Riding scooter when CBT has expired

[Roadkill]

I didn't know you needed cognitive behavioural therapy to ride a bike.

You don't. You need cock and ball torture. Or you get it, anyway.

 

[peter altoft]

what gets me is that someone who drives a car only need to do there cbt once and then can drive up to a125cc for years.yet us moped have to do it every two yrs it's a scam.

I took my CBT in November 2005, so it lasts until this November.

I've recently handed in my notice and don't have another job to go to. It costs about £100 to retake the CBT.

What are the consequences and chances of being caught out driving without it? I don't want to do this, it's just a theoretical question.

If I get another job, I will retake it, but if I don't it might be necessary, not to use it all the time, but at least to ride it across town to store it in a friend's garage.

It seems silly that I have to retake a basic skills test, when I clearly know what I am doing after 2 years on the road.

 

[RedDragon]

Wow, what a bump

Seems a tad extreme needing to complete a course of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy before riding a scooter.

 

[T & P]

It does become farcical when one has been riding for years. At at the time of ditching my bike a couple of years ago I had accumulated 10 years' experience of riding bikes of up to 125 cc. The flying fuck I should still have to display L plates and not be allowed to carry a pillion.

Cunts.

 

[Corax]

Wow, what a bump

Seems a tad extreme needing to complete a course of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy before riding a scooter.

Tiny wheels on roads with honking great potholes? Psychotherapeutic intervention sounds entirely appropriate to me.

Get a 125 motorbike instead FFS!

 

[miss direct]

This brought back some memories. Miss my scooter!

 

[geminisnake]

what gets me is that someone who drives a car only need to do there cbt once and then can drive up to a125cc for years.yet us moped have to do it every two yrs it's a scam.

You are correct, it IS a scam. I call it the compulsory bollocks tax You don't even need to do the CBT if you passed your car test before a certain date.

 

[Kanda]

what gets me is that someone who drives a car only need to do there cbt once and then can drive up to a125cc for years.yet us moped have to do it every two yrs it's a scam.

Erm... that's not true at all! I have a Car licence and CBT, the CBT still expires after 2 years (unless you stick to 50cc)

 

[Kanda]

You are correct, it IS a scam. I call it the compulsory bollocks tax You don't even need to do the CBT if you passed your car test before a certain date.

Pretty sure you do if you want to ride up to 125cc

 

[geminisnake]

Pretty sure you do if you want to ride up to 125cc

Aye you're right I think, but the poster mentioned mopeds and to me mopeds are 50cc, which I can ride to my hearts content on my full car licence without CBT

 

[Kanda]

Aye you're right I think, but the poster mentioned mopeds and to me mopeds are 50cc, which I can ride to my hearts content on my full car licence without CBT

I was referring to the 125cc comment...

what gets me is that someone who drives a car only need to do there cbt once and then can drive up to a125cc for years.yet us moped have to do it every two yrs it's a scam.

I don't think CBT is enough to get out on the road on it's own. Having more training is essential in my opinion, if you've got a car licence, you've had a fair bit more training.

 

[Corts]

I passed my car test in 1988. At the same time I was driving a 125 in L plates. Selling the bike to buy a car.
Now 2015. I once again bought a 125 sat my cbt. Witch helped refresh me. I am still happy with the engine size ( twin ).
I understand that I should resit on the grounds I haven't passed my test.
There should be a smaller resit fee
Or even a cheaper option after biking two years . So bikers wishing to in the 125 cc bracket shouldn't need to pay big prices.
Yes I have been told I can sit my test in a 125. But the only problem with that is I can't do it on my own bike and the only bikes most places use are over 500cc. So in reality there isn't any were for 125cc
There is plenty wrong with the UK rules on biking

 

[keybored]

Plus, if you have no licence you have no insurance. You can't take the risk that you hurt someone without the means to pay proper compensation - and you'd get banged up for it.

That someone still gets compensated under the Uninsured Drivers Agreement (which bumps up the premiums of every other driver).

 

[mauvais]

Eight years and noone even answered the question. LC10, driving without a licence, 3-6 points, maximum £1000 fine, possible disqualification.

 

[joustmaster]

Does anyone know if I can get insurance to ride a moped if I haven't done my CBT?

 

[Corts]

Does anyone know if I can get insurance to ride a moped if I haven't done my CBT?

No you need to send a copy of your cbt the your insurance company when you take out your policy

 

[joustmaster]

No you need to send a copy of your cbt the your insurance company when you take out your policy

well that's annoying.
I have a license that says I can ride a scooter without a CBT. But I can't get insurance without one.

 

[sim667]

well that's annoying.
I have a license that says I can ride a scooter without a CBT. But I can't get insurance without one.

Have you got a car license and insurance?

I was covered by my car insurance for mopeds when I had both moped and car..... it may be worth asking.

 

[Maurice Picarda]

Witch helped refresh me.

Good first potion.

 

[joustmaster]

Have you got a car license and insurance?

I was covered by my car insurance for mopeds when I had both moped and car..... it may be worth asking.

No. But a friend has offered to put me on the insurance for his car...
Thanks