Restrictors

[STORMIE]

HELLO, My wife has a m600 monster, i want to fit a restrictor to it to take it down to 33bhp, i understand that she needs to have this fitted by a specialised and have the certificate that comes with the restrictors.
She has passed her cbt, and i am unsure wether she can legaly ride it on such a licence (she has a full driving licence), if so who do i contact, the DVLA or the insurance company, any help will be very appreciated.

[singletrack]

....but your wife will have to take her bike test before she can legally ride a Monster. The CBT only allows you to ride anything uo to 125cc with L plates. To go on to something like a 600 she has to pass either a test on a 125 and ride the Monster restricted, or take a test on a 500 and ride it unrestricted.
For more info look at www.DSA.gov.uk

[A Yerbury]

let us know how you get on, I have always struggled as regards restricting the women in my life...the modern world eh!
ps she will need to take the test tho.

[nik_the_brief]

Did ya get them mate? I posted them a few weeks back.

If so, have ya got round to fitting the beggars yet?

She'll need it restricted for 2 years if she takes her test on a 125. If she does her Direct Access instead then 33bHP won't be acceptable as a test bike.

Oh, and her insurers will probably want to see a certificate to prove it's been restricted - got a friendly garage nearby?

[STORMIE]

hi yes i did get the envelope but it had been sliced open and the washers were gone. i think she's going to take her test on a 125 so i need to get it done, i've found a good garage that will fit it for me with the certificate,
thankyou for your advice and help.

[nik_the_brief]

Bastards, probably thought the washers were coins! Ha ha, serve them right, sorry that you didn't receive them though.

Good luck to the missus with her test etc.

[Jamcoly]

Never once got asked for a certificate as prove of restriction, glad cause I was never given one my the ducati dealer.
any way I would keep quiet about it being restricted they wanted to increase my premium when I told them the power had been reduced!
was told it's been mod'ed so you gotto pay more :eek:



Oh, and her insurers will probably want to see a certificate to prove it's been restricted - got a friendly garage nearby?

[nik_the_brief]

Never once got asked for a certificate as prove of restriction, glad cause I was never given one my the ducati dealer.
any way I would keep quiet about it being restricted they wanted to increase my premium when I told them the power had been reduced!
was told it's been mod'ed so you gotto pay more :eek:

Weirdly enough I had to argue that one too, eventually managed to speak to somebody at the insurers who had a bike and understood, I was actually able to negotiate a small discount! Imagine the odds on that... finding a reasonable human being in an insurance broker's call centre - must've been one of those newfangled Indian ones! :D