Class A2

Minimum age and exam dates

You must be at least 17 ½ years old. You can take your theory exam 3 months before your 18th birthday and your practical exam 1 month before.

Application at the road traffic office

The application always comes first! Make sure all the details are correct. Based on your application, the road traffic office (Straßenverkehrsamt) prints your driving licence and commissions TÜV to conduct your exams. This can take a few weeks – but that is the road traffic office's responsibility. While your application is being processed, you can of course already start your training and attend our theory lessons.

• First-aid certificate (9 teaching units)
• Eye test
• 1 biometric passport photo
• Valid ID document
• Application form

Theory

If you don't have a driving licence yet, 16 theory lessons of 90 minutes each are mandatory: 12 basic topics and 4 class-specific topics that deal specifically with motorcycling. If you already hold a licence class, the basic lessons are reduced from 12 to 6. Have you held class A1 for 2 years already? Then you skip the mandatory theory lessons – though you're of course still welcome to attend.

Practice and special drives

Our riding lessons last 40 minutes, and we always book them as double lessons. How many driving lessons you need depends very much on your individual learning progress. On top of that comes a mandatory number of special drives. As soon as you feel ready, it's time for the practical exam. How many special drives you need depends on the licences you already hold:

• No motorcycle licence yet: 5 rural road drives, 4 motorway drives and 3 training lessons at dusk
• Class A1 for less than 2 years: 3 rural road drives, 2 motorway drives and 1 training lesson at dusk
• Class A1 for more than 2 years: no special drives, only practice drives

What can I ride with class A2?

You may ride motorcycles with an engine capacity of more than 50 cc and an output of at most 35 kW. Only a motorcycle originally rated at no more than 70 kW may be restricted for this purpose; the power-to-weight ratio may be at most 0.2 kW/kg. In addition, you may drive three-wheeled motor vehicles with an engine capacity over 50 cc or a maximum speed over 45 km/h.

What does moving up a class mean?

Class A2 is the second level of the motorcycle licences: A1 is followed by A2, and then A. There must be 2 years of riding experience between each class. After that, to move up to the next class you only need a few driving lessons and a practical exam – no new theory exam and no special drives. The idea behind it: you increase the motorcycle's power step by step instead of starting straight away on the biggest possible machine.

Bike to Bike

We always train our students from the motorcycle – every one of our driving instructors is a passionate motorcyclist. You ride behind your driving instructor and get all the tips and tricks shown to you directly.