What is the minimum age required to drive a motorcycle?

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What is the minimum age required to drive a motorcycle?

In the UK, you must be at least seventeen to ride a motorcycle on public roads. Mopeds up to 50cc have a lower age limit (sixteen) and require CBT, but a motorcycle—generally over 50cc—needs you to be seventeen and to have the appropriate licence category after the necessary training. So the minimum age to drive a motorcycle is seventeen. The other ages don’t apply to motorcycles in the same way.

In the UK, you must be at least seventeen to ride a motorcycle on public roads. Mopeds up to 50cc have a lower age limit (sixteen) and require CBT, but a motorcycle—generally over 50cc—needs you to be seventeen and to have the appropriate licence category after the necessary training. So the minimum age to drive a motorcycle is seventeen. The other ages don’t apply to motorcycles in the same way.

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