@dHeinemann @bayport_moto does it make one's bike a genuine cafe racer?
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First stop was only 30 miles out -
New blog post: Be Seen on your Motorcycle@dHeinemann
I bought the Grom about 110 km away and rode it home on national roads. With its mighty 9hp and 0km in the odometer (break in is 600km or so) I could hardly exceed 80km/h and the travel was... well, interesting. -
New blog post: Be Seen on your Motorcycle@vroom @SeaFury @dHeinemann Ouch. It's expensive here as well, but not as much (maybe half that) and usually includes more practice sessions.
At least, few people try the exam after just 5 classes, and when I took the closed circuit tests the pass rate was about 30%.Then the A (unrestricted) license is quite expensive for what it is... but if one thinks of it as "three hours hearing safety advice and then some tour on the open road and a free track day with a leased bike", it's even fun.
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New blog post: Be Seen on your Motorcycle@vroom @SeaFury @dHeinemann Apparently serious motorcycle accidents are concentrated in two age groups: ~20something year olds with a sports bike (call it too much enthusiasm), and males 45-49 years old with a large bike (call it mid-life crisis). Licensing paths are designed to make you ride a smaller bike before a bigger one, no matter your age, and hopefully calm you a bit. Do they work? I'm not sure.
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New blog post: Be Seen on your MotorcycleHere almost everyone does the riding tests -- and later, the required practice for the unrestricted license -- on a school motorcycle. Doing it on your own bike is too much of a hassle.
Can you restrict (to 47hp/35kW) any bike? Here it's only possible for bikes up to 95hp/70kW, and it means many models are artificially factory-limited to 95hp to make them an easier sell.
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New blog post: Be Seen on your MotorcycleThat gets you an A2 license (up to 48hp/35kW)
To get an unlimited license (A) you need two years experience with the A2 license, then a short course focused on safety (3 hours), then 4 hours practice on a closed track with a larger bike with an instructor , then 2 hours on the road. No exam.
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New blog post: Be Seen on your Motorcycle@dHeinemann @SeaFury
It's interesting how fragmented the schemes for getting a motorbike license are, worldwide.Even within the EU the requirements are quite different among countries.
FWIW here in Spain:
- you can drive a 125cc, <15hp (11kW) bike without a bike license if you have a car license for three years.
- to ride bigger bikes you need a theory exam, then two riding tests in a closed track (accuracy and maneuver at speed) , then a riding test on the streets. (1/2)