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Compulsory Basic TrainingCompulsory Basic Training (CBT) is a basic training course for motorcylists in the United Kingdom. It is often taken as the first stage of gaining a full motorcycle licence, but is not always a necessary requirement. The rules, as of September 2004 are as follows: - If you have a valid, full car licence granted before February 1, 2001, a CBT is not necessary to ride a moped (i.e. a machine of cubic capacity of up to 50cc and limited in speed to 50 kph) and may carry a pillion as you will have a full moped entitlement.
- Regardless of whether you passed your car test before or after the 1st of February 2001, if you wish to ride a machine larger or faster than a moped, you must take the CBT. The maxima for a learner legal machine are 125cc and a power output of 11kW.
If you have taken the CBT successfully and are at least seventeen years of age, you are legally allowed to ride a motorcycle of up to 125cc as a learner (must display "L" plates, cannot carry pillions, cannot use motorways). In the case of sixteen year olds, you are limited to a moped as defined above. Aged seventeen, one can then take a full motorcycle test to gain a full licence. If the full motorcycle test is not passed within the two years of carrying out the CBT, the basic training must be retaken; this can be done indefinitely. Once a full licence has been attained, the CBT is no longer necessary.
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