Pushing your bike.

[F4celess]

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But then I have heard guys say you can ride a motorcycle in a bus lane and other say you can not.

You can only ride in certain bus lanes, not all of them. The bus lane has to have a sign indicating that motorcycles are allowed otherwise expect to receive a nip.
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Plus to make it even more confusing, you can ride in some bus lanes only during certain hours of the day - usually outside "rush hours").
The exact time permitted is printed on the Road sign, at the start of the bus lane.

[Kamikaze]

I've pushed a deauville 4 miles on a shredded rear tyre up hill in the countryside once. also, pushed the fazer 2 miles up hill when i accidentally disconnected part of the wiring loom going over a bump and didnt know at the time.

as plenty have said,you dont need a helmet to push it. thats not only dumb but dangerous.
best of luck to any plod who thinks otherwise. nice easy claim there if they try arrest you or take you to court.

as also mentioned. traffic laws apply to MPV's (mechanically propelled vehicles) if its not capable of being mechanically propelled, then its not an MPV and no requirements are on you to have your shit in order.
we have the same rules here in ireland for the most part. even heard of convictions of a guy who was sleeping in the back seat of his car and he was found guilty of being drunk and in charge with intent to drive (the intent to drive is in our law, not sure about the uk, if you had no intent to drive with proof youd be okay to, like parked at an airport carpark with your flight the next morning etc.) as he had said he didnt intend to drive till morning.

pull the coils off and you're safe.

[dangerousdave]

The Fazer is leaking fuel from the carbs and I did not want to ride it along to my mechanic friend's house and risk fuel on a hot exhaust!



Therefore I did wear my helmet while pushing it about a mile (front flipped up), but got my 24 year old son to push it with me.
The bike is insured and fully legal.
Never saw any police, :bobby  but did not want to take any risk of falling foul of the law, your honour!  top


Turns out I have sticking float needles on carbs 3 and 4 causing the leak!  :'(

[VNA]

Oh the other year I retreived my 1974 C90 from my late father's garage.
Blew the tyres up.  Sat on it and freewheeled the downhill bits and pushed it the rest.
Didn't think for one minute think of wearing a hat.  No MOT, no tax or insurance but nor was it capable of starting, all back streets, though one gets a fair bit of traffic.  Pushing a C90 ain't too bad either.

[tommyardin]

Take all the plug leads off a car, drain the fuel out, jack it up and take a wheel off it so it can not be driven and leave in in the road with no tax, insurance or MOT and see how long it is before you get a police warning of prosecution.
Hence the need for a Sorn statement if your not going to tax a car or motor vehicle of any type.


If it has a Sorn statement it cannot be kept on the public highway.


My understanding is also if you own a vehicle it must have a valid insurance policy even if it is kept on private land


see the link to the Citizens Advice website below


https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/consum...insurance/

[BBROWN1664]

My understanding is also if you own a vehicle it must have a valid insurance policy even if it is kept on private land

Under the continuous insurance rules now that is the case, unless it is SORN.

[VNA]

Hence the need for a Sorn statement if your not going to tax a car or motor vehicle of any type.

Tommy, sorn?  The C90 was last taxed in 1986, the disc is still on it.  It's not SORN. :lol