Up and running on a scooter?

Cianos

How much would it cost approximately to get a decent scooter and insurance/tax and all the rest? Second hand and New would be good. Just looking for a ballpark-figure.
Cheers

delanest

Scooter 2000
Insurance (provisional) (300 - 2000 depending on age)
Tax 50
Helmet (100 - 500 depending on how much
your head is worth)
Gloves 40

extras reccomended (rain gear)

Padded Biker Jacket 200
Padded teflon trousers 120
Boots 100
+ petrol + servicing

very ball park figures, would'nt go less than a grand or four years for a moped though.

timaaaaay

How much would TP insurance cost on a 49cc scooter for a 54 yo man approx? less than €200?

tk123

have a play on www.hiberniandirect.ie and it'll give you a quote....

Eoin

sorry to hi-jack the thread, but what are the license requirements for a scooter?

Stephen

"M" category. If you have a full B (car) licence, you get this thrown in for free.

Tomohawk

Some other stuff you might want to buy:-
High Visibility Vest (one of dem flourescent ones) - 10-20 euro
Lock and chain - 60+ for a good one
Disk brake lock
2 stroke oil - 8-13 euro a bottle
Top box
Open type back carrier.

Try Carol Nash Insurnace (freephone 1800 298 550) for bikers insurance.
or go with AON, only available through a dealer shop when you buy a bike there (AON are Hibernian I think)

mopeds = anthing up to 49cc
scooters = 50cc and up towards 450cc and more...

Mopeds and Scooters can be either automatic or geared, in which case they usually have 4 gears and a clutch lever on the left handle bar. Bikes can be mostly plastic bodied or full metal framed. For keeping up with Dublin traffic and less stressful driving, I would recommed a Vespa px125cc or px200cc geared scooter.

The only bike you can legally drive with out getting another licence is a 49cc moped providing you hold a FULL Irish car licence!! For everything else you need to apply for a provisional licence in the correct catogery. I've heard anecdotely of one idiot who is driving around on a 125cc scoooter on a PROVISIONAL car licence. Well thats his insurance invalidated for a start.

And we wonder why bike insurance is creeping upwards in this country of ours...

The General

You could easily get a 2nd hand scooter in good condition for about €1000 i have mine about two years it cost €1700 but i bought it from a shop and it was less than a year old. Insurance when i was 19 was €720 and when i was 20 it was €690 and i just got a quick quote from that hibernian place and it quoted me €503

LegacyUser

Tomohawk wrote:

The only bike you can legally drive with out getting another licence is a 49cc moped providing you hold a FULL Irish car licence!! For everything else you need to apply for a provisional licence in the correct catogery. I've heard anecdotely of one idiot who is driving around on a 125cc scoooter on a PROVISIONAL car licence. Well thats his insurance invalidated for a start.

Dude, the provisional license these days is for cars, mopeds and bikes of 125 cc or less. :rolleyes:

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Dont be under illusion, the roads are incredibly dangerous on a bike. This includes all other roads users, the terrible state of the roads and the weather, so please get youself some training!

a_ominous

Spogpean wrote:

Dude, the provisional license these days is for cars, mopeds and bikes of 125 cc or less. :rolleyes:

Wrong. Read what Tomohawk said. A FULL B licence allows a person to ride a moped up to 49cc and a max speed of 45mkph. B licence includes M, and W (tractors, work vehicles)
An A1 licence (motorcycle) allows the person to ride a bike/scooter up to 125cc. Power limit of 11kW applies.

Take a look at the licence form, top of page 3, "Catagories of vehicles/minimum age of driver"

seamus

Spogpean wrote:

Dude, the provisional license these days is for cars, mopeds and bikes of 125 cc or less. :rolleyes:

Oh mother of....

No wonder people haven't a clue, with everyone else giving disinformation as if they were 100% correct.

timaaaaay

what Spogpean means (I think) is that when you get a provisional licence it is generally in categories A, B, M, and W and therefore entitles you to drive a bike up to 125cc. It is the A part and not the B part that entitles you this.

seamus

timaaaaay wrote:

what Spogpean means (I think) is that when you get a provisional licence it is generally in categories A, B, M, and W and therefore entitles you to drive a bike up to 125cc. It is the A part and not the B part that entitles you this.

You have to select each category specifically. I know some people do just tick all the boxes, but having a provisional for a car by no means entitles you to drive anything else.

(A entitles you to drive much bigger bikes than 125cc, even on a provisional).

LegacyUser

Originally Posted by timaaaaay
what Spogpean means (I think) is that when you get a provisional licence it is generally in categories A, B, M, and W and therefore entitles you to drive a bike up to 125cc. It is the A part and not the B part that entitles you this.

Thats exactly what I meant.

My provisional license is for car, moped and bikes of 125cc or less. You get them all on the same license when you apply. And anyway, when I was getting insured I actually had to show my driver's license to the company before I signed the papers, so they DO check if you have an A1 / M license before they insure you.