Hello from the UK...
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From: Strong Island, NY
RE: Hello from the UK...
Hey man whats up. I just passed my motorcycle saftey class also this past summer to get my drivers license. R there strict motorcycle laws over there in the UK??? Well welcome and enjoy considering I'm a newbiee also..
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RE: Hello from the UK...
Hi again... Anubis, I'm in South West London. Not sure how much I want to put into the bike really. One thing is for sure though, I will definitely be upgrading in 2 years so I will probaby just wait it out with just some minor adjustments here and there. I've heard these bikes are also restricted electronically... I'll let you know how the can is - should be getting it around the 5th of Jan.
As for the the laws over here - you first have to do CBT which will then let you drive up to 125 with L-Plates. You then (if you're old enough) have a choice of tests. You can do the standard one (which I did) which will let you drive up to 33BHP for two years the anything after that, or you can do direct access which you take on a 500 machine and you can drive anything you want straight away. I think you have to be 21 for direct access.
The reason I didn't do direct access (I'm 28) is because it was considerably cheaper the other way especially considering I used my own bike which also lowered the cost. Also the bike is brand new so I was always intending to keep it for a couple of years anyway....
ICE
As for the the laws over here - you first have to do CBT which will then let you drive up to 125 with L-Plates. You then (if you're old enough) have a choice of tests. You can do the standard one (which I did) which will let you drive up to 33BHP for two years the anything after that, or you can do direct access which you take on a 500 machine and you can drive anything you want straight away. I think you have to be 21 for direct access.
The reason I didn't do direct access (I'm 28) is because it was considerably cheaper the other way especially considering I used my own bike which also lowered the cost. Also the bike is brand new so I was always intending to keep it for a couple of years anyway....
ICE
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RE: Hello from the UK...
Yeah I`d stick with a few minor mods in that case then, Chain it up well theivin bastids especially like cbr125`s. Could always find out how to deresrict it first. Shouldn`t be expensive.
