Getting to and from bike test.

[Jonjo91]

Question came up among a few bikers in the office today after chatting about the A2 licence and thoughts on it.

Using me as an example with current bike. The bandit 600 can be made A2 legal.
If I was on an A2 licence, could I ride my A2 legal bike, which can also be full A legal to a test centre on my own?

I'm guessing insurance would be the factor, and I presume A2 holder wouldn't need L plates?

Seems expensive for an A2 licence holder to upgrade to a full licence if instructor to mod 1 and 2 is factored in again.

[Jonjo91]

Baryonyx said:

I think I get what you're saying. If you hold an A2 licence and the bike is insured and restricted, you could ride it to the test centre legally without L plates. However, if it was not restricted it would not be A2 compliant and you'd be riding otherwise than in accordance with a licence if you used it without proper insurance and an L plate. You could ride wherever you fancy as an A2 bike, but you couldn't take your test on it if the examiner knew it was restricted because it wouldn't meet the minimum specification for an A category test.

That's it!
Chap in the office has this dilemma. Has a SV650 which is or should be restricted and holds a current A2 license. His 2 year and 24+ time is up so he can progress to full A license. So in theory, he could ride to test centre on his bike and take his test? Although could be riding without valid insurance, alternatively if it is restricted and the examiner is none the wiser because it's an A legal bike he wouldn't be infringing insurance just the test rules.

I can undertand his point and adding another 100+ quid to pay for an instructor to ride to and from test centre with you for mod 1 and 2 gets expensive with £90 combined test fees, again.

[Jonjo91]

moanthebairns said:

HERES A QUESTION - as I don't understand wtf the op is talking about.

if you had a restricted licence, bought a 600cc, bought the restrictor but never fitted it how would they know that you hadn't.

Do they test it on a rolling road, have a shot of it, or see you traveling at 110mph and go, is he fk carrying that in good corner speed.

All of the above.

If you get stopped and they suspect the bike isn't restricted they can take it away to test/check.There's no roadside procedure to check and there's no law to have one of these "restriction certificates" which are a waste of time.

[Jonjo91]

We've suggested;
Pillion there on own bike with a full license holder riding there and back.
De restrict it round the corner and restrict it round the corner.
Carry on as usual and ride there and back as normal.
Pay an instructor or school to use one of their bikes.