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The A1 is an A road so technically yes, however you cannot join the M1 unless you have a full and current driving license for a motorcycle and the bike is over 50cc.
90 miles taking this route:Take M1 NORTH from Nottingham to A64 to LEEDS and YORK at JUNCTION 44, just as the M1 merges into the A1(M) near Leeds.Follow A64 (EAST) to York.
387 miles taking this route:Take A720 THE CITY OF EDINBURGH BYPASS - EAST, from Dalkeith, to A1 to BERWICK-upon-TWEED.Take A1 to The SOUTH to M1 LONDON, in ENGLAND.Take M1 to The SOUTH to M40 to OXFORD via A43, which is at J15A.Once you are on M40 OXFORD, take M40 to the next junction (J9), which is A34 to OXFORD.Take A34 to Abingdon.
173 miles taking this route:Take A66 STOCKTON from Middlesbrough to A1(M) to the SOUTH.Take A1 to the SOUTH to M1 to LONDON.Take M1 to the SOUTH to LEICESTER.
The distance from Edinburgh to Leeds is approximately 200 miles (322 kilometers) by road.
Take M3 LONDON, from Southampton, to M25 HEATHROW AIRPORT (to M1) at JUNCTION 2.Take M25 (LONDON ORBITAL) around London to M1 to The NORTH at JUNCTION 21.Take M1 to A428 RUGBY at JUNCTION 18.Take A428 to Rugby.
235 miles taking M1 (NORTH) to A1 to the NORTH towards WEATHERBY, then A1 to Edinburgh.
100 miles taking this route:Take A1 to The SOUTH, from Newcastle, to M1 to LEEDS.Take M1 to Leeds.
400 miles taking this route:Take M1 to The NORTH, from London, to A1(M) to The NORTH.Take A1 to Edinburgh.
395 miles taking this route:Follow M1 to the NORTH from London to A1 to the NORTH.Take A1 to the NORTH to Edinburgh.
Take A127 LONDON (to M25), from Basildon, to M25 (WEST) towards STANSTED (to M1).Take M25 (London Orbital), around London, to M1 to The NORTH to LUTON at J21.Take M1 up to A1 to The NORTH towards WETHERBY.Take A1 to CATTERICK.
This depends on where in London you leave from. Northampton is M1 junction 15. The journey takes about 1 hour (give or take 10 minutes).