Teaching my mum how to ride a scooter

[Ice Burger]

I'm buying my mum a 125 scooter so she doesn't have to take the train to work.

She got her license in 89 and it says on the back she's passed her A license and has full motorbike privileges, although having only ever driven cars.

CBT test centres are closed for now and she trusts me enough to give her instructions on how to get going. Is this all it takes? Her license says she can ride bikes so is it really all that simple?

I've got 2 helmets with Cardo intercoms, and my own bike I can follow behind her on.

[Riejufixing]

[Ice Burger]

She's quite sure she's never been on a bike, we're both laughing at how over qualified she is.

In 2013 her license was reprinted and it was upgraded to include bikes. I looked on the .gov website, looks like through 86-90 when she took her test there was a bit of a hazy period of rules, now the jurisdiction says she can hop on a gsxr1000.

[Riejufixing]

[Nobby the Bastard]

There were no hazy rules in 89. That's when I passed my car test. I got full moped entitlement but nothing for bike.

All she has is tricycle which is a throwback to harmonisation of classification across the EU.


She'll have c1 and d1 but she cant drive an artic or a bus either.

Less than 8 ton and 15 seats.
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[Pete.]

If she wants to ride that scooter she'll have to get L-plates and do a CBT.

If she wants to ride a moped she needs to buy one and insure it.
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a.k.a 'Geri'

132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Ice Burger]

thanks for clearing that up then, I'll be taking her on the back until test centres are open again.

[slowside]

To be honest I'd probably have put her through a days professional training even if her license had included full entitlement.

I know you've got a bike and comms (and to be fair you might be an excellent tutor), but £120 for a full-day with a decent training outfit is probably worth it.
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[bikerlady20]

[Jmoan]

She could one of the 3 wheeled scooter instead.

[GettinBetter]

I got my licence in 1980 and also have an 'A' entitlement in column 9. on the back of my licence with the start and finish dates in columns 10. & 11. However I also have in column 12. "79(3)" which is a restriction.

If your mother has any codes in column 12. you can look here
https://www.gov.uk/driving-licence-codes
Just saying...

[radlerin]

Does your mom cycle? Cyclist have no problem to learn fast to drive a scooter. Holding balance is very important.

[TravisBickle]

[TravisBickle]

If going down the three-wheeler route a Yamaha Tricity would be my recommendation.
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[TravisBickle]

[recman]

So, nobody has asked for a picture yet?

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