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Ideal Driver & Rider Training

Ideal Driver & Rider Training

4.8(140 reviews)See reviews ↓·Hull

About the company

Ideal Driver & Rider Training is a motorcycle training provider based in Hull. It offers CBT training, A1/A2 restricted licence courses, Direct Access, and Back to Bikes courses. The company also provides car tuition, including driving lessons from novice to advanced, refresher courses, and instructor training for both car (ADI) and motorcycle standards checks.

All instructors are registered and monitored by the DVSA. The company has joined forces with 5-Ways Motorcycles and Kawasaki Rider Training Services to become one of their training providers. It is a Honda approved training provider, teamed up with Honda and Miles Kingsport. The company has two CBT training locations.

What customers say

Based on genuine customer reviews

Ideal Driver & Rider Training on Midland Street is consistently associated with instructors Craig and Neill, both named often across reviews covering CBT, intensive courses, DAS and A2 licence training. Complete beginners describe progressing from no prior riding experience to handling a geared machine on public roads within a short space of time, while others finished full courses that carried them through Mod 1 and Mod 2, with some achieving clean results across both.

A theme that comes up often is reassurance for nervous or first-time riders, with the instructors described as calm and supportive when building confidence before moving on to bigger bikes and busier roads. Several reviewers highlight clear, patient explanations and a relaxed teaching style that helped skills develop quickly, with extra sessions arranged when a pupil wanted more practice ahead of a test date.

Kristina and Kris are mentioned in relation to booking and coordinating training, and one review notes the well-kept condition of the Kawasaki machines supplied during a full licence course. Support continued even during a difficult period for the industry, with training kept running and pupils looked after throughout. Opening hours extend to Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings until half past two, with the Midland Street base serving riders working towards CBT, DAS and full motorcycle licences.

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Ideal Driver & Rider Training — Customer photo
Ideal Driver & Rider Training — Customer photo
Ideal Driver & Rider Training — Customer photo
Ideal Driver & Rider Training — Customer photo
Ideal Driver & Rider Training — Customer photo
Ideal Driver & Rider Training — Customer photo

Reviews

Reviews are taken from publicly available sources.

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Amanda Robinson9 August 2026

Great experience with Neill and the team. Never ridden a motorcycle before, to being able to ride a 125cc geared bike, on the road by the end of the day! Very patient instructors, who ensured every trainee understood, and felt confident enough to ride their bike on the road. Fully recommend their CBT course to anyone, no matter how basic your experience is.

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Alice Pemberton9 June 2026

Recently completed my A2 lisence with a clean sheet in both Mod 1 and 2. I had never been on a motorbike before and chose the full training course as well as CBT package. The lessons definitely equip you with the skills that you need in order to pass. While it’s fast and seems like it wouldn’t be enough time, it definitely was even for myself who had zero experience. Craig and Neill are great at telling you every possible thing and are clearly super experienced as I went into the tests knowing above and beyond what I needed to know. Big thank you to Craig for always being a really friendly and kind instructor with the patience of a saint. And thank you to Neill for helping me to get over my fear of u turns. Great company, super professional. Would highly recommend!

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Wayne Steel10 May 2026

Craig was fantastic! Excellent teacher and excellent guy! Really good attitude towards all learners unlike others he’s not stuck up himself with a bad attitude, worth his weight in gold! Thank you for everything Craig!

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Ben Wilson24 April 2026

Completed my cbt training with ideal driver and rider training today. The experience I had was brilliant! Craig the instructor made the day really enjoyable in the theory lessons and on the road. With his skills he made me confident on the bike after not ridden for over 25 years. Highly recommend this company

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Harry Chalklin21 February 2026

I booked myself on to the intensive training, having never ridden before ever. I cannot thank Craig enough for his teaching, calmness and encouragement. An absolute top gent as are all the team. The communication before and during were perfect and I passed both modules first time. I can't recommend them enough

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Lilly Howe17 February 2026

Craig is a fantastic CBT instructor — knowledgeable, patient, and supportive. He explains things clearly and creates a positive learning environment. I gained a lot of confidence and practical skills thanks to his guidance. Highly recommended.

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Lewis Veail18 January 2026

Was treated unprofessionally throughout 1 instructor tried belittling me almost certainly trying to get a reaction hense I started to shake and my confidence fully went and started to shake of and on the bike he made fun out of that proceeded to shout at me repeatedly and he wondered why everything I knew about how to ride safely went out of my head due to how uncomfortable I was I’m not certain which instructor this was but his patience was like a child and came across extremely arrogant when I tried memorizing the gears he would interrupt me proceeding me to hurry up and be rude he came across very unapproachable and felt like I couldn’t ask for advice however when I went on the road with the other instructor my experience changed he was what I needed at the start rather than the just the final part of my CBT due to that other instructor I definitely will not be coming back to do my A2 and would recommend an alternative training center who actually care about giviging people the confidence to ride safe and actually teach them rather than belittling and shouting at whoever is learning if they don’t get it right straight away.

Motorcycle training in Hull compared

Ordered by rating, weighted by the number of reviews — businesses with only a handful of reviews do not jump to the top automatically. 5 businesses in this category in Hull are compared.

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1Ideal Motorcycle Training CBT centre★ 5,017Yes
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4R S J Motorcycle Training★ 4,884Yes
5Ideal Driver & Rider Training (this page)★ 4,8140Yes
Contact
Working hours
Monday09:30–14:30, 16:00–19:00
Tuesday09:30–14:30, 16:00–19:00
Wednesday09:30–14:30, 16:00–19:00
Thursday09:30–14:30, 16:00–19:00
Friday09:30–16:00
Saturday09:30–14:30
SundayClosed