Motorcycle General Discussion

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Went today to the Oakmere branch of J&S with a mate.

I bought a can of chain lube. ....................... He however bought a big beast new bike.

Nick

OK. I have one of those large green paper driving licences. It says  that the licence covers motorcycles over 50cc and capable of more than 50kmh with or without a sidecar - on a provisional basis. Since my licence was issued in the last century, what am I now entitled to ride in the 21st century with this licence?

Been on the DVLA website and I wasn't clear how it dealt with last century licences...

Steve

Edited By Steve Withnell on 18/04/2016 17:53:52

At P.E.E.M.S. club workshop meeting today a member brought various mags and cataloques for us all.

Ted said anyone interested in motorcycles I was given April 1952 Motorcycling magazine with a write up of Noel Pope record attempt machine.

Also September 1973 Motor Cycle Mechanics with articles from my era of competition.

Don't know how the above addition happened, Sorry

Dod

Edited By Dod on 19/04/2016 22:12:09

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Steve,

Is this any help ?

MichaelG.

You've got full moped licence entitlement i.e no L plates or CBT , for anything else over a moped then it's a provisional for whichever category /power of bike meaning you'll need L plates and a CBT,

Windy, I'll bet that blown Pope-JAP had a note to it when it fired up.

I think that technically means you can't drive ANYTHING until; you get a replacement licence (you have to get a new photocard every 10- years!)

neil

All the digging around the .gov site suggests to me I need CBT for a moped even though I've had provisional entitlement for <=125cc since the eighties.

Neil

Last year I saw this being advertised on a video screen at a service station en-route to France. After an initial panic I decided to ignore it. When I returned home I checked on the DVLA web site and it turns out that this only applies to some re-issues. So I keep my large dog-eared (all those speeding offences) paper licence for another year. Then I will be 70 and have to surrender it.

JA

I gained my full car licence in 1958 and I have never taken a motorcycle test. Yet a note that my licence allows me to drive a three-wheeler. Is that something like a Reliant Robin, or does it also include a motorcycle and sidecar? Anyone know?

Nope, unless it's specified on your licence that you can, sidecars are a different category than the three wheelers, Reliants etc are classed as a motor tricycle (or were) and the other is a motorcycle fitted with a sidecar. 3 wheelers were the old crossovers where you could drive one on either a full bike or car licence,The old sidecar rule was you could ride any size of bike with a sidecar on a provisional with L plates but they stopped that one years ago when people were sticking what amounted to a tea tray with a wheel on a big bike and blasting round on L platers.

Thanks, Mick. At 75 I prefer a comfortable car anyway, but if I were 30 years younger things might be different.................

The engineering drawing for late 30's Rudge cam followers give the heat treatment spec as

HT 7/04/Pc HT16

Can any knowledgeable person explain this is simple terms, please.

I suspect the numbers represent another factory engineering drawing or heat treating process.

I remember those - like a sort of fibreglass flap, sprung so if you leant over it just folded up, and with a little dolly-wheel.

Neil

I think they went by the name "sidewinder" Neil, it got you a big bike with L plates - you could ride / lean as per normal although you needed to remember the extra width when cutting corners.......!

Best one is /was motorised tandem bicycle, these could be ridden on L plates and carry an unlicenced passenger.

Model Harley

http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/kieffer4.htm