What Have I Started

Just so I understand, at 16 he can have 50cc, 17 a 125, and then a "restricted" bike after that? What's the "restriction"?

My daughter is 17, has a regular drivers license. After we take a 2 1/2 day class, if she passes, she will be legal to drive anything with one trip to the license station for paperwork.

A 50cc is not safe at all here, there are a few moped/ scooter riders I see around, but they are a real traffic hazard.

Mine is learning on a 250cc.

 

I got both my boys bikes and they were fine. Maybe you really should give the boy a little say in the mater. My eldest had an aprilla ped when he played with it he was doing over eighty miles an hour on it. My other boy bless him i got one of those Chinese things looked like a chopper. Poor little sod had to get of and push it up any hills and struggled to keep it going. And he never ever told me i thought it was fine till a couple of years ago. But i did insist they had bright clothing so the idiots could see them.
Joe.

 

Thanks for explaining the rules. That's a shame that you have to worry about it being stolen. The 50cc would make sense with the road conditions you describe. The "training" rules make for a good progression with skill level.

 

Don't think there is a generic rule that can be applied to all children.......some will have a mechanical appreciation and nous for road sense.....others will not (I guess).........

 

Could be an element of truth in that DD......I do wonder whether we will rue the day that we gave them 'Games' to occupy/addict them to. I am certainly concerned about the lack of inquisitiveness of my own boys towards anything else other than gaming (and their game content is severely restricted to 'innocent' games by parental controls). I can remember being fascinated by anything mechanical/electrical ranging from my first watch to a Mamod steam engine to Philips Electronic Engineer kits to taking apart the lawn mower engine........these things just do not interest the sprogs......I need to understand the fascination that is gaming. perhaps it just is that the real world is shite for them and they can disappear into a much more bright and stimulating world..........

 

You can get A2 at 19 and an A licence at either 24, or 2 years after passing your A2 test.

With the way training/access goes at the moment, you need to pass your A2 or A test before being allowed out solo, so there's potentially lots of expensive training and bike hire before getting the a licence. Training isn't a bad thing, it's just expensive.

Currently you don't immediately progress from A2 to A either after 2 years (as used to be the case), but have to do a test on a bigger bike than was required for the A2 test, so again there's training and bike hire etc.

I think the training and progression is a good thing, but the cost can be prohibitive.

My lad is 23 and is still on the 125 he got at 17 and he didn't want to pay for 2 lots of training and tests to get to his A licence. He's likely to go straight to A when he's 24.