Chaz
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| posted on 23/9/08 at 01:35 PM |
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Very Random Question, sorry!
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???
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novacaine
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| posted on 23/9/08 at 01:41 PM |
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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
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but its sinking, Racing around to come up behind you again, the sun is the same in a relative way but
your older, shorter of breath and one day closer to death
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 23/9/08 at 01:43 PM |
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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]
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Chaz
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| posted on 23/9/08 at 01:44 PM |
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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]
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 23/9/08 at 01:51 PM |
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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.
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Stott
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| posted on 23/9/08 at 02:01 PM |
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Nobody can avoid the CBT, hence it being called Compulsory Basic Training, hth
Stott
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 23/9/08 at 02:11 PM |
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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.
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Stott
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| posted on 23/9/08 at 02:46 PM |
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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...
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rayward
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| posted on 23/9/08 at 03:06 PM |
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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
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