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Scooter licence requirements with links for NSW, QLD, VIC, SA, WA, NT & Tasmania are shown here. Scooters are great fun and save you money on petrol, parking & licence fees But do you need to sit a test to drive a scooter around in your state. We tell you what type of licence you need for your individual state.
If you have a car licence do you need a motorcycle licence to ride a scooter?
Please check the latest information from the website links below.
In QLD, SA, WA, NT you can ride a scooter under 50cc on a full driving licence
For ACT, NSW, TAS & VIC you need a licence see more details below.
Motorcycle license applies
NSW
www.rta.nsw.gov.au – check the website for the latest information.
Automatic scooters to 125 cc; conditional rider license:
Applicants must complete a pre-learner rider training course
Satisfy normal learner rider licensing requirements (proof of identity knowledge and eyesight tests)
Accrue 3 months learner tenure and then pass a motorcycle operator’s skills test (MOST)
But they do not perform the pre provisional rider training course
Any subsequent unrestricted riders license issued after the provisional license must have the condition “May only ride an automatic motor bike with an engine capacity not exceeding 160ml”
To remove the condition from a provisional license applicants must complete a pre provisional rider training course then go to a motor registry to have the condition removed
Manual scooters of capacity greater than 160 cc :
Motorcycle license applies
NT
Holders of a provisional/full car license may legally ride 50cc scooters.
For other scooters a motorcycle license applies
QLD
Holders of a provisional / full c-class (car) license may legally ride 50 cc scooters
For other scooters a motorcycle license applies
SA
Holders of a provisional / full car license may legally ride 50 cc scooters
For other scooters a motorcycle license applies
TAS
Motorcycle license applies
VIC
Motorcycle license applies
WA
Holders of a provisional license / full car license may legally ride 50 cc scooters
For other scooters a motorcycle license applies
Buying a Scooter
Easiest choice is often the 50cc scooter. As you can see you often don’t need a special licence to ride this type of scooter & it is the best on petrol.
Choice between 2 & 4 stroke engines
2 stroke
PROS
better high end power
You don’t have to change an oil filter as the oil is actually used in running the engine
Tend to be cheaper than 4 stroke
CONS
As it uses oil in running the engine it burns the oil & so is worse polluter than 4 stroke
This means you have to frequently have to pay for relatively expensive 2 stroke oil.
The engine apparently doesn’t last as long as 4 stroke engines
Lower fuel economy than 4 stroke
4 Stroke engine
PROS
better low end (pulling off power)
less polluting than 2 stroke
Longer lasting engine
Better fuel economy than 2 stroke
CONS
Have to change oil filter but as longer lasting engine probably better anyway
Maybe more expensive than 2 stroke scooter as more complicated engine than 4 stroke.
Other things to check
How much storage space does it have?
Is it easy to get off the stand as some can be quite difficult.
If you buy a second hand scooter, check what type of registration it currently has.
In Queensland there is 1 seater & 2 seater registration, so if you only use your scooter for one person & it is registered for two, you almost pay double the price even if youare not carrying the extra person. Also we have heard you can’t convert it back to a one seater registration once it has been registered as a 2 seater.
Scooter Insurance
Insurance is available from the following companies to name a few:
Moped & scooter requirements in Queensland
Greenslips
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