Motorcycle loading
31 questions
What this topic tests
Luggage, pillion passengers, sidecars and trailers. The theme is that everything you add changes the handling, and most of it needs something adjusted before you set off.
- A heavy top box raises the centre of gravity and reduces stability — keep it for light items.
- Carrying a load or a pillion may mean adjusting tyre pressures and the headlight aim.
- A pillion passenger leans with the rider; a child may ride only if they can reach the handholds and footrests.
- A sidecar needs a suitable machine, a different technique, and it lengthens the stopping distance.
- A motorcycle trailer may be no more than 1 metre wide, and you need a full licence to tow one.
The mark people lose: Forgetting the adjustments. The question is often not whether you may carry the load, but what you must change before you do.
- How is a learner motorcyclist’s licence restricted?
- How will a heavy load in your top box affect your motorcycle?
- How will riding a motorcycle and sidecar differ from riding a solo motorcycle?
- What are the minimum test vehicle requirements for a motorcycle used to obtain a full category 'A' licence?
- What could be affected if you fit a bulky tank bag to your motorcycle?
- What does a person need to do when they ride as a pillion passenger?
- What effect will a sidecar have when it's fitted to your motorcycle?
- What items should you carry in a motorcycle top box?
- What may be seriously affected if you overload your motorcycle?
- What may you need to adjust when you're carrying a heavy load on your motorcycle?
- What might need to be adjusted if you carry a pillion passenger?
- What might you need to adjust when you carry a heavy load on your motorcycle?
- What must you do when you're carrying a load on your motorcycle's luggage rack?
- What must you have if you want to carry a pillion passenger on your motorcycle?
- What must your motorcycle have if you're going to carry a pillion passenger?
- What should a pillion passenger do while they're being carried on a motorcycle?
- What should you be aware of when you ride a sidecar outfit for the first time?
- What should you check when you fit a sidecar to your motorcycle?
- What should you do before fitting a sidecar to a motorcycle?
- What should you do if a trailer you're towing swerves or snakes?
- What should you do when you tow a trailer with your motorcycle?
- What should your pillion passenger do while you're riding around a bend?
- What's the maximum width allowed for a trailer being towed by a motorcycle?
- What's the speed limit on a single carriageway road for a motorcycle towing a trailer?
- When can you carry a child as a pillion passenger?
- When may you tow a trailer behind your motorcycle?
- Who's responsible for making sure that a motorcycle is correctly loaded?
- You hold a provisional motorcycle licence. Are you allowed to carry a pillion passenger?
- You're carrying a pillion passenger on your motorcycle. What should you do when you're following other traffic?
- You're carrying a pillion passenger on your motorcycle. What should you adjust to allow for the extra weight?
- You're using throwover saddlebags. Why is it important to make sure they're evenly loaded?