Legal implications of de-restricting a 125cc bike

[GFK]

I gather from reading these forums that not everyone here (in fact, very few!) is a fine, upstanding, law-abiding biker-type person.

I know its basically illegal to de-restrict a 'learner' legal bike when you're on a provisional licence.

But....

....what if I did?

Would I burn in hell?

Would I get a fine?

Prison?

...or am I pretty much safe unless I happen to mow someone down (in which case my bike gets carted off by the law and gets things stuck up it)?

[Bendy]

There's a simple solution to your dilemna, young Padawan. Do your test.

[Dr Nick]

[McJamweasel]

Technically, you would be riding the bike without a license so...points/fine/ban for that but that would also invalidate your insurance which would mean further points/fine/ban. It could also mean that you got landed with the bill for any 3rd party damage if you were involved in an accident.

However, the chances of getting caught are slim. The chances are very few coppers know that you can derestrict the bike, and if they did it is very unlikely that the bike would be checked anyway.
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[McJamweasel]

They could either physically open it up and look for the restrictors or they could put the bike on a dyno and check the power output.
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[Ste]

Exactly, but that is how they could tell.

[The BeefMeister]

There better not be any coppers on here!
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I've got an NSR125 at the moment and due to a slight technical hitch have lost my licence until March. I did manage to manage to get to ride someone elses DeRestricted NSR and believe me it is worth doing even if the scum pigs do get a bit upset.

[one1895]

[Dr Nick]

Take it to Stan Stephens and get a fast road tune, i got mine tuned by BDK because its a bit closer they both do the same thing.

[TJ NSR]

i doubt they would physically open up the bike while your there and check for the restrictors, i even doubt they would know where the restrictors would be on most bike

[tony_d]

if your bike is second hand, just say you were unaware the bike was de-restricted, it was like that when u bought it

[Ste]

Tony, thats will not count as an excuse. It's your respsibilty and no one elses.

[MarJay]

Don't be too complacent as far as the police are concerned, they can bring in technical experts that can tell them if the bike is correctly restricted or not. To be honest I can't see to much of a hassle with de-restricting a 125, but if you've got a 'Busa thats supposed to be 33Bhp, then you're asking for trouble...

The police aren't that likely to bring any experts in unless you've killed somebody... thats not to say that insurance people won't though if you have an accident.
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[McJamweasel]

[G]

Well, a certain person we know got slightly done for some wheelies on a 1000cc bike, supposedly the 33hp restricted version . They didn't check then, because they couldn't/didn't know how to I believe.

[MarJay]

Blimey. The Gestapo are less intelligent than I thought... If you didn't have a 33bhp certificate though you might be on shakier ground... I dunno...

So I guess the average IQ is 100... that must be about 100 police officers!
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[Demonic69]

[MarJay]

No, there's nowhere in the law that says you have to have a certificate

but...
When I had my 60Bhp VFR400 restricted I had to send a copy of the certificate off to my insurance company before they'd cover me.

If I didn't get a certificate, then I'd be riding whilst uninsured which is very naughty.
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[TiN]

Has your bike been Dyno'd, Dean? ...and whilst we idiots are riding around in T-shirts, you're potentially riding without insurance.
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