Licencing Advice

[yorkshirelad3]

hey, quick question, does anyone know what a rider with a CBT aged over 17 can ride up to if they hold a full UK driving licence.

Cheers,

Jack

[Davo]

With a CBT, the rider is restricted to a 125cc that doesn't exceed 14.6 bhp (I think)

That's assuming that the driving licence is a full car licence.

[Mr.Everready]

It doesn't matter if your 40 on your CBT, you can still only ride a 125c.
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[Andy C]

yea as Davo said 14.6BHP but 125cc 2t's when derestriced are almost 30BHP on some bikes so can just get a 2 stroke 125cc if you want a bit more power and just hope you dont get cought, they will never catch you *touches wood*
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[paulthewitt]

as said a restricted 125cc. at 17 if you pass your bike test then you can ride any bike restricted to 33bhp.

that is if you meant you had a car license!
Paul

[danclarkie]

you also have full moped entitlement

ride a moped with no L plates and also can carry pillions
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[Jack_Cheese]

[Davo]

[iCraig]

Ah but you have to take a CBT to get the full moped entitlement if the test was passed after Feb 2001.

Also if you passed the car test after feb 2001 you must take a CBT to ride a >125cc bike, if passed before you can ride one without a CBT but still display L plates.

[yorkshirelad3]

right, clear it up a bit.

The person in question is my father.

He passed his car licence in 1977 (i think) and held a motorcycle licence until 1980 when he recieved a ban and never bthered having catagory a re-instated as he hasnt owned a motorcycle since.

He's 45 and wants to know what his options are, i suggested the DAS as the obvious test to take but he would like to ride something smaller till hes back in the 'bike' frame of mind.

[Davo]

I would get him to still do DAS, just because he's got no restriction on his licence, doesn't mean that he has to buy a big bike.

Is he sure that he hasn't got a full motorcycle catergory on his licence?

[Mr.Everready]

I agree with Davo, you sure it's not still there ?
Just because he got a ban doesn't mean that he lost his bike licence.
Get him to check properly and with the DVLA.
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[Mr.Everready]

When did he pass his bike test ?
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[yorkshirelad3]

not sure, i will ask him when he gets back in. He believes that he simply lost it when he changed adress and never bothered to complain or check it up as he was never going to have a bike again. Either that or the ban. He not sure becuase he wasnt riding a bike so never bothered to check it out.

[Robin]