Scooter licensing conundrum.

Arg

When someone over 21 wants to get a motorbike license they can take a test on a 125cc motorbike they can ride a 33bhp motorbike for 2 years then upgrade to a large one after that or they can take a test on a large one to get a license for all motorbikes.

My question is if someone has taken a test on a small automatic one i.e a scooter, waits two years and gets big scooter but then decides they want a geared motorbike, can they do a test on a light motorbike or would they have to do it big one in order to get a license for any motorbike.
In other words does the 2 year waiting period apply individually to automatics and geared motorbikes?

captainawsome

I think if you passed on a 125 bike you would have to wait the 2 years again regardless of the scooter licence.

Trebor16

If you only have the auto licence then the choices you have are to take the test on a geared 125 which will mean you will be subject to the 33bhp restriction for two years or to take the direct access route which will mean no power restriction on passing your test.

Rover_Driver

Is there a difference for motorcycles?
The car categories are 'B' for manual and automatics and 'B auto' for automatics only, for motorcycles they are 'A1' for light motorcycles and 'A' for all motorcycles, nothing about automatics.

Trebor16

Rover_Driver wrote: »

Is there a difference for motorcycles?
The car categories are 'B' for manual and automatics and 'B auto' for automatics only, for motorcycles they are 'A1' for light motorcycles and 'A' for all motorcycles, nothing about automatics.

Yes, they introduced the seperate categories in 1997 though it doesn't show on the licence grouping that you are restricted to autos.

If a person had taken a test on a bike that was between 75 and 120cc they would get the A1 licence. If they took the test on a bike between 120 and 125cc which had a top speed of less than 62mph then they would also get the A1 licence.