Three Wheelers?

[2E]

I need some advice probably best from someone who is up to scratch on the common law regarding three wheeled 'cars' (Reliants).

Basically its come to my attention that im going to need at one point or another, a car. *GASP*

However, because i can neither be bothered to, or be willing to shell out for a car license i am wondering whether the law is still the same regarding myself driving my dads robin rialto.. obviously im not talking a get insurance and go lol as they are cars in the physical sense... but do they still count as trikes and thus can be 'driven' on a full motorcycle license..

IF the answers yes, will i need to get a quote from a car insurance company or will a bike one do it??:grin2


Stop sniggering at the back!!!:grin2

Just another random idea that i wanna do :D

[DJMCJERICO]

You really make me laugh sometimes mate :grin2


I wonder how much fishing tackle I could get in one!

[bayonet]

I need some advice probably best from someone who is up to scratch on the common law regarding three wheeled 'cars' (Reliants).

Basically its come to my attention that im going to need at one point or another, a car. *GASP*

However, because i can neither be bothered to, or be willing to shell out for a car license i am wondering whether the law is still the same regarding myself driving my dads robin rialto.. obviously im not talking a get insurance and go lol as they are cars in the physical sense... but do they still count as trikes and thus can be 'driven' on a full motorcycle license..

IF the answers yes, will i need to get a quote from a car insurance company or will a bike one do it??:grin2


Stop sniggering at the back!!!:grin2

Just another random idea that i wanna do :DWhat's it say on your driving licence, then find out what taxation class it is.

[2E]

Furthermore, its lightweight (http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=lightweight) body allows it to sneak (http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=sneak) under the weight restrictions (http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=restriction) for being classed as a car in the UK, and so is technically (http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=technically) a motorbike (http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=motorbike). This means that Robin drivers needn't have a full driving license (as is immediately apparent if you're ever stuck behind one in traffic (http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=traffic)). Another obvious bonus of the fibreglass shell is the rust (http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=rust), or lack of. The frame itself is steel though, so it's not immune (http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=immune).

Seems that sums it up.. ive also discovered the 'Reliant Kitten' a four wheeled version of the same car, but because its under the weight restriction again... it counts as a bike and thus can be driven on a motorcycle license.

Thanks anyway..:grin2

[MickyGixer]

Yes, if it has a kerbside weight of under 410Kg then it can be ridden on a full motorcycle licence. Ensure you check the logbook that will tell you its tax class and reveal all.:reading


But please remember...........


You cant tow a bloody bike trailer and you dont have to wear a crash hat whilst driving one Tooey! :shooter

[bayonet]

[/quote= google result]Furthermore, its lightweight (http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=lightweight) body allows it to sneak (http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=sneak) under the weight restrictions (http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=restriction) for being classed as a car in the UK, and so is technically (http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=technically) a motorbike (http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=motorbike). This means that Robin drivers needn't have a full driving license (as is immediately apparent if you're ever stuck behind one in traffic (http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=traffic)). Another obvious bonus of the fibreglass shell is the rust (http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=rust), or lack of. The frame itself is steel though, so it's not immune (http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=immune).

Seems that sums it up.. ive also discovered the 'Reliant Kitten' a four wheeled version of the same car, but because its under the weight restriction again... it counts as a bike and thus can be driven on a motorcycle license.

Thanks anyway..:grin2

I think I've only ever seen one kitten. The girl owner used to hide it around the corner when she came to college with us. I've had a couple of mates with Reliant Robins. They both turned them over frequently whilst doing U turns. Just roll them back up and carry on they said.

[kasandrich]

I believe there are other cars in this bracket now, but less common than the Robin, eg Axiam http://www.aixam-cars.co.uk/moreinfo.htm

......and its under 33bhp I think, from my calcs it says 12.9kw, 25kw is 33bhp, so its about 17bhp by that reckoning!!....it ought to fly!

