Have DVLA given me a full bike licence?

[eggsarascal]

I am a bit worried about changing my license. I don't have the 107 restriction on my old license. I have copied it a few times and am about to apply for a new photo card license.

 

Any suggestions to ensure I don't lose any of my entitlements?

 

I had a load of hassle with the DVLA to get my trailer entitlement back even though I had a photo copy of the license I sent away.

 

In the end I got a photo copy (with a covering letter) from an old employer. This seemed to please the powers that be.

 

Get your license copied by as many companies that you work for as you can.

 

Seems they will take the word of companies but not individuals!

Edited July 15, 2015 by eggsarascal

[aspenarb]

No, it just means you're entitled to ride a bike after completing the motorcycle theory and both mod1 and mod2. It doesn't mean you have the licence for it

 

They have made hard work of these tests, if you look at my license you will see that the car and bike test were the same day, I passed the car test and sat in the waiting room for two minutes and the same tester came back in the room and called out my name for the bike test. No highway code questions because I had just done them in the car , just a few laps of the streets around the depot and that was that, 2 hours max.The HGV1 was the same, an hour or so driving and a few highway code questions.

 

Bob

[Scotty38]

Thought this might help

 

 

The codes and their meanings are as follows:

 

01 - eyesight correction

02 - hearing/communication aid

10 - modified transmission

15 - modified clutch

20 - modified braking systems

25 - modified accelerator systems

30 - combined braking and accelerator systems

35 - modified control layouts

40 - modified steering

42 - modified rear-view mirror(s)

43 - modified driving seats

44 - modifications to motorbikes

44 (1) - single operated brake

44 (2) - (adjusted) hand operated brake (front wheel)

44 (3) - (adjusted) foot operated brake (back wheel)

44 (4) - (adjusted) accelerator handle

44 (5) - (adjusted) manual transmission and manual clutch

44 (6) - (adjusted) rear-view mirror(s)

44 (7) - (adjusted) commands (direction indicators, braking light, etc)

44 (8) - seat height allowing the driver, in sitting position, to have 2 feet on the road at the same time

45 - motorbikes only with sidecar

46 - tricycles only (for licences issued before 29 June 2014)

70 - exchange of licence

71 - duplicate of licence

78 - restricted to vehicles with automatic transmission

79 - restricted to vehicles in conformity with the specifications stated in brackets on your licence

79.02 - restricted to category AM vehicles of the 3-wheel or light quadricycle type

79.03 - restricted to tricycles

96 - allowed to drive a vehicle and trailer where the trailer weighs at least 750kg, and the combined weight of the vehicle and trailer is between 3,500kg and 4,250kg

97 - not allowed to drive category C1 vehicles which are required to have a tachograph fitted

101 - not for hire or reward (that is, not to make a profit)

102 - drawbar trailers only

103 - subject to certificate of competence

105 - vehicle not more than 5.5 metres long

106 - restricted to vehicles with automatic transmissions

107 - not more than 8,250 kilograms

108 - subject to minimum age requirements

110 - limited to transporting persons with restricted mobility

111 - limited to 16 passenger seats

113 - limited to 16 passenger seats except for automatics

114 - with any special controls required for safe driving

115 - organ donor

118 - start date is for earliest entitlement

119 - weight limit for vehicle does not apply

121 - restricted to conditions specified in the Secretary of State’s notice

122 - valid on successful completion: Basic Moped Training Course

125 - tricycles only (for licences issued before 29 June 2014)

[bumble B]

I am a bit worried about changing my license. I don't have the 107 restriction on my old license. I have copied it a few times and am about to apply for a new photo card license.

 

Any suggestions to ensure I don't lose any of my entitlements?

 

Covering letter with copy of current licence and the number of your firm of solicitors.

[fergusonforestry]

Ohh, I thought you could always drive a trike on a car licence.

 

So if I did a full test the 79 code disappears?

 

used to be you needed a bike licence for a trike then they changed it to a car licence now they've changed it back but if you passed your test when car licence was required you still have the entitlement to ride a trike

[fergusonforestry]

Some people with a full bike license sent them off for renewal and they came ack with no bike entitlement at all . One of these was a bike cop !

 

a guy who was a bike mechanic for the cops for 25 years and had his licence checked every 6 months lost his entitlement when he changed address and the dvla refused to sort it said he never had it ever!! had to re-sit his test! mind you his 'test' consisted of a cuppa and a blether with the examiner who knew him well

[timbernut]

I'm now panicking as I'm sending licence off for renewal and have heard several tales of people losing both 7.5t and trailer entitlement and I need both!😟

[fergusonforestry]

think it's pretty much sorted out now I've got A through C+E and has been fine last few times, but you could always Tell em you lost the original then you have old un as proof! you know when it turns up!

[J Gibbs Trees]

Sent off my licence after my BE test

 

Came back with what looks like a full A entitlement

 

Any bikers confirm or disconfirm disconfirm this?

 

(I have taken CBT twice but never a full bike test)

 

Hey, just to clear this up for you the same thing happened with mine 2 years ago i got all excited but when i asked my mates dad who is a police officer he told me that that category only entitles you to ride a trike of any size not a motorbike (hence tri in brackets) So no you haven't been lucky and got one unfortunately. But when i moved over to NZ i told them DVLA here that it meant full bike and they gave it to me so now i have a 600cc to get to work on, so you could if you moved here haha. Hope this helps