Full Car License and CBT Rules

canonman

Hi there hoping someone can help me shed some light on a License issue.

My Wife has ridden motorbikes 50cc and some 125cc and she has no desire to go any bigger, she has done her CBT 6/7 times. She passed her car test 2 years ago and now for the summer wants a new bike.

Looking at the new rules on the .gov website i can't understand if she needs to re do her CBT

You passed your driving test on or after 1 February 2001
You’ll get a full moped licence if you either:

pass your car driving test and then complete a compulsory basic training (CBT) course
complete a CBT course and then pass your car driving test within two years
You can then ride a moped (up to 50cc) without L plates. You don’t need to take the full moped test.

You can ride mopeds for as long as your car driving licence lasts.

-125CC will be restricted back to 50cc so treated as the term MOPED which .gov uses to class 50cc
-she has done CBT 5/6 Times before
-she would like to remove the L plate

So the question - can she ride her de restricted bike with no plates and not have to do another CBT

Many thanks

Warwick_Hunt

canonman wrote: »

Hi there hoping someone can help me shed some light on a License issue.

My Wife has ridden motorbikes 50cc and some 125cc and she has no desire to go any bigger, she has done her CBT 6/7 times. She passed her car test 2 years ago and now for the summer wants a new bike.

Looking at the new rules on the .gov website i can't understand if she needs to re do her CBT



-125CC will be restricted back to 50cc so treated as the term MOPED which .gov uses to class 50cc
-she has done CBT 5/6 Times before
-she would like to remove the L plate

So the question - can she ride her de restricted bike with no plates and not have to do another CBT

Many thanks

She needs to redo her cbt and display L plates unless she wants a moped.

canonman

Warwick_Hunt wrote: »

She needs to redo her cbt and display L plates unless she wants a moped.

What is classed as a moped, the gov website classes 50cc as a moped regardless of the shape of the vehicle.

Warwick_Hunt

canonman wrote: »

What is classed as a moped, the gov website classes 50cc as a moped regardless of the shape of the vehicle.

In short yes, that’s correct.

canonman

Warwick_Hunt wrote: »

In short yes, that’s correct.

So she would not need to display L plates, but do her CBT once more to have a CBT after her full car licence?

Cheers for the help

Warwick_Hunt

canonman wrote: »

So she would not need to display L plates, but do her CBT once more to have a CBT after her full car licence?

Cheers for the help

Not for a moped. She can ride one without L plates and CBT.

canonman

Warwick_Hunt wrote: »

Not for a moped. She can ride one without L plates and CBT.

See this is the sticking point the bike she had restricted so its 50cc but due to gearing and sprockets does 48mph which to her is fine. So i assume as its now a moped she is free to not take the CBT and not have to display L plates

Warwick_Hunt

canonman wrote: »

See this is the sticking point the bike she had restricted so its 50cc but due to gearing and sprockets does 48mph which to her is fine. So i assume as its now a moped she is free to not take the CBT and not have to display L plates

But that’s not a moped, she’d need a CBT and L plates.

canonman

Warwick_Hunt wrote: »

But that’s not a moped, she’d need a CBT and L plates.

But the government class any vehicle at 50cc a moped, regardless of shape or gears they call it a moped and officially on the log book it states 50cc now and shows the restriction

This is why i go in circles lol :wall:

Warwick_Hunt

canonman wrote: »

But the government class any vehicle at 50cc a moped, regardless of shape or gears they call it a moped and officially on the log book it states 50cc now and shows the restriction

This is why i go in circles lol :wall:

No a moped has a speed less than 45 km/h.

canonman

Warwick_Hunt wrote: »

No a moped has a speed less than 45 km/h.

Yes but they done use a rolling road, the bikes engine displacement is limited to 50cc. But having different sprockets adjusts speeds which again the government have no stipulations!

Need a police biker on here lol