Licence question

king_of_inismac

Hi Guys,

I'm a 27 year old male looking to got into motorcycling.

I only want something for weekends, and want to start with low power.

I'm thinking of getting a yamaha virago 125.

What's confusing me is the licencing situtation. Will I need a separate motorbike licence for a 125cc bike?

I have my car licence for ten years, but I was under the impression that for bikes under 125cc you might not need a separate licence....

Please excuse my complete ignornace!

M

hobochris

Yes you need a cat A1 or cat A licence.

you might aswell go for cat A.

The way it works with older car licenses is you can drive a moped on them, not an actual bike.

You'll also need to a wear a learner hi-vis vest (by law- its a new law) but not many do as alot of guards either don't know or don't enforce this one..

king_of_inismac

Thanks for the reply. Was just reading it on the citizens information webpage.

I don't mind wearing the vest at all. Just want to be safe and legally compliant.

Do you know if you have to do the theory test if you already have a full driving licence for ten years?

There was no theory test when I got my car licence.

M

Killgore Trout

I had the full bike licence for five years before applying for a provisional car licence three years ago - I had to sit the theory test to apply - so yes - you'll have to do the theory test. It's handy enough.

hobochris

Killgore Trout wrote: »

I had the full bike licence for five years before applying for a provisional car licence three years ago - I had to sit the theory test to apply - so yes - you'll have to do the theory test. It's handy enough.

I got away with that as my original theory test(that covers A,B,M) was still valid(just about) :P