[Lateshift]

Tooeymaster,

Born in the 80's and stuck in the 60's, a living tale of devolution :D

It amazes me that you bother with a PC actually Tooey when i would have thought that the complexities of an Abacus would more suit your penchant for antiques :D

I really do hope your bird has the same sort of outlook on stuff as you, sticking her in a Reliant ala Derek Trotter style could possibly scar her for life :D

[DoodleBug]

Bond cars are the future!

[RaceMeNSee]

wasnt there a lew that was like...yes for reliants with a bike liceance....but you had to take out the reverse gear or something?!

[The Guvnor]

wasnt there a lew that was like...yes for reliants with a bike liceance....but you had to take out the reverse gear or something?!


The Gold wing has a reverse gear !:grin2

[Lateshift]

The Gold wing has a reverse gear !:grin2

But the Gold Wing also looks like its worth something :D

[bayonet]

I've driven a Robin and they are quite entertaining. They make good trikes as well which is where a lot of them disappeared to in the 80s.

[DoodleBug]

Used to be someone near me who put a rover V8 into a kitten. Strange.

[kasandrich]

I am guessing that would put it over the weight allowance to class it as a m/c?

[bayonet]

I am guessing that would put it over the weight allowance to class it as a m/c?Praps he filled the tyres with helium.

[SteadyEddie]

I drove mine on a motorcycle license but then that was in 1978 so things may well have changed
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q173/sP3nc3r1_photos/trotter.jpg

[RaceMeNSee]

OMG that is IMMENCE! i would put like knee sliders on the front corners! heheheh and a roll cage in it! lol

[jim7]

Yeah I like it!
I would seriously fettle that!
Slicks all round,twin busa engines with nitrous and then hit the switch on wet roundabouts.:laugh1
Is that fryerns or barstable in the backgroud and was you listening to the sex pistols when you took that pic?:laugh1

[bayonet]

I drove mine on a motorcycle license but then that was in 1978 so things may well have changed
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q173/sP3nc3r1_photos/trotter.jpgMy mate was driving us round a very narrow lane in Kent and I suggested hitting the hooter on a particularly blind bend as a warning to oncoming traffic.

He hit it with the flat of his hand, there was a muted toot and the button, a spring and numerous plastic washers exploded all over us.

After that he believed it was a once only warning device, only to be used in the direst emergency.

[thebiscuit]

worked with someone who had a 3 wheeler reliant, took him about 3 hrs to do about 15 miles in the snow to get to work, front wheel all over the place where snow had built up in middle!:laugh1

[SteadyEddie]

That was Fryerns school Jim

[STEALTH52]

Do we not take the **** out of you enough already???????
Is there actually something wrong with you?????

[RaceMeNSee]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2000-AIXAM-500-Microcar_W0QQitemZ270188302407QQihZ017QQcategoryZ1 8308QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

OH MY GOD.....IM ACTUALLY GONNA SELL MY SCOOTER AND GET ONE!!!!!!!!!

[jim7]

Clock her name:laugh1
Take you 2 days to drive it back from glasgow!

[2E]

Do we not take the **** out of you enough already???????
Is there actually something wrong with you?????

No you just dont realise.. the more YOU (and i mean you specifically) hate it, the more it impells me to do it...

Please hate it a bit more :D

[bayonet]

No you just dont realise.. the more YOU (and i mean you specifically) hate it, the more it impells me to do it...

Please hate it a bit more :DI actually admire you for not going with the flow and buying the same bikes as everyone else, I can see where that comes from, I'm a bit like that myself. I know I've occasionally taken the mick, but I'm just helping you to build character, I believe everyone should be mocked when young, it's good for them. Never did me any harm, apart from the rash and the nervous tick of course, but I'm sure lots of people have them.

