Restriction questions.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

That's questionable.

30mph over the limit on the Mway, 100mph. Maybe some slippy bike will indicate 105-110. Probably not going to get you into court due to optimistic speedos.

Mine had an indicated speed of 120 on a private road, if the speedo was out by 10-15% then I would have still been doing a couple of mph over 100

Originally Posted by BanditPat

Silly speeds and only three points? I thought 'silly speeds' was 6 points? A restricted bike will do over the speed that should get you 6 points.

does it really matter what speed he was doing? my point was that they decided to give the bike a once over and thought it wasnt restricted and him having a certificate did nothing (and it wasnt actually restricted) but he didnt get done for no restriction because they didnt write it down properly

Originally Posted by Graciepants

does it really matter what speed he was doing? my point was that they decided to give the bike a once over and thought it wasnt restricted and him having a certificate did nothing (and it wasnt actually restricted) but he didnt get done for no restriction because they didnt write it down properly

I was curious, Just cant have been that silly if he only got three points.

[yorkie_chris]

This is the point I am making.

Your bike can still be siezed to check even if you have a certificate.

Originally Posted by BanditPat

Mine had an indicated speed of 120 on a private road, if the speedo was out by 10-15% then I would have still been doing a couple of mph over 100

Legal mumbo jumbo says speedo can't underread, and can only overread by 10%

[keith_d]

Originally Posted by Graciepants

does it really matter what speed he was doing? my point was that they decided to give the bike a once over and thought it wasnt restricted and him having a certificate did nothing (and it wasnt actually restricted) but he didnt get done for no restriction because they didnt write it down properly

Ooh - he was very lucky they didn't do the paperwork properly. Otherwise he might also have been done for driving without insurance, which could have given him enough points for a year on the push bike.

[keith_d]

Originally Posted by AndyW

Legal mumbo jumbo says speedo can't underread, and can only overread by 10%

Which is why most speedo's over read by about 5%, bang in the middle of the allowed band. That allows for (slack) manufacturing tolerances and variations in tyre diameter.