Help on carrying pillion(if i can)

[Davs101]

im 17 and just been to shires today for some information
ive done a cbt for scooters but he said that because im 17 i can ride a motorbike(i want a NSR125) he also said that i can take my proper bike test and if i pass i can take the L plates off...
does this mean i can take pillions???
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Davs

[mr jamez]

You can take pillions when you do your bike test, it is ilegal on L plates.

[Davs101]

so even though im 17 and when i have passed my proper bike test i can carry pillions???
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Davs

[Rollins]

Only when you've passed your A2 test mate, then you can also take those pillions on the motorway as well.

Unless you're a darn ped boi who carrys his chav mate/biatch on the back of his NRG on L's anyway, often with no helmet!
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[nick.h]

can you take pillions after your A(restricted) test?
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[Rollins]

Yes, the restricted test is the A2 test, same privileges as a full unrestricted (Category A - DAS/Accelerated Access) test - motorways, pillions, burning of L plates - except only 33bhp for 2 years.
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"... I wouldn't mind doing 130 up to a T junction, but unfortunately my bike tops out at 120 which is gay..."
2005 CBR600RR

[bonehead]

You can't ride a geared bike if you did your CBT on a scooter.

[Fortuna]

[Gazdaman]

[Leggy_Girl]

[mchaggis]

When I did my CBT, I had to come back the following day as I hadn't quite got the knack of U-turns avec knackered clutch, and it was pelting down with rain (puddles several inches deep in places). I was put on a scooter as they'd just sold one of the 125 geared bikes and hadn't got a new one in yet, ie there weren't enough to go around. Had I been restricted to a scooter, I would have been severely off-pissed.

Having said that, were you wanting to ride gears and there was a restriction, then the CBT place would have to teach you to ride gears, so you wouldn't be on the road on a scooter at all.
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[Full Bananas]

You need to make sure you're insured to carry pillions as well. This typically doesn't cost anything extra but you have to let the insurance company know that you're planning to do it.
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