Can you ride a 100 cc motorbike on the motorway?

Answer 1

No. There are several reasons for this, but primarily, in order for any vehicle to be legally driven on the motorway it must be capable of reaching and maintaining a minimum speed of 60 miles per hour. While you may consider your bike capable of this, the DVLA has different ideas, and rightly so. A 100cc motorbike is not realistically capable of attaining these speeds quickly and safely (As it often must). The diminutive weight of such bikes also makes them very unstable and vulnerable to high winds and slip-streams from other vehicles. It is not safe to ride something so light at such high speeds and in fast-moving traffic. Personal note from writer: I have ridden bikes of all sizes my whole life and can honestly tell you that riding a 100cc bike on the motorway is a really bad idea. A bike needs to be able to accellerate heavily from high speed very quickly in order to escape dangerous situations on the motorway... and those happen often. There are times when your machine must be capable of going from 60 to 100mph (for brief moments) at the drop of a hat. If it can't do that you could wind up at the bottom of a big pile of cars & lorries!