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How old do you have to be to use a scooter on the roads? And what would be the aaverage runing costs?
ywindythesecond
07-Mar-08, 09:18
How old do you have to be to use a scooter on the roads? And what would be the aaverage runing costs?
You have to be 16. Road tax is £15 a year, and you get over 100 miles to the gallon. I can lend you the excellent Haynes manual if you pm me.
Ywy2
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you have to do a cbt as well. cant remember how much it is, it will last you 2 years, so you either have to sit your test and theory in that 2 years or let it lapse and sit your cbt again.
Excuse my ignorance....what's a cbt? So road tax is £15...what about insurance, MOTs etc?
CBT stands for compulsary basic training, and will cost you in the region of £100. its a day training course, and teaches you everything you need to know to be safe to drive on the road.
16 to drive a 50cc scooter,and you have to do the cbt before you can drive it,the runnning costs are second to none for a scooter!!
Thanks, could you actually do a list of the approx running costs? Please?
it all depends on how much you'll be running it. with mine i can run about 70 miles on £5 of petrol, thats a full tank, on top of that you've got the tax, mot if your buying 2nd hand, and the occasional top up of oil.
ywindythesecond
07-Mar-08, 11:09
Thanks, could you actually do a list of the approx running costs? Please?
No, but I am sure you could research it on the internet.
Boozeburglar
07-Mar-08, 13:10
For practise, try strapping yourself to a hairdryer and standing on your roof in a gale.
Only if I had breaks boozeburglar......don't wanna go too fast!
dirdyweeker
07-Mar-08, 16:24
CBT is £120. My son has a bike and would certainly vouch for it to be economical to run. Please...........do not make it a noisy one as someone is already sounding off in the streets of Wick.
OK cool, didyweeker any chance of you asking him the total annual cost for running it?
dirdyweeker
07-Mar-08, 17:11
OK cool, didyweeker any chance of you asking him the total annual cost for running it?
His is 125cc so the insurance is much more than yours will be for a 50cc.
Hi i am sure if you go in to AMS Motorcycles they would be more than happy to answer any of your questions that you have as they sell scooters and i think we will all be on them if petrol prices continue to rise.
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