/wrong but i'd say the main thing is make sure you do your safety shoulder checks there are a lot of people out thete who don't see bikers.
Ref buying your own bike it would be useful as you could practice but then after you have passed you may find you want a different one or bigger engined one?

dan_harris Aaron i'll have a word with my bro, he's around your age and did his test a couple of years ago using the centres bike then went and bought a Ducatti 748 biposto with Termigoni exhaust :p