About Restrictors

transporter · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 21 Oct 2009 Karma :

Hi all,am thinking about buying a 600 like a bandit or hornet,i have a restricted licence.Is it possible for me to go out and buy an unrestricted 600 then take it to a dealer or mechanic to put a restrictor on for me or do i have to buy the bike from them restricted ? i.e will they do the job if you aint bought the bike from them ?, Rich

Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Hi

Any half decent dealer would restrict a bike bought elsewhere for you. If you use the FI kit then you might well get a far better deal if you bought the bike from the dealer and they restricted it, but there is no legal requirement for any particular kit or certificate, hence the FI kits work out very expensive under the excuse of the certificate and TUV certification costs (neither of which are relevant in the UK).

Legally you cannot ride the full power (>25kW) bike on the road until it is restricted.

All the best

Keith
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yuri2085 · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Jul 2008 Karma :

Pyro you charged me 25 quid for mine!

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transporter · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 21 Oct 2009 Karma :

Hi there,thanks for the info guys and thanks for the kind offer of the restrictors but i'd better not take them as im not sure what im going to go for yet and if i went for a Bandit i like the look of the newer 650 ones. As it usually goes it will probably be whatever falls in to my hands at the time, Rich