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UKRedwing
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PostPosted: 20:18 - 16 Feb 2011    Post subject: Microcar Reply with quote
Before anyone calls offtopic you can supposedly drive this on a bike license Laughing

Seriously what is this thing and why have I not heard of them before, mate just linked it to me.

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Microcar-Virgo-2002-505cc-Petrol-/280629023384?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item4156cb1298

68mph top speed petrol version and a measly 55mph diesel version

And no I don't want one, wouldnt be seen dead in it but I am intrigued:P Laughing Laughing
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kestrel
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PostPosted: 20:26 - 16 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Check out these micro cars built in the Isle of Man in the 1960's
https://www.peelengineering.co.uk/p-50.php#
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mr.kris
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PostPosted: 20:28 - 16 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
i think you have to have passed your test in 2001 or befor not sure tho id fucking love one of those cars!!!
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Nixon
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PostPosted: 20:28 - 16 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
No you can not! it has 4 wheels, therefore not a two wheeled motorbike so does not fit the "A" category!

You need a B1 to drive it on the road Brick Wall

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UKRedwing
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PostPosted: 20:32 - 16 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
nixon wrote:
No you can not! it has 4 wheels, therefore not a two wheeled motorbike so does not fit the "A" category!

You need a B1 to drive it on the road Brick Wall

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So like mr.kris said if you passed your test back in 2001 or before you can?
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UKRedwing
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PostPosted: 20:32 - 16 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
kestrel wrote:
Check out these micro cars built in the Isle of Man in the 1960's
https://www.peelengineering.co.uk/p-50.php#


Lol didn't Clarkson drive one of those on top gear once?
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bikertomm
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PostPosted: 20:33 - 16 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Haha, that's kinda cool, but at the same time the biggest pile of shit I have ever seen Thumbs Up

And I highly doubt you can drive that on a bike liscence because.... It's a car !

Unless cars with like 500cc class as bikes... Lol Razz
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Nixon
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PostPosted: 20:34 - 16 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
UKRedwing wrote:
nixon wrote:
No you can not! it has 4 wheels, therefore not a two wheeled motorbike so does not fit the "A" category!

You need a B1 to drive it on the road Brick Wall

DVLA



So like mr.kris said if you passed your test back in 2001 or before you can?


No if your licence says you have a full Category B1 entitlement you can legaly drive one, not every person who passed their bike test before 2001 got B1 automatically
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Ed Case
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PostPosted: 20:35 - 16 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
UKRedwing wrote:
kestrel wrote:
Check out these micro cars built in the Isle of Man in the 1960's
https://www.peelengineering.co.uk/p-50.php#


Lol didn't Clarkson drive one of those on top gear once?


It'd be full of shit then !. Laughing
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kestrel
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PostPosted: 20:38 - 16 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
UKRedwing wrote:


Lol didn't Clarkson drive one of those on top gear once?


Yeah he did, drove it right in to the BBC, up in the lift and in to the studio, the story is somewhere on the page i linked.
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kestrel
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PostPosted: 20:45 - 16 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
CHR15 wrote:
it must be pretty boring on the island.

all you've got is bikes, alcohol and peel p50's


Far from boring here CHRI5, we don't have a NSL on the island so we get to ride our bikes the way they were designed to be ridden... Laughing
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kestrel
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PostPosted: 21:13 - 16 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
CHR15 wrote:


ahh, whats petrol like there?

couple of people from college live there and there always moaning about how everything is so expensive.

apparently freight is like 1300 quid a meter on the ferry.


We're paying about £1.34 for unleaded and £1.40 for diesel, fuel is usually more expensive here, freight charges aren't that bad but obviously most things are more expensive to cover shipping.
There are other benefits to living here, no chains, disk locks, alarms or ground anchors required here, most locals don't even take the keys out of the bike. All in all it's a much safer place to live than the UK.

Apologies to the OP for hijack.
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f1fan111
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PostPosted: 22:52 - 16 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
There are a range of Microcars out there you can possibley ride on a Motorbike licence as my Grandad only has bike licence and since can't get Reliant anymore he had to get a Microcar.

kestrel wrote:


There are other benefits to living here, no chains, disk locks, alarms or ground anchors required here, most locals don't even take the keys out of the bike. All in all it's a much safer place to live than the UK.



Also free bike parking in douglas for 2 hour or allday in some bays (well i haven't had a ticket yet Laughing) and then having TT, Manx, Southern 100, Billown races and Andreas racing series is good too Very Happy
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HD
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PostPosted: 23:24 - 16 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Clarkson drove the g wizz Razz
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ms51ves3
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PostPosted: 23:53 - 16 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
kestrel wrote:
Far from boring here CHRI5, we don't have a NSL on the island so we get to ride our bikes the way they were designed to be ridden... Laughing


You missed out the best thing about the island. The smell of wood burning fires on a winters day as you walk through Castletown. Bliss.
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kestrel
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PostPosted: 00:12 - 17 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
HD wrote:
Clarkson drove the g wizz Razz


He also drove the P50

The Peel P50's most famous television appearance occurred on the 28th of October 2007, featuring in a segment on BBC Two's motoring show, Top Gear. It involved the presenter, Jeremy Clarkson, entering the car, then driving through central London to work.

Clarkson, who is 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) tall, demonstrated that it was possible, although difficult, for tall people to get into the P50. Upon arriving at the BBC, he drove past the car parks, between bollards, to the front of the building, after which he pulled the P50 behind him to his office.

He then drove the P50 through the corridors of the office building and used a standard passenger lift to get to a meeting, which he attended inside the P50. At the end of the meeting Clarkson drove out of the building and stated that, if the car had a reverse gear, it would be the "ultimate in personal mobility".

The episode has been repeated numerous times since it's airing and has become the third most watched video clip on the Top Gear website.
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HD
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PostPosted: 16:28 - 17 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
kestrel wrote:
HD wrote:
Clarkson drove the g wizz Razz


He also drove the P50

The Peel P50's most famous television appearance occurred on the 28th of October 2007, featuring in a segment on BBC Two's motoring show, Top Gear. It involved the presenter, Jeremy Clarkson, entering the car, then driving through central London to work.

Clarkson, who is 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) tall, demonstrated that it was possible, although difficult, for tall people to get into the P50. Upon arriving at the BBC, he drove past the car parks, between bollards, to the front of the building, after which he pulled the P50 behind him to his office.

He then drove the P50 through the corridors of the office building and used a standard passenger lift to get to a meeting, which he attended inside the P50. At the end of the meeting Clarkson drove out of the building and stated that, if the car had a reverse gear, it would be the "ultimate in personal mobility".

The episode has been repeated numerous times since it's airing and has become the third most watched video clip on the Top Gear website.


Ahh, google is my friend Razz Just looked and it was the Peel P50 I was on about. Dunno where I got g whizz from? Confused
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