Good news for restricted riders

Aaaaaah thank you for clearing that up for me

I thought the 33 bhp rule was 2 years regardless of age, but over 21s could waive it by passing an additional test (accelerated access?)

Originally Posted by orose

I thought the 33 bhp rule was 2 years regardless of age, but over 21s could waive it by passing an additional test (accelerated access?)

No, if you are over 21 you can take the direct access course and provided you pass, ride a bike of any power. However, i believe over 21s can opt to take the A2 test and be restricted for 2 years if they choose.

[jambo]

Originally Posted by Sean_C

For most people its because they pass their test under 21. They have to be restricted to 33bhp for either 2 years or until they're 21, whichever comes first. HTH

Not quite....

If you are under 21 you HAVE to take the restricted test on a 125cc bike. This lets you ride a bike of up to 33bhp for 2 years until your licence becomes a full, unrestriced one.

If you are 21 or over you can take the above test on a 125, or you can do your Direct Access on a bike of at least 49BHP (I think) and ride anything straight away.

However, if you take your restricted test at 20 for example, it will remain restricted for the 2 years till you're 22, it won't automatically upgrade when you get to 21. You could choose to take the DAS test after your 21st birthday though. This would mean you'd taken your bike test twice but could now ride any bike.

Clear as mud? Excellent


Jambo

[21QUEST]

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

unrestricting gives almost double the bhp, if you don't feel that you need your head testing

....always expect the unexpected eh


Ben

The SV feels a lot different restricted, most noticable it runs out of puff early in the rev range!

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

unrestricting gives almost double the bhp, if you don't feel that you need your head testing

Well if you don't have any experience of a bigger bike, it's difficult to know, especially since I've been told that a v twin doesn't suffer too much from being restricted. I thought it would make more of a difference to the top end perfomance to be honest.

You lot moaning about a restricted SV, try a restricted CBR!

Originally Posted by shonadoll

I thought it would make more of a difference to the top end perfomance to be honest.

If you can ride a restricted and unrestricted back to back, the difference is quite noticable!

I do not want to put anybody off a restricted SV, they are by far one of the best bikes to have restricted!

Oh yeah, also, dissapointed with this thread, i saw the title and thought it would be a new rule starting tomorrow that restriction was no more lol. Oh well!