FAMILY-RUN Warrington-based “On Your Bike” is quietly changing the face of motorcycle rider training in the North West — one student at a time!
For many people, the idea of learning to ride a motorcycle can feel daunting. For women, especially, walking into a male-dominated training environment can be enough to put them off entirely. Angela Davies wants to change that.
Angela is the DVSA-approved instructor and driving force behind On Your Bike, a family-run motorcycle training school based in Warrington. With her partner Graham by her side, she built the school from the ground up with a single principle at its core: the student comes first.
Angela
“The whole idea was to create a school that puts the student first — no rushing people through to tick a box, no production-line feel,” says Angela. “Just patient, honest training, where people progress when they’re genuinely ready.”
A lifelong motorcycling enthusiast who holds her IAM Advanced Rider certification, Angela made the leap into instruction after realising she wanted to share her passion in a more meaningful way. She trained as a DVSA-approved instructor and set about building something different — a school that feels less like a conveyor belt and more like a conversation.
The results speak for themselves. On Your Bike offers one-to-one Compulsory Basic Training (CBT) sessions. We provided the bikes, helmets with intercoms, and jackets. There’s no pressure, no clock-watching, and no upselling. Angela’s philosophy is simple: “I give honest advice because I want people to ride safely and confidently, not just to get their money and move them on.”
As a female-led business in a field that has historically been dominated by men, On Your Bike has found itself attracting a remarkably wide range of students — including many men who say they find a female instructor less intimidating.
“It’s not just women either,” Angela explains. “We get a lot of men booking with us as well, because they feel a female instructor will be less intimidating. That wasn’t something I set out to make a headline of, but it clearly matters to people and I’m proud of it. Saying that, we are a team — the guys who work with us are calm and friendly too, so you don’t have to worry, you are always in safe hands.”
The rewards, she says, are immeasurable. “Watching someone go from nervous and uncertain to riding away with a big grin on their face — that never gets old. If I had to pick a moment that sums it up, it would be the students who came to us saying they’d been told they’d never manage it. Seeing those people pass their CBT is something really special.”
With fuel costs rising and more people turning to motorcycles as a practical, affordable way to get around, Angela is urging anyone who has hesitated to take the plunge.
“If you’re a woman who’s been put off by the idea of a male-dominated training environment, please come and talk to us,” she says. “You’ll be very welcome.”
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