Can I ride a moped?

[Tim M]

Im thinking about buying a moped scooter thing to get from home into uni next year (its got to be a 30 minute walk and Im a lazy student). Driving into uni isnt an option as there is nowhere to park in that area of Portmouth on a weekday.

My question is......can i ride one stright away, with my (car) drivers licence, or do I need to take a CBT test. I take if I wont have to have L plates on it given that I have a drivers licence?

[codprawn]

What about a normal bike??? 30mins walk should be a 10min bike ride - unless it is uphill all the way!!!

[Tim M]

That's far too much effort. Plus I will have a heavy bag with at least two books in it. I did give cycling a go this year (from where I am at the moment) but I'd rather get something motorised.....

[laser]

tim you are might lazy my friend. It will take a maximum on 25 minutes to walk from you house next year to guildhall. It takes me a maximum of 10 minutes to cycle in to anglesea builing which is further than you have to go i think.

For those who dont know, Portsmouth is dead flat (no hills). So my advice would be to get a push bike and get cycling. Its not that far, once you get to know the route!!

[ADS]

Originally Posted by Tim M

Im thinking about buying a moped scooter thing to get from home into uni next year (its got to be a 30 minute walk and Im a lazy student). Driving into uni isnt an option as there is nowhere to park in that area of Portmouth on a weekday.

My question is......can i ride one stright away, with my (car) drivers licence, or do I need to take a CBT test. I take if I wont have to have L plates on it given that I have a drivers licence?

My brothers got a new Peugeot 50cc and yes you need to take your CBT if your driving license was issued after a certain date (can't remember the date but it definatly excludes me, so probably you aswell may have been 2001).
As your are 17 you could get a 125, and as far as im aware you wouldn't need L plates, although you would need to take the cbt, maybe bike test for 125cc.
Insurance is quite steep on the moped as well, i ve got a decent mountain bike so Im going to use that!

EDIT: adjusted the compression on that photo to get it below the 200kb and a decent size and it looks crap!

[Tim M]

Rich: I have to go to Richmond and that's further than Angelsey ;-)

ADS: I thought insurance would be dead cheap. Mmm. Cycling all that way in the rain doesnt sound very apealing.

Edit: Im nearly 20 ADS

[Jimbo]

Originally Posted by Tim M

Rich: I have to go to Richmond and that's further than Angelsey ;-)

ADS: I thought insurance would be dead cheap. Mmm. Cycling all that way in the rain doesnt sound very apealing.

It's a 20 minute walk to the Portland Building. It takes me 4 minutes to cycle, and I'm lazy and unfit.

If it's raining, I don't go into lectures!

[ADS]

Originally Posted by Tim M

Rich: I have to go to Richmond and that's further than Angelsey ;-)

ADS: I thought insurance would be dead cheap. Mmm. Cycling all that way in the rain doesnt sound very apealing.

Well my brother pays £390 or something in that region, aged 16, the bikes quite new so that probably pushes it up a little, expensive in my book. It will be for sale early next month if your interested, low mileage, never been derestricted, its 50cc btw.

[Tim M]

Originally Posted by Jimbo

If it's raining, I don't go into lectures!

Arh now this is more like a proper solution!

[Jimbo]

I have been toying with the idea of one of these for quite a while.

Drawbacks are you can't insure them for road use, and they are apparently illegal on a pavement.

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