couldn't afford to do direct access, as the wife and i did it at the same time!!!
we did the basic course, restricted to 33bhp for 2 years. had our zzr600's restricted to satisfy the insurance, then whipped the restrictors out after a couple of weeks, WEHEY, 90 ish bhp !!! had to be carefull for 2 years but saved some dosh!!!!
all the best, cos motorcycle handling and speeds are seriously very addictive, my last bike was a kwacker zx7r (dream bike) and that was glorious.......could write pages of stuff bout bikes!!!!
ps did our course in bristol, and it was good fun, we were racing the instructor along a bypass on the 125's, flat out, head on the tank at 70.25mph!!!!!