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Chaz - 23/9/08 at 01:35 PM

Anyone have an idea what the smallest road legal motorbike is....is it a Monkey bike made by Honda?

I want to commute cheaply over a small distance and want something cheap on fuel and running costs, insurance etc, (i have no bike license), so can i drive one of these? I think i can go up to 33bhp or something like that without a direct access bike test. Any ideas???

novacaine - 23/9/08 at 01:41 PM

i might be wrong but i thought you had to do a CBT (Compulsory basic traning) before you could ride a small bike

good cheap way of commuting

Mr Whippy - 23/9/08 at 01:43 PM

Monkey bikes are quite expensive, especially for what they are. You could buy a very cheap Honda CG125 for a couple of hundred quid, sit your CBT test (do in less than a day, can't see how you can fail it unless you were very drunk) and run around for 2 years on L plates before you need to sit the test again, about £70. The only restriction on the L plates is you can’t go on motorways, but were you going to do that on a Monkey bike!? L plates are great as with a bit of a theatrical wobble will keep car drivers away from you

[Edited on 23/9/08 by Mr Whippy]

Chaz - 23/9/08 at 01:44 PM

I thought you could waiver the CBT if you have a full uk driving license already?

Cool thanks for the advice mr whippy!

[Edited on 23-9-08 by Chaz]

Mr Whippy - 23/9/08 at 01:51 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Chaz
I thought you could waiver the CBT if you have a full uk driving license already?


TBH I would not recommend going on a bike without doing at least the CBT. I've been driving for about 19 years, 4 as a bus driver (deckers and bendys) and was utterly hopeless (embarrassingly so) when I went on a bike, doing just about everything wrong (though I didn't fall off). Very different in many ways to cars and I was extremely glad of my CBT lessons as I would have definitely have had a crash without it.

Stott - 23/9/08 at 02:01 PM

Nobody can avoid the CBT, hence it being called Compulsory Basic Training, hth

Stott

Mr Whippy - 23/9/08 at 02:11 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Stott
Nobody can avoid the CBT, hence it being called Compulsory Basic Training, hth

Stott


Well not quite true, I know folk who never bothered sitting any tests for years and drove huge bikes, but that’s very bad of course. Infact I remember my uncle driving his car for about 10 years despite not even having had one lesson, such are things like at the west coast. But we’re all very responsible people here, hopefully.

Stott - 23/9/08 at 02:46 PM

true true,

nobody can legally avoid sitting the CBT if they wish to legally ride a motorcycle on the road

Things are the same here too, a friend was on a 2 year ban for no license, having driven without one for about 5 years, guess what, the ban didn't stop him either...

rayward - 23/9/08 at 03:06 PM

from directgov website

If you have a car licence...
If you obtained your full car licence before 1 February 2001 you are automatically entitled to ride a moped without L-plates

so if you passed your car test before then, most 50cc bike will be ok with no CBT needed

if you passed after that date, you need CBT to ride anything

hth

Ray