Ooh you had to do that before the test. Most please save that for just before they buy a bike. In my case the wife had a Ninja 650 sitting there as motivation to pass her test :)
Yeah, it was a standardised thing brought in across the EU if I recall, a way to simplify it for newer riders as they likely won't have passed their car license prior to 2001 would be 50cc's at 16, 125cc's at 17 and under 24 anything up to 47bhp no CC restriction (I believe the original bike has to be below 100 to start, so no 'restricted hayabusas') above 24 and the worlds your oyster!
Yes, I got my full license back in 1996. Back then it was an initial training followed by something called a Road Rider which was the exam. There was no additional theory test if you already had a car license. The wife however had to go through all of this new criteria as she only started riding in 2022.
@@pinnacle_moto I passed mine at 17 in '11 waited for a bit did a cbt until 24 then DAS a ZX6RR (2008 the 599 not the cheater ;) ) onto an RC8R now as of january this year a Panigale V4 (base model 2019).... I'd have been 3 at the time you passed, glad to hear the wife got into riding, I keep trying to talk the husband into getting a little 125 just to have fun on. I'm sad I never got to enjoy the 2stroke years though as they'd pretty much been faded out properly by the time I was 16.... I mean I still drooled over the Aprilia RS50 at the time
I would personally like to see the theory test as compulsory as a prerequisite to the CBT. We see so many L plate's on delivery drivers here in the UK and so many of them do not even know that they are not supposed to be in the Cycle box in front of the traffic light stop sign. Or Maybe they know they just don't care :)
@pinnacle_moto they definitely dont care. Though as a motorcyclist i would feel tempted to use them if any existed in my area. The theory is largely forgotten after you pass and anything you do remember would be stuff youd pick up on anyway.
@@ThePresidentofMars I may put together a video to just remind us all of the "Should" and the "Must" of the highway code. Not to say people should be doing exactly that, more of an informational video to just refresh peoples memory :)
@pinnacle_moto the gov needs to make the highway code less of a guessing game. The fact that it doesnt say if filtering is legal or not just that if your going to do it, u have to be 15mph or under
@@ThePresidentofMars Yes it's almost like " You should not do that" or " You can not do that" but then you are left with of ok so I can do everything else then?. No :) lol
Missed the most vital step (in my case) convince the missus😂
Ooh you had to do that before the test.
Most please save that for just before they buy a bike.
In my case the wife had a Ninja 650 sitting there as motivation to pass her test :)
Yeah, it was a standardised thing brought in across the EU if I recall, a way to simplify it for newer riders as they likely won't have passed their car license prior to 2001 would be 50cc's at 16, 125cc's at 17 and under 24 anything up to 47bhp no CC restriction (I believe the original bike has to be below 100 to start, so no 'restricted hayabusas') above 24 and the worlds your oyster!
Yes, I got my full license back in 1996. Back then it was an initial training followed by something called a Road Rider which was the exam. There was no additional theory test if you already had a car license. The wife however had to go through all of this new criteria as she only started riding in 2022.
@@pinnacle_moto I passed mine at 17 in '11 waited for a bit did a cbt until 24 then DAS a ZX6RR (2008 the 599 not the cheater ;) ) onto an RC8R now as of january this year a Panigale V4 (base model 2019)....
I'd have been 3 at the time you passed, glad to hear the wife got into riding, I keep trying to talk the husband into getting a little 125 just to have fun on. I'm sad I never got to enjoy the 2stroke years though as they'd pretty much been faded out properly by the time I was 16.... I mean I still drooled over the Aprilia RS50 at the time
It's "licence" in the UK, not "license"..
Thanks for pointing that out.
I can ride a moped on my driving licence
Though it is quite annoying i wish the cc floor was something like 250, 125 is way too underpowered, in india its probably fine but not here
I would personally like to see the theory test as compulsory as a prerequisite to the CBT. We see so many L plate's on delivery drivers here in the UK and so many of them do not even know that they are not supposed to be in the Cycle box in front of the traffic light stop sign. Or Maybe they know they just don't care :)
@pinnacle_moto they definitely dont care. Though as a motorcyclist i would feel tempted to use them if any existed in my area. The theory is largely forgotten after you pass and anything you do remember would be stuff youd pick up on anyway.
@@ThePresidentofMars I may put together a video to just remind us all of the "Should" and the "Must" of the highway code. Not to say people should be doing exactly that, more of an informational video to just refresh peoples memory :)
@pinnacle_moto the gov needs to make the highway code less of a guessing game. The fact that it doesnt say if filtering is legal or not just that if your going to do it, u have to be 15mph or under
@@ThePresidentofMars Yes it's almost like " You should not do that" or " You can not do that" but then you are left with of ok so I can do everything else then?. No :) lol
And I thought Germany was bad
Ah is it just as complicated in Germany?
I wouldve thought all of europe was like this. Whats germany like?