Give yourself a few years and all the experiences with broken bikes and having to fix them yourself (or break them trying) will stand you in good stead if you don't lose heart in the mean time. When something breaks in the future you will think of some way to fix it from previous experience rather than waiting for a breakdown truck on a rainy day or paying a huge amount of money for a shop to make it worse. It'll make you more self reliant (like the Robin eh).:grin2

[sniffer dagenham]

So how do we stop you from buying bits like this? If we tell you we love them and would be good. Then you will still go and get one. We cant win can we!!!!!:laugh1

[STEALTH52]

No you just dont realise.. the more YOU (and i mean you specifically) hate it, the more it impells me to do it...

Please hate it a bit more :D

If that's what keeps your little life interesting then carry on mate......

By the way did i tell you that i hate ladyboys.........

Let me know when the op is....

[2E]

By the way did i tell you that i hate ladyboys...........

Really?? wow.. is that because they wont leave you alone or something..?

And thanks bayonet.. see the first major thing to go wrong with the gt has been the oil cooler, batterys died once, but a bump and the thing went all the way home on that... strange bike lol!

theres now switches in the topbox to make sure the peripherals arent draining the battery whilst the engine is off...giving the alternator at least the chance of charging the battery:D

A friends offered to install a second battery for the peripherals but im not sure how to charge it on the move, i dont want to split the alternator off to another battery as currently i havent interfered with the bikes primary electrics what so ever and id like to keep it that way!:grin2:D

[2E]

So how do we stop you from buying bits like this? If we tell you we love them and would be good. Then you will still go and get one. We cant win can we!!!!!:laugh1

no theres a point in what im saying if you say you love em.. to the extent you go purchase one, i wont like it much as its not my own unique bike, hence the reason why i wont get a gixxer.. pointless.. id spend more time trying to work out whats different between mine and the 20 or so others lined up next to it at rideouts...:grin2

[SteadyEddie]

When you have had a Gixer 1000 or 750, you will then know why they are so popular, I have had nigh on a hundred bikes and the Gixer is my favourite

[RaceMeNSee]

O.k....this is probs gonna sound stooopid....but im seriously considering swapping the ped for an aixam for winter! but it says you can ride it on a Full B bike liceance?! i thought full Liceance was a Class A one?!?!!?? K??

[Murray]

your right, it sounds stooopid!

[RaceMeNSee]

Cheers for the nice answer! i can tell you thought a long time about that!

[Murray]

I did actually, researched the car and then came to my conclusion. It is indeed a well educated answer. Couldn't be bothered to go into detail though, however after writing this post it seems it may have been easier! :grin1

[2E]

Cheers for the nice answer! i can tell you thought a long time about that!

Put it this way mate.. have you ever heard of Axiam before??

I mean before kasandrich mentioned em..

No... then i wouldnt touch it..

Whereas every tom **** and harry knows what a robin reliant is and therefore would probably know where to get bits for or at least how to fix it if it went wrong..

Reminds me of when i was looking at the 'Yava' (Jawa) sidecar outfit, the advice i was given then, no matter how cold, wet, or how many bundles of cargo i might have to take on a trip i wouldnt get an axiam without at least SOMEONE knowing where to get the car spares/fixed :grin2

Stick with the ped.. or get a reliant..

:D

[RaceMeNSee]

i Know of 2 people yes! spoke to one of them today. And yes i had heard of them....just didnt know they had become so cheap.

[2E]

i Know of 2 people yes! spoke to one of them today. And yes i had heard of them....just didnt know they had become so cheap.

lol hardly cheap

http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=aixam

Reliants cheaper then that!!:laugh1

[Murray]

Seeing as your buying it for the winter, i wouldn't recommend an aixam as they are known for not starting well in the cold, which isn't a great start. Also as for tooeys point, the parts are expensive! Plus they're noisey and very slow.

[sniffer dagenham]

Well not quite what your looking for but what the hell.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Trike-Reliant-Toyota_W0QQitemZ110194776148QQihZ001QQcategoryZ424 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem