The vast majority of tests are booked by training schools which then offer them to customers as part of a training package.
Steve Manning, of the Advanced Rider Training near Crawley in West Sussex, says he is already struggling to book the new tests and he expects to lose business.
"There just aren't enough of the promised multi-purpose test centres available to deal with the volume of tests we do.
"I would hope to do 10 to 12 module one tests a week. On average I've got six or seven module one tests a week, which is going to cut the availability of our courses in half.
"If people can't get the test at the end of their training they're not going to come and do their training with us."
The cost of training will also go up as instructors face longer journeys with their students to the new tests centres.
Mr Manning says he will only have one test centre within a 20-mile radius of his training school, compared with seven which he currently uses.
Steve Manning, of the Advanced Rider Training near Crawley in West Sussex, says he is already struggling to book the new tests and he expects to lose business.
"There just aren't enough of the promised multi-purpose test centres available to deal with the volume of tests we do.
"I would hope to do 10 to 12 module one tests a week. On average I've got six or seven module one tests a week, which is going to cut the availability of our courses in half.
"If people can't get the test at the end of their training they're not going to come and do their training with us."
The cost of training will also go up as instructors face longer journeys with their students to the new tests centres.
Mr Manning says he will only have one test centre within a 20-mile radius of his training school, compared with seven which he currently uses.
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