{"id":109,"date":"2026-07-25T04:59:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T02:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorrad-fuehrerschein-frankfurt.de\/ratgeber\/erste-fahrstunde\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T04:59:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T02:59:34","slug":"first-driving-lesson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.motorrad-fuehrerschein-frankfurt.de\/en\/ratgeber\/erste-fahrstunde\/","title":{"rendered":"Your first motorcycle riding lesson: what really awaits you"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"109\" class=\"elementor elementor-109\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mffrh109 e-con-boxed mff-section mff-page-head e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"mffrh109\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mffrh109e mff-eyebrow elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"mffrh109e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Guide<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mffrh109h mff-page-h1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"mffrh109h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Your first motorcycle riding lesson: what really awaits you<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mffrh109l mff-lead elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"mffrh109l\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Between registering and the first driving lesson, many people experience one thing above all: overthinking. Will I drop the bike? Will I make a fool of myself? Here is the honest sequence of events for that first lesson \u2013 and the answers to the worries almost everyone brings along.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mffrb109 e-con-boxed mff-section e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"mffrb109\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mfftoc109 mff-toc-wrap elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"mfftoc109\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mff-toc\"><strong>Contents of this guide<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"#abschnitt-1\">First of all: nobody expects you to be able to do anything<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#abschnitt-2\">What you bring to the table<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#abschnitt-3\">Here is how the first lesson goes \u2013 step by step<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#abschnitt-4\">And what if I drop the bike?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#abschnitt-5\">The most common worries \u2013 answered honestly<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#abschnitt-6\">Frequently asked questions about the first riding lesson<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mffr109h0 mff-h2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"mffr109h0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"abschnitt-1\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">First of all: nobody expects you to be able to do anything<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mffr109t0 mff-art-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"mffr109t0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The first driving lesson is built for a complete fresh start \u2013 you neither need to know how to change gears nor balance, nor even be safe on a bicycle (though it helps). Motorcycle instructors constantly start with people from scratch and know: shaky knees are standard procedure. There is nothing to pass in this lesson \u2013 only getting to know each other.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mffr109h1 mff-h2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"mffr109h1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"abschnitt-2\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What you bring to the table<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mffr109t1 mff-art-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"mffr109t1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Protective clothing:<\/strong> Helmet, gloves, jacket, sturdy ankle-high boots \u2013 for the start you can borrow equipment from us. What exactly is required is stated in the <a href=\"\/en\/guide\/protective-clothing\/\">Protective Clothing Guide<\/a>.<\/li><li><strong>Comfortable, durable clothing<\/strong> underneath and sufficient sleep.<\/li><li><strong>No prior theoretical knowledge required:<\/strong> Driving lessons can run parallel to theory classes \u2013 you can start straight after registering.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mffr109h2 mff-h2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"mffr109h2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"abschnitt-3\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Here is how the first lesson goes \u2013 step by step<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mffr109t2 mff-art-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"mffr109t2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>1. Quiet environment:<\/strong> The first lesson takes place where there is space and quiet \u2013 with us on the quiet streets around Kalbach, where there is little traffic to disturb you.<\/li><li><strong>2. Getting to know the bike:<\/strong> Controls, clutch, brakes, twist grip, side stand \u2013 first of all everything while stationary, without the engine running.<\/li><li><strong>3. Balance and push:<\/strong> You push and balance the machine, getting to know its weight \u2013 it sounds mundane, but it takes away most of the apprehension.<\/li><li><strong>4. Finding the clutch biting point and rolling for the first time:<\/strong> Pulling away at a walking pace, braking gently, feet ready \u2013 the first few metres under your own steam. This is the moment that makes all the nervous excitement worthwhile.<\/li><li><strong>5. First laps with radio:<\/strong> Your riding instructor is with you over the <strong>Funk<\/strong> Constantly connected with you, calling out every exercise and providing a spot. You are never working out alone.<\/li><\/ul><p>After 45 or 90 minutes you do slow laps and wonder why you were nervous \u2013 the standard course of events.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mffr109h3 mff-h2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"mffr109h3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"abschnitt-4\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">And what if I drop the bike?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mffr109t3 mff-art-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"mffr109t3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Then you are in good company: <strong>Topplers at walking pace are part of motorcycle training<\/strong> and are factored in. Our training machines have <strong>Crash bars<\/strong> \u2013 if a motorcycle falls over at practice speed, as a rule, nothing happens to it at all. You won't be asked to pay for normal beginner mistakes, and dropping a bike says precisely nothing about your later riding aptitude. By the way, you learn to pick it up using leg technique instead of arm strength \u2013 that's also part of the training.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mffr109h4 mff-h2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"mffr109h4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"abschnitt-5\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The most common worries \u2013 answered honestly<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mffr109t4 mff-art-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"mffr109t4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>\u201eAm I too small \/ too heavy \/ too weak?\u201c<\/strong> There are no body measurement requirements \u2013 balance beats strength, and the seat height can be sorted by choosing the right machine. More on this in <a href=\"\/en\/guide\/motorcycle-licence-categories\/\">Class Guide<\/a>.<\/li><li><strong>\u201eWhat if I shake?\u201c<\/strong> Tell your driving instructor \u2013 they'll adjust the pace and exercises. Nerves are normal for the first lesson and usually disappear after 20 minutes.<\/li><li><strong>\u201eEveryone is watching.\u201c<\/strong> No \u2013 in the training area nobody cares about beginner drivers. And your driving instructor has seen everything a hundred times before.<\/li><li><strong>\u201eWhat if I don't like it?\u201c<\/strong> You are allowed to find that out too \u2013 after two or three hours you honestly know whether motorcycling is for you. Early finish, small loss.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mffr109h5 mff-h2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"mffr109h5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"abschnitt-6\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Frequently asked questions about the first driving lesson<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mffr109t5 mff-art-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"mffr109t5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Does the theory test have to be passed beforehand?<\/strong> No \u2013 theory and practice run in parallel. You only need the passed theory for the exam.<\/p><p><strong>What machine am I riding?<\/strong> Depending on your licence category, you will train on the appropriate training motorcycle \u2013 with us, a Honda CB125 (A1), CB500 (A2) or CB650 (A), all equipped with radio communication and crash bars.<\/p><p><strong>Single or double lesson to start?<\/strong> Both work; many start with a double lesson, because otherwise the settling-in period eats up half the time.<\/p><p><strong>How many lessons will I need after that?<\/strong> That depends on the individual \u2013 the honest figures are in the <a href=\"\/en\/guide\/apprenticeship\/\">Apprenticeship guide<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mffrc109 e-con-boxed mff-section e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"mffrc109\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mffrc109t mff-lead elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"mffrc109t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Read more: <a href=\"\/en\/guide\/apprenticeship\/\">Driving lessons &amp; practical training<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"\/en\/guide\/protective-clothing\/\">Protective clothing<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"\/en\/faqs\/\">Quick FAQ<\/a><br>Ready for lesson one? 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