Restricted but not restricted

[nicomallourid...]

Het guys i currently live in turkey and I have a '12 Yamaha XJ6. I might move to the uk this summer but i know that for the A license i have to be atleast 21 yo. Apparently, there are motorcycles restricted to the a2 license. So could have a motorcycle restricted, get all the documents for it then unrestrict it? I'm 18 rn and have a turkish licence for until I get my a2 next year. In turkey you can run from the police they dont really care but i wouldnt really dare such thing in the UK Thanks.

[Nobby the Bastard]

[doggone]

You might get away with it but ANPR number plate readers are quite common here and inconsistencies are almost instantly flagged up.
If you had even a minor crash and were found to not have the correct licence your insurance will be invalid and bad things will happen.

[nicomallourid...]

[nicomallourid...]

[Bhud]

If you don't have a Turkish A2 or A2-equivalent licence right now, you can't ride an A2 bike in the UK.
If you had a Turkish licence which allowed you to ride A2 bikes, then you could do so for 12 months in the UK, after which time you would have to get a UK A2 or A licence to be allowed to continue to ride it.

Supposing you had an A2 licence, you could ride in the UK on a foreign-registered bike for 6 months if you were a tourist. However, since you won't be a visitor but a UK resident, this will not be allowed. You would need to get your Yamaha registered in the UK if you wanted to ride it here as a UK resident.

If you get pulled over, they will check everything. Licence, tax, insurance. You are likely to have the bike confiscated, and points on your licence at the least. After that, you might have problems getting insured on a UK bike. Not worth the hassle - probably best to just sell the bike in Turkey, do an A2 bike test when you turn 19 in the UK, and buy an A2 bike here.

[nicomallourid...]

[Easy-X]

[ThatDippyTwat]

[notabikeranym...]

The fact is many people ride unrestricted A2 bikes once they've got their certificate and nothing ever happens.

The only time you gotta shit yourself is if you're pulled over by bike cops or a traffic officer who might actually check properly but I've NEVER seen this done and I know a LOT of people running A2 bikes with no restriction.

Moral of the story, if you're gonna do it, make sure you're not pulled over. Or run a flip plate.

Or just be patient.

[nicomallourid...]

[Riejufixing]

They'll regard it as a challenge, and come after you, trip trap until they get you.

[ThatDippyTwat]

[nicomallourid...]

[Freddyfruitba...]

[ThatDippyTwat]

[nicomallourid...]

[notabikeranym...]

To answer your question I wouldn't run at all from police. If you've done something stupid or illegal your best option is to stop and be accountable and accept that you took the risk and got caught.

Things were different about a year or two ago where police wouldn't bat an eyelid at motorbikes for fear of losing their jobs (I'm looking at you Henry Hicks), but there's now Operation Venice in full swing. These are officers specially trained to fuck up your day if you're on a bike and run from police.

It also comes down to luck and how much you wanna worry about it, or what you're willing to take in order to run an illegal bike (because that's exactly what you'll be doing FYI with no restriction kit).

Here are your options realistically, and I don't recommend ANY of the following:

1. Have no plate and if you do get stopped, claim the plate fell off, and take the £100 on-the-spot fine for having no plate. A couple people I know run this risk. You are also risking having your bike seized entirely if you've committed a driving offence (wheelies/speeding/they find out it isn't restricted) and been pulled instead of a random stop/check or just stopped for the no plate itself.

2. Have no plate and run. If you succeed pass go, collect freedom. The chances of escape are slim, but possible, depending on the circumstance. A few people I know have successfully run from police simply by filtering through traffic and side roads and then hidden for a while, but this was for benign stuff like a quick/short wheelie on a dual carriageway. However, if you're planning to gun it on the M1 with the NPAS chopper following you unaware, I have some bad news for you.

What I do recommend is you just run the bike restricted for 2 years and do your full test.

Alternatively, if you do run it unrestricted then just run a normal plate and don't get caught doing stupid things/be more cautious than usual.

If you wanna run a unrestricted bike without a plate, the odds are stacked up against you, and while I see people doing it all the time, it's not a smart risk. Doing anything that draws attention to you while you're running an unrestricted bike on a restricted licence will fuck you up completely.

On that note, I'd like to chime in that I'm in no way some good Samaritan telling you what to do, I'm often above the speed limit and sometimes on the back wheel nowadays but I do so knowing the risks fully. Choose your poison and all that.

[Kentol750]

Answered you in other post, however, you don't seem to know the rules over here yet. Haven't seen anyone point out that in the UK you cannot ride anything over a 125cc bike until you are 19.
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[nicomallourid...]

[nicomallourid...]

[Kentol750]

And, you'll still have gone on a public forum and announced you're the baddest bad boy ever and are going to ride an unrestrictable bike on an a2 licence and fool no-one who matters or really cares. You may want to look into vlogging.
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[nicomallourid...]

[Easy-X]

And people wonder why the country voted for Brexit

To answer the original post: no, no you can't derestrict an A2 bike until you have a full A licence because it's AGAINST THE LAW. If you don't understand or care about that please stay in Turkey.
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