How can this be right? Learner legal import?

symonh2000 · Crazy Courier Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Karma :

I have been looking at bikes for a bit of fun and this came up fairly local to me.

My question is, how can it be legal to be used as a learner bike if it is an import?

Surely at that age it would be a full power bike.

I am not too clued up on stuff like this, hence the question. Smile

Many thanks.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363912405591?hash=item54badea257:g:Wx8AAOSwvEJirvTG
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Nobby the Bastard · Harley Gaydar Joined: 16 Aug 2013 Karma :

Depends on where it was imported from. Most western countries had similar restrictions requirements back then. Europe especially. That's the thing about the eu. Make trade easy by making sure that everyone is playing by the same rules....
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symonh2000 · Crazy Courier Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Karma :

Thanks mate, I guess that questions would need to be asked about where it was imported from.

I know that Aprillia and Cagiva are almost always full power if they are unoffical imports but wasn't sure about the Jap stuff.
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ThatDippyTwat · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Aug 2016 Karma :

Most people's definition of "learner legal" starts and ends with it being a 125cc. There's a decent chance it's not, strictly speaking, learner legal.
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symonh2000 · Crazy Courier Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Karma :

Looking at his other listing he also selling a few other imported 125's as learner legal.

An Aprillia AF1 Futura for instance.
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Nobby the Bastard · Harley Gaydar Joined: 16 Aug 2013 Karma :

Nope they aren't. Still considered to be learner legal because they were sold restricted to 12bhp.
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Zen Dog · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Karma :

Fair enough, well I didn't do anything to derestrict mine, presumably it had been done by a previous owner. My NSR was a german import, and restricted in the electronics, but it only lopped 5mph off the top speed (and it didn't have the UK restriction in the exhaust etc.) so I just left it alone.
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DJP · Crazy Courier Joined: 11 Dec 2011 Karma :

I doubt if many cops or insurance companies would have a scooby whether that was UK learner legal or not.

And I certainly can't see either bothering to put it on a dyno.

In fact, the only thing that would put me off that is the utterly ridiculous price for a 26 year old 125. Laughing

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Blah blah · Scooby Slapper Joined: 05 Mar 2015 Karma :

Teenagers have been tuning 50s and 125s ever since they were restricted, and long may it continue Very Happy

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