Anyone taken to 2 wheels in their dotage?

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I believe that I can ride up to 100 cc with my car licence. Has anyone done it? How did you manage to get insurance? Is 100 cc sufficient for 2 up? Interested to hear of experiences.

Dick
 
100cc may be ok in the country/empty roads but I am sure u will notice the lack of power almost every where else
 
You are probably OK up to 125cc but will need to take the CBT test first - which is a wobbling around bollards sort of thing.

You should be OK on mopeds up to 50cc though. No CBT.
 
I thought you could only ride 50 cc on your car licence without CBT.

I did CBT about 5 years ago when I thought I wanted to be a ( ageing) biker and it was pretty easy.

The only down side was doing the course with a load of 16 year old moped monkeys.

I think you have to do the CBT every 2 years unless you take the full bike test.
 
Glandwr said:
I believe that I can ride up to 100 cc with my car licence. Has anyone done it? How did you manage to get insurance? Is 100 cc sufficient for 2 up? Interested to hear of experiences.

Dick
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Yip, two wheeled zimmer (y) seriously, she wouldn't let me. :(

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Not for me, as a teenager I kept falling off, not crashing, just falling off!
 
100cc and two up isn't a good mix, especially mixed with inexperience. Contrary to what most people believe, more powerful bikes are easier and safer to ride. A good 125cc with two light weight people would be OK, though I personally believe it's worth the effort to get a licence that allows a larger bike if two up is a regular thing, or a need.
I've been riding bikes for 42 years, and never been without one, so wouldn't have to face, or understand the new licence rules though.
 
Chris said:
I thought you could only ride 50 cc on your car licence without CBT..
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Agree.

CBT gets you 125cc solo with L plates, for 2 years and only in UK. AND NO PASSENGER.

But Do It !!

PS......

There is a crazy anomaly in the law, you can ride the new 3 wheeled "bicycles" on a car licence. A few in here do. It's because of two front wheels making it a three wheeled car.
 
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I have a 4 year old Yamaha 125cc never passed my bike test just do a CBT every two years its a walk over use it all summer in good weather 100 miles per gallon at 55MPH
only got 2,800 on the clock easy to park anywhere, you cant go 2 up without passing your bike test in full, insurance easy £60 odd third party, TAX £15.00
 
all i can say is yes i have a big bike also a 250cc . but in reality i do more a year on my 90cc dax than the other two. i find i now prefer riding slower looking around in country lanes etc going around the little lanes most cars never go. using little roads i hardly remember using for years . in winter its the dax while away or walk .
my mum used to have a 50cc honda c50 stepthrough till she was 65yr old carried two alot of the time . not fast but it coped . i used to use it when i was growing up . and in the end one of my lads had it for awhile .
dont be put off . either be happy on a 50cc or take cbt and the test. riding a m,bike even slowly is great fun .
i very often just ride my dax when home as its just so much fun ,folk laugh at me but i,m laughing from the minute the wheels start to turn .

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Isn't it the case though that as a car driver I can take a passenger on a 50cc?

We wouldn't be able to move like:)
 
yes . many of the 50cc ones these days are ok for a passenger and fit all the regs .
 
could be even bigger as a trike . but in the begining it was two wheels the op .asked about .

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If 55 is in my dotageI had the idea to use a 125 but as said to take two needed a full test when I passed we did take the 125 and I would say was ok for a range of about 60ish miles aday any more not good but enjoyed the motorbike now take a 650 with us lots of fun and meet new people with the bike swmbo has not got her test but got me a truimph 900 just to polish and take out in cornwall when nice weathe
 
ZX10R its a low number @Yorick !!!!:whistle:
 
We have a 500cc, and a 125cc which we use with the m/h.

Mrs Maison cannot pillion on the 500cc as the rear pegs are too high for her two artificial knees.

The 125cc is much easier for her with its lower rear pegs and we regularly use it for trips of up to 25 miles each way. Power is "adequate " if not in a hurry, but we do notice the lack oh hp on long hills.

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Were planning on buying a scoot for next year 300cc should do it. Done the big bikes, done the sports bikes, done the cruisers, time to relax and watch the world go by. :D
 
125cc will struggle with two, to get up steep hills.
You can ride a 250cc trike (Piaggio MP3) with a car licence, I think.
 
I'm 60 and last month bought a Honda Pan European ST1100 Trike. My partner would not entertain riding on 2 wheels. Ideally I wanted a motorbike and sidecar. The response to that was "i'm not going to be Wallace and Grommit" (Just one of em would have done for me!!)
The Trike is brilliant, She loves it and I can highly recommend. And yes its true you only need a car license and no CBT. You don't even have to wear a crash helmet but I recommend you do.
 
Do it. (y)

I've got a Honda Varadero 125 that I'm using until the boy is 17 at which point he can have it and I'll get something else.. I wouldn't try 2 up on it though, it wouldn't move.

My proper bike is a Victory Kingpin but that's in the garage now until the spring.
 
The only reason I took my full M/C test was because a 125cc wouldn't even pull me up the hills, so I needed at least a 250cc. So, two up on a 125cc probably will not work.

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rogher said:
You can ride a 250cc trike (Piaggio MP3) with a car licence, I think.
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500cc.

They'll do 100mph and if you're brave enough you can lean them enough to grind.

All this on a car license with no specific training needed. Madness.
 
hilldweller said:
There is a crazy anomaly in the law, you can ride the new 3 wheeled "bicycles" on a car licence. A few in here do. It's because of two front wheels making it a three wheeled car.
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Depends on the front wheel track some are legal on a car licence some aren't.
 
We have a Honda CBF1000 at home in U.K.

When travelling with the motorhome we carry a Honda Innova 125 as it weighs in around 100 kilos.

We travel two up. It will never set the world alight, even ridden solo but, two up it will still cruise comfortably, on the flat, at 45-50mph, depending on head winds etc.. We have never come across a hill it couldn't get up. That's what gears are for. OK, it doesn't go up them fast but it gets us there.

Yes, we would like more power but we prefer to keep m/h rear axle weight down.

With a 125cc the weight of the bike is critical. You can get large scooters where one of the variants is 125cc and another is 400cc in the same body.The 125 would really struggle having to pull its own weight plus two.

The important thing is what do you want to do. If it is just pootling around exploring the immediate area then the right choice of 125cc. will probably suffice. If you want to go further, go bigger, but watch the weight unless using a trailer.
 
I have a bike licence but had not ridden one since 1968. We were thinking of getting a scooter that would go in the garage of the motorhome. I contacted a local bike training school and they told me they could combine there "back to biking" course for me with a pillion passenger course for my wife. Spent a day with them doing both and it only cost just over £100 and that was with one to one tuition. By the end of the course both they and I were confident that I could cope with a scooter OK.

Now have a little 110cc Suzuki Address scooter that it perfectly good enough for us to get around on - would not want to spend all day on it, but is perfectly OK for trips out from the motorhome. It has got enough oomph to keep us at the speed we want to go and is an automatic, so no problem with changing gear.
 
50cc not nearly enough for 2 persons especially uphill.
Go for it and take your real bike test. It will cost around £ 1k and takes about a week all up and is a good thing to do.
CBT 1st Then the theory test ( much easier for older car drivers) then the practical.
Phil

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