Well now, I've read through this entire thread and have heard some good and bad points put up by both for and against....

If you de-restrict your bike before your entitled to do so then you are breaking the law and will be prosicuted for it if court..
If court you will receive a fine and a ban.... ( that is paying money to the rossers so they can get better and newer cars and you buying new trainers 'cos you can't ride your bike)
The police LOVE to see young riders with bigger bikes and they will stop you, check your docs and give you a producer.... and maybe take you bike off you for a check. Trust me on this , younger bikers are an easy target for the local coppers..
bite the bullet and just hang in there on your restricted bike untill time served.... as you can already out gun the scooters boys / Chavs and other youthfull D1ckheads even on a restricted SV.

just my 2 penith.

Interesting point. Only thing is - they have no idea how old you are until they've already pulled you! You might be able to guess a sc00t3r b0i is a youngster if he's wearing a helmet without the strap done up, a hoodie and no gloves, but an SV rider with the proper gear could be any age unless they have long grey hair flapping in the breeze out the back of their lid!!

My own view on the topic is that it's up to him entirely. Third-party liability won't be affected by his derestricting it, so if he f*cks up and slams into me then I'll get my bike or car fixed at his expense. He'll get 6 points which is an automatic ban and re-test, and since he's probably not paid outright for his bike, if he wants to walk to his Saturday job to pay off the remainder on a bike he no longer has, that's his problem not mine! Speeding is breaking the law too, and who amongst us doesn't ever do that?

Mike

I agree, do what you want to.

I started with an RVF400RR at 18. When I got my quote for the insurance I asked them if they had taken into account that the bike was restricted as was more than I expected, their reply was....

"The bike will be insured as full power as a lot of people just take the restrictors out"

Two weeks later I removed the restrictors. I had the SV restricted for two months (over winter) and then swapped the ECU.

I find it strange that a lot of people get so worked up about people removing them, as Mattsv said if you were involed in an accident I am about 99% sure that no one would check to see if the bike was restricted unless the crash was at about 120, but then I having invalid insurance will be the least of your worries.

I think this whole "I'm older than you so I can handle a more powerfull bike" stuff is complete b**locks to be honest.

To be honest personally I'm not too buvvered. When people come on the net,spinning on their head and shouting 'hey look I took/taking mine off' it can get a bit irritating and does show a definite lack of tact to say the least .

Another thing that has already been mentioned is the silly excuses that have cropped up. ref speed/acceleration. Complete utter boll*cks and I hazard a guess that most people know this .

So bottom line for me is, yeah if think you should/can do whatever you want. Fine but stop with all the boll*cks excuses.

Cheers
Ben

The whole things a mess really. I got pulled on my storm and argued for 10-15 minutes with the police officer that the bike was restricted and they thought it wasn't..."Its coming up on my screen as being 1000cc"...."and? Restriction doesn't restrict the capacity only the bhp"..."Yes but how do I know its restricted without you having a certificate/...."How do you know it IS restricted if I had a certificate!"

Kinda beat them at their own game, they were a smidgen misinformed but still done me for no license. :roll: Come court tday, judge looks at license and says you're free to go. Waste of my time and the coppers. They didn't even look at the restricted part of it. I'm not condoning riding unrestricted but the police really need to be better informed and have the equipment available to inspect machiens if young riders are going to take it seriously.

*fingers crossed that everyone in the future is restricted* :)

It's not about just being older, the point of the restrictions are so that younger riders can gain some decent road sence before getting let loose on whatever bike they want.

There are a lot of sensible/good young riders on the road.. but there are a lot more bad ones. I would not like to see the the idiots that run about up my way on a bigger bike!