Piaggio MP3 LT 400cc review

I have a motorcycle licence but no car licence - therefore I can't ride one.

 After decades of making bikes I don't want to ride, Piaggio have now made one I'm not allowed to.  Go figure...

muthaf9cka wrote (see)

 After decades of making bikes I don't want to ride, Piaggio have now made one I'm not allowed to.  Go figure...

They do versions where the wheels are slightly closer together and are therefore 'motorcycles'.  This has been made specifically for those that have not got a bike licence.

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muthaf9cka wrote (see)

I have a motorcycle licence but no car licence - therefore I can't ride one.

 After decades of making bikes I don't want to ride, Piaggio have now made one I'm not allowed to.  Go figure...

 But it says in the article:

 "... this scooter classes as a trike, and can therefore be ridden on either a full car or a full bike licence..."

Is this wrong? Have you checked with the DVLA? I'm interested to know if you can ride this with only a bike licence.

Could be good for the bike world if it gets a few car drivers on a bike as once they realise it isn't always wet and freezing in the UK they'll surely want a real bike and go do their test.

Here's a thought though, what if a person with a car license crashes one of these? I bet the accident statistics will say another motorbike has crashed...

954 wrote (see)

Here's a thought though, what if a person with a car license crashes one of these? I bet the accident statistics will say another motorbike has crashed...

My local motorcycle road safety officer has recently had to deal with that issue. 

There was a road rage incident on the M5 and the outcome was a Peugeot had a collision with a Can Am Spyder.  This looks as if it is going to be considered a 'motorcycle' incident - despite it patently not being a motorcycle.

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Apart from cripples, who the hell would want to ride that pile of crap for over 6K when you can get a proper bike, tax, insure it and still have a load of change.

Speedy. wrote (see)

Apart from cripples, who the hell would want to ride that pile of crap for over 6K when you can get a proper bike, tax, insure it and still have a load of change.

Could a motorcycle test (automatic entitlement) be taken on it?

It would be the easiest U turn in history

If the Earth is the size of a pea in Britain, then the Sun is a beachball 50m away, Pluto is 4km away, and the next nearest star is in Tokyo. Now shrink Pluto's orbit into a coffee cup, then our Milky Way Galaxy fills North America

what, you don't have to wear a lid in the UK - r u sure?

Just read the attached test and it does seem no lid is needed - hope someone tells Mr Plod as I reckon you would be pulled first time out. Now if they put a roof on it, and I didn't have to wear a lid I might actually consider one as I recall biking as a youth with no lid - great fun until you fall off.

stress wrote (see)

what, you don't have to wear a lid in the UK - r u sure?

Helmets are only compulsory for riders of motorbicycles not motorised tricycles.  (Motor Cycles (Protective Helmets) Regulations 1988. Statutory Instrument 1998 No 1807)

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and the police are able to tell which version is a trike and which is bike at a glance?

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