Confirmation....

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https://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/General-news/2012/January/jan1312-details-of-new-licencing-regime-confirmed/
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[bikertomm]

Cock and balls.

Just glad I'm 18 and can do my test this year. Feel sorry for my mate..

Instead of making it nice and simple to follow they have done the opposite,(again) DSA, you fail.
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[TheBikerStig]

Bikes use less in fuel, this is one way of compensating the government for less spent in fuel useage. Its foolish thinking like this that fuels insanity.
Dont know what this change will bring tho, I was on a brand new (unrestricted) 100hp motorcycle with 3 months or so of my 33bhp limit remaining. I figured I had more than the average riders "2 years of experience" by that time so I justified bending the rule. I do strongly oppose anything that makes lives for people more awkward such as this change in licensing. Why judge and treat everyone based on the actions of the few?
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[Rogerborg]

Hang on a second. This is all being dictated by Brussels, not the DfT, and we've known the broad content of it for 6 years now.

Mod 1 is a big loss maker for the DfT and they're working towards getting shot of it. We should be back to a single test around the time that the 3DLD licensing comes in.

And they're still considering a training route to upgrade, it's not off the cards yet.

Yes, it's bad, but we've got a not entirely insane lot in charge at the DfT at the moment. It could have been a lot worse.
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[pinkyfloyd]

I'm just glad that it no longer poses a direct concern for me as I have my full license. Although I am opposed to this new pile of wank for obvious reasons and I tell every potential biker I talk to, to get their test passed before January next year.
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[kerr]

So according to that if i dont get my mod 1 and mod 2 done this year il only have to take one next year, being over 21?
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[Rogerborg]

[Andy_Pagin]

I really can't see the point in having to re-train for each step up. What do they teach you the second and third time? how not to twist your wrist not quite so much?

I guess the real reason for this regime is to not discourage people from riding 'environmentally friendly little 125s' but discourage a move up to those big nasty thirsty bikes that make lots of noise and irritate the bearded open-toed-sandal shod environmentalists as they trundle around on their scooters.
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[Rogerborg]

You may be reading too much into it. Based on a licensing 'Fact Sheet' that was floating around, I don't think we need look further than pathetic soulless Brussels mouse-nudgers, who just despise the very idea that anyone might be enjoying themselves with the closest that their bitter shrunken heart can come to real passion.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Surely this makes it a far shrewder investment for you to just wait until you're 24 then do your DAS? Then crash your R1 into a tree.
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[Englishman]

I'm so glad that I'm ancient. I'd hate to be 16 years old now and wanting to ride a motorcycle. It's just going to have people on 125's for years after just doing a CBT assessment, and then going for their full license at 24 with no training for the previous 7 years, other than the general riding on a little bike.
The current system seems quite good, what with the 2 year restriction for under 21's and over 21's can do four days training and get on a hayabusa and go rocketing over the horizon.
Do people magically get more mature and responsible on their 21st birthday? If not, do they think it's going to happen on their 24th?
How are the other European countries responding to the EU 3rd directive? I'll bet that the UK is going to impose it to the nth degree, and the rest will do a half-arsed but workable and sensible reaction to it.
Anyway, what do I care? I have a full motorcycle license but would like to see some young 'uns coming through so we old farts don't preside over the extinction of two wheeled fun.