Mature age riders

If you are aged 30 years or over and have held an Australian or New Zealand unrestricted driver licence for the last five years with no cancellations, disqualifications or lapses of more than six months between renewals, you may proceed directly from a learner rider licence to an unrestricted licence. However, you are still required to successfully complete the pre-learner and pre-provisional courses.

You are not required to wait three months between gaining your learner rider licence and attending the pre-provisional course.

While on your learner rider licence you must observe all the normal learner rider restrictions:

• Maximum speed of 80km/h.
• Display an L plate on the rear of your motorcycle.
• Not exceed zero blood alcohol concentration (in effect, this means you cannot drink before riding).
• Wear an approved Australian Standards AS1698 motorcycle helmet
• No pillion passenger.
• Motorcycle engine capacity and power to weight restriction. 660ml engine capacity and power to weight ratio not greater than and 150kw / tonne and is a bike approved by the RTA and displayed on the List of Approved Motorcycles for Novice Riders.

When you have successfully completed the pre-provisional course and passed the Motorcycle Operator Skills Test (MOST), you will be issued a Certificate of Competence. Go to your nearest motor registry and:

• Produce your Certificate of Competence (red in colour).
• Produce your learner rider licence.
• Pay the licence fee.

You will then be issued with an unrestricted rider licence. Please note that you are prohibited from carrying a passenger until you have held this licence for 12 months.