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Neil955i

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I guess the majority of us ride motorcycles
« Reply #15 on: August 05, 2020, 08:59:54 AM »
In Finland, when you are born before year 1985, you can ride a moped/scooter (50 cc) without any kind of lisence, youngsters after 1985 need to graduate a moped driving license. Earliest at the age of fifteen (15).
Age limit here in the UK is 16 for 50cc and 17 for everything else. Back in the day, when I was learning, you were OK up to 250cc at 16...  After the Bantam, I graduated to a BSA C15 at 17!


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Re: I guess the majority of us ride motorcycles
« Reply #16 on: August 05, 2020, 09:19:54 AM »
Think that applies EU-wide?  Certainly looks familiar to UK rules. Gone are the days when you could ride your 50cc ‘ped on a car licence!


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So there's a break - I think those who passed their car test before 2001 have moped entitlement. Anybody after 2001 needs to take a CBT to "activate" their category P for moped (under 30mph) on their car license.
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Re: I guess the majority of us ride motorcycles
« Reply #17 on: August 05, 2020, 11:27:27 AM »
Yep, I was aware of that, just couldn't recall when the cutoff was - presumably back when the two-part test was introduced?
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Re: I guess the majority of us ride motorcycles
« Reply #18 on: August 05, 2020, 11:45:19 AM »
Age limit here in the UK is 16 for 50cc and 17 for everything else. Back in the day, when I was learning, you were OK up to 250cc at 16...  After the Bantam, I graduated to a BSA C15 at 17!


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I got my motorcycle license in 2003, and at the time there was only 1 category (A).
I took the riding course and exam on a Vespa 200ccm, and after passing it I could have ridden a CBR900RR or anything else if I wanted, but luckily couldn't afford something like that.
Good thing they split it into multiple categories.

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Re: I guess the majority of us ride motorcycles
« Reply #19 on: August 05, 2020, 12:15:37 PM »
Here in Ontario all scooters are considered motorcycles, they just get categorized as either Limited Speed(50cc and Under), Small displacement (51-250cc) to just a motorcycle(anything over 251cc)

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Re: I guess the majority of us ride motorcycles
« Reply #20 on: August 05, 2020, 02:17:00 PM »
Here in Ontario all scooters are considered motorcycles, they just get categorized as either Limited Speed(50cc and Under), Small displacement (51-250cc) to just a motorcycle(anything over 251cc)
So where does the 49cc scooters fall into? Just curious what part of Ontario your from? I had family in Northwestern Ontario Sioux Lookout and some around Long point and Simcoe by Toronto.  Forgot a Aunt that lived in Sue Saint Marie Ontario.
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Re: I guess the majority of us ride motorcycles
« Reply #21 on: August 05, 2020, 09:36:02 PM »
K.K I live in the farthest North West portion of the GTA just north of Georgetown.
 49cc scooters are considered Limited Speed Motorcycles(not able to go faster then 75KPH-46MPH) as they fall under 51cc.
 In Ontario to drive any scooter-motorcycle with an engine greater then 51cc requires you to have a full Motorcycle licence(M) where as anything with an engine size smaller then 51cc it`s just an ML(motorcycle Limited speed). But yo get your full M it requires you to drive on a 400 series Highway at speeds of excess of 100KPH-60MPH which no 4T 51-110cc scooter will attain  ;)

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Re: I guess the majority of us ride motorcycles
« Reply #22 on: August 05, 2020, 11:44:58 PM »
Got my "motorcycle endorsement" by passing the road and written test while taking the 2 day motorcycle safety course. Son and I took it together at a nearby Air Guard airfield. We put something like 22 miles on our course-supplied motorcycles on that runway, over the 2 days.

Our vehicle was inspected by MP 's each time we needed to go in the gate. We had to stand in a glass booth....facing away from their inspection procedures.
Very good course taught by a couple of million mile Goldwing riders.
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