Can I ride a moped?

Tim M · 16 May 2006, 22:30

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 · 16 May 2006, 22:38

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

Tim M · 16 May 2006, 22:42

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 · 16 May 2006, 22:44

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 · 16 May 2006, 22:45

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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 · 16 May 2006, 22:48

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 · 16 May 2006, 22:52

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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 · 16 May 2006, 22:52

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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 · 16 May 2006, 22:53

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Originally Posted by Jimbo

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

Arh now this is more like a proper solution!

Jimbo · 16 May 2006, 22:55

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.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Very-fast-43cc...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/STAND-UP-PETRO...QQcmdZViewItem

codprawn · 16 May 2006, 23:00

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sinclair-C5-ve...QQcmdZViewItem

This is what you want - seriously retro and now quite cool - I reckon they would sell well now as a boy's toy!!!

Jimbo · 16 May 2006, 23:02

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Originally Posted by codprawn

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sinclair-C5-ve...QQcmdZViewItem

This is what you want - seriously retro and now quite cool - I reckon they would sell well now as a boy's toy!!!

Oh my word a sinclair C5. Haven't come across those for a while! Not as easy to store as a goped though. Could do the whole neons and spinners I reckon!

P.S. Tim - There are places to park near the Uni buildings, you just have to know where and how

codprawn · 16 May 2006, 23:05

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SEGWAY-UK-BRAN...QQcmdZViewItem

Or if you have money to burn - why don't they do a petrol Segway though - that would be well scary!!!

ADS · 16 May 2006, 23:05

Tim forgot your nearly 20, im not 19 yet, although we are in the same year group, im a young one (July), and your October. Your no claims from your car would carry over I guess, although you would still be regarded as inexperience on a moped, best get some quotes, if its under £100 to insure probably worth it. Tax is £15, £4.50 to fill it up and ours does about 70mpg.

Jimbo, nah what you want is one of these, if you want it im sure we can come to some arrangement, £70 and its yours! Yes they are illegal, but they are damn good fun, think it does just under 35mph gps!

Poly · 16 May 2006, 23:05

Alex is right.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/Motoring/Le...430&chk=QSZwT5

Cut off date for automatic moped entitlement was passing your car test before 1st Feb 2001.

So you will need to do CBT no matter what (by my maths at almost 20, you couldn't have passed in 2001). CBT is only valid for 2 years.

If you want to ride something bigger than a moped (max 50 kph, and 50cc) I think you also need to apply for a provisional licence (and therefore use L plates) for category A1. This allows you to go upto 125 cc. Beyond that you need to apply for category A, but need supervised by an instructor until you pass your test.

I would go for pedal cycle option - surely you will get just as wet on scooter.

Jimbo · 16 May 2006, 23:07

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Originally Posted by codprawn

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SEGWAY-UK-BRAN...QQcmdZViewItem

Or if you have money to burn - why don't they do a petrol Segway though - that would be well scary!!!

Guess lack of petrol is an environmental thing! Those things look pretty cool though...

Jimbo · 16 May 2006, 23:08

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Originally Posted by ADS

Your no claims from your car would carry over I guess.

You have to have some no claims for it to carry over.

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Originally Posted by ADS

Jimbo, nah what you want is one of these, if you want it im sure we can come to some arrangement, £70 and its yours! Yes they are illegal, but they are damn good fun, think it does just under 35mph gps!

Now, if I had money to burn that is the sort of crazy thing I'd buy! Talk to me at the end of the summer if you still haven't sold it

ADS · 16 May 2006, 23:14

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Originally Posted by Jimbo

You have to have some no claims for it to carry over.

Now, if I had money to burn that is the sort of crazy thing I'd buy! Talk to me at the end of the summer if you still haven't sold it

I was assuming Tim had some no claims? Unless you know something I don't

And they won't look to kindly on that speeding ticket

Yeah no problem, not advertised really, just sat in the shed, you can have a go in the summer. I was stupid enough to buy one new, secondhand they sort of make sense. A friend of mine has the 125cc scrambler version, now that is nuts, they are all cheap chinese copies at the end of the day though, most of the time its in bits!

Nos4r2 · 20 May 2006, 05:52

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Originally Posted by ADS

Your no claims from your car would carry over I guess,

Most companies won't carry it over.

I used to have a Go-ped that I rode to and from work as it was quicker using the cycle paths on it than getting the bike or car out and using the roads. Huge amounts of fun, bugger all fuel costs and small enough to carry when I got there.

GaryD · 22 May 2006, 18:03

As ppl are saying above if you past your test after Feb 2001 you will need to sit a CBT.

Instead of going for a 50cc scooter you should consider a monkey bike, ive got two of them, and much more fun than a scooter. They come in 50cc guise and are classed as a moped... but the best bit is you can fit a 110cc engine and it looks the exact same as a 50cc. Not that im suggesting any tries to dupe the insurance

Also its only 2 bolts 2 change the engine and you can pick up a brand new engine for a couple of hundred quid.

Try this link...

Monkey Bike