Discussion
I now live on the West coast of Scotland ( lucky me ), and have the pleasure of traversing the roads from Campbeltown to Newtonmore regularly. So, this week at Fort William, one of the car parks has been taken up with many teams of trial bike riders. My question is very simple, is it legal to ride one of these on the "open" road? They have no lights front or rear, no indicators, no speedometer, no seat as such, and most have no number plate.....however, I have seen dozens of them using the A82 travelling between Fort William and Duror....a distance of approx 12 miles.
I'm guessing that if they have no registration number, then they won't be taxed or insured to use on the road. If an accident were to happen involving one of these bikes, what could the possible outcome be with regards to coasts ?
I'm guessing that if they have no registration number, then they won't be taxed or insured to use on the road. If an accident were to happen involving one of these bikes, what could the possible outcome be with regards to coasts ?
gazza285 said:
delboy735 said:
I'd spotted it was the 6day trial. Thanks for the replies about road use. Was just surprised at the lack of lights etc. I know rally cars have to be insured for road use, but they do have all of their lights available and working. Anyway, question answered thanks 
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