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On Road Trikes

  • 15-06-2010 3:44pm
    #1
    ayeaye
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭


    Am seriously interested in buying a three-wheeler so that I can cruise around the roads here and in Europe. Does anyone know anything about the Rewaco, a really classy piece of machinery. If not, can anyone tell me anything about three wheelers in general - can you ride them on car licence, is it easy to bring into country if I can't buy one here, any problem registering/road tax etc.

    You will see I'm a complete novice but all help would be appreciated.


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  • #2
    Oryx
    Subscribers Posts: 19,425 ✭✭✭✭Oryx


    Insurers generally want an engineers report and photographs even to give a quote. Any I have spoken to want you to have a bike licence and a car licence, one of which should be full. (ie one learners permit, one full).

    The motor tax office do not recognise them as a bike and so require a car licence to ride one.

    If you buy new you will have a huge problem registering it unless you can get a cert of conformity (which for non EU bikes or one offs, you just cant get, afaik). Otherwise they seem to be charged for registration and road tax based on the donor vehicle.


  • #3
    ayeaye
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭ayeaye


    Thanks for information. I have a full car licence for years and have been told this covers trikes on the road. Didn't realise needed special bike licence as well. Do you know whether I will be able to carry passenger if I have full car licence but only provisional motorbike one? I'm getting nowhere fast with the authorities as no one really seems to know, nor can they tell me about registering trike that I may have to bring in from UK, whether this is possible and VRT etc payable.


  • #4
    Oryx
    Subscribers Posts: 19,425 ✭✭✭✭Oryx


    The reason you need the bike licence is because the insurers are bike insurers, usually.

    Dont know about the passenger, or helmet law either. Its a very grey area. Cant see you having an issue with a secondhand trike, or one previously registered in the uk, but a new one will definitely cause you problems. If the mileage is below a certain number (not sure what it is) vrt is payable.


  • #5
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,788 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    ..there were two of them at the Classic car show in Mosney on Sunday, and they headed Navan direction, afterwards.......

    Fwiw, I thought them interesting, but the worst of both worlds: you have to queue up, like a car, but get wet, like a bike. They can't overtake where a bike would, either, as they're too slow and too wide.

    Now the attached.......mmm, that's a different kettle of fish.......v. interesting, seen in Galway lately.

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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