6R - "auto transmission only" - what??

[musicman]

Ok so I got my licence in the mail today, 1F + 6R. Turned it over and on the back it said "Only vehicle with automatic transmission to be used". It doesn't say this on my temporary paper licence.

Is this correct? Does anyone else's 6R say that? And if yes... why? I would have thought almost all motorcycles are manual. :confused:

[skidMark]

Testing station was on crack.

[Disco Dan]

Hahahahaha!!!! :clap:

Your just speshel...

At least you got motivation to get your full ;)

[McDuck]

Ok so I got my licence in the mail today, 1F + 6R. Turned it over and on the back it said "Only vehicle with automatic transmission to be used". It doesn't say this on my temporary paper licence.

Is this correct? Does anyone else's 6R say that? And if yes... why? I would have thought almost all motorcycles are manual. :confused:

Take it back they will change it.

[TOTO]

its because of your car licence maybe. are you licenced to drive only auto car ? if thats the case then there is no mistake.

On a side note when I got my 6R they deleted my 1F licence and after that I had to wait till I get my car licence again for a week. They are not the most observent there in the AA, but i guess if you call them and insist on compensation they may give you a tank licence for free, or at least a truck and trailer. try it. :niceone:

[Nasty]

have you only got a motorbike license or are you able to drive a car as well i.e. a 1 .... I would think that is what the note on the back is for ... but I think going to AA and doing a 'please explain' is a good idea.

[CookMySock]

nah leave it like that.. it will give you something to argue with the cops about lol

"IS THIS BIKE AUTOMATIC, SON!!!" (officer, glaring)

tiny voice - "no sir.."


DB

[nodrog]

it means you have to buy a scooter

[Qkchk]

If you sit your 1R in an Automatic you will get it stamped with the 'Automatic Gearbox only' condition. Did you happen to sit the 6R on a CVT or Auto Gearbox? (Scooter for example) If you did your test on a manual - take it back and ask them to rectify it.

Its not a big issue - as soon as you get your full the condition will disappear. Class 1 or 6.

[jrandom]

Back in the day, I sat my 1R in my 1963 Valiant with push-button Torqueflite auto transmission.

The tester was so impressed with my ability to drive the barge that he left the 'auto only' flag off my licence.

Or maybe he just forgot.

Or maybe he didn't notice me surreptitiously pushing the buttons on the right-hand side of the steering column, then couldn't remember, after the test, what I was doing to change gear, and thought he'd play it safe.

:clap:

[scracha]

Bwahahaha. Suzuki Burgman anyone?

[tone_crafter]

Ok so I got my licence in the mail today, 1F + 6R. Turned it over and on the back it said "Only vehicle with automatic transmission to be used". It doesn't say this on my temporary paper licence.

Is this correct? Does anyone else's 6R say that? And if yes... why? I would have thought almost all motorcycles are manual. :confused:

If you have you full car licence then you can drive a manual even if you sit the licence in an auto so it's nothing to do with the class 1 part of the licence. I'd say they just made a mistake.

[musicman]

its because of your car licence maybe. are you licenced to drive only auto car ? if thats the case then there is no mistake.

On a side note when I got my 6R they deleted my 1F licence and after that I had to wait till I get my car licence again for a week. They are not the most observent there in the AA, but i guess if you call them and insist on compensation they may give you a tank licence for free, or at least a truck and trailer. try it. :niceone:

Tank licence! :lol:


If you sit your 1R in an Automatic you will get it stamped with the 'Automatic Gearbox only' condition. Did you happen to sit the 6R on a CVT or Auto Gearbox? (Scooter for example) If you did your test on a manual - take it back and ask them to rectify it.

Its not a big issue - as soon as you get your full the condition will disappear. Class 1 or 6.


have you only got a motorbike license or are you able to drive a car as well i.e. a 1 .... I would think that is what the note on the back is for ... but I think going to AA and doing a 'please explain' is a good idea.

There is no such condition on my 1F + 6R temporary paper licence, I did the 6R test with a normal motorcycle. The condition was not on my 1F + 6L licence either.

I guess I'll be giving LTNZ a call then.

[firefighter]

lucky you ont have my luck!, i'd have been pulled over driving my manual cage the instant I recieved that licence and ticketed for breaching conditions of licence!

[musicman]

lucky you ont have my luck!, i'd have been pulled over driving my manual cage the instant I recieved that licence and ticketed for breaching conditions of licence!

Well I'm still carrying around my paper licence which doesn't expire until 2 May, so if I get pulled over I'll just show them that.

Anyway I just gave LTNZ a call, they said I have a 1F so that condition shouldn't apply, and it doesn't apply to 6R, so it was a mistake.

He said it probably got back on there cos I applied for my 1F and 6R tests on the same day (and sat the tests on the same day too).

[Ixion]

its because of your car licence maybe. are you licenced to drive only auto car ? if thats the case then there is no mistake.

On a side note when I got my 6R they deleted my 1F licence and after that I had to wait till I get my car licence again for a week. They are not the most observent there in the AA, but i guess if you call them and insist on compensation they may give you a tank licence for free, or at least a truck and trailer. try it. :niceone:

No such thing as a tank licence. It's a T endorsement, to a licence valid for the gross laden weight of the tank (including ammunition) . (A class 2 or 4 depending on how much your tank weighs. ).

No, I am not pulling your leg. This is perfectly true. Armoured cars would be a W endorsement (probably to a Class 1F, but I don't know how much armoured cars weigh. Might have to be a Class 2 )

[xwhatsit]

Ixion's quite right, you know. He knows, he had to get one of those for his GT750 Waterbus.

[KelvinAng]

Digging up an old thread... I've just received my 1F+6F license in the mail, and presto, the old "only vehicle with automatic transmission to be used" condition is printed on the back. It really isn't that difficult to get this right, is it? :dodge:

[kasper]

On a side note when I got my 6R they deleted my 1F license and after that I had to wait till I get my car licence again for a week.

Had the same thing happen when i went for my 5F they deleted all my other licenses 1,2,3,4,6,Dangerous good and Forklift.

I went back in and asked them if they had a truck and trailer i could borrow to get home, They quickly fixed the mistake after half the counter staff cracked up laughing. (we got on well there) the TGA CBD AA staff like muffins.

--kasper

[Elysium]

Oh well, you may have to get yourself a Honda DN-01

[TOTO]

Digging up an old thread... I've just received my 1F+6F license in the mail, and presto, the old "only vehicle with automatic transmission to be used" condition is printed on the back. It really isn't that difficult to get this right, is it? :dodge:

I am pretty sure that when you get a full licence that condition about automatic vehicles is supposed to be deleted from yous licence. I am however no legal expert. Someone like Ixion or Qkchk should be able to help you out with advice.

[PeteMun]

So sitting your 1r in a auto makes you unsafe to drive a manual but 1f in a auto makes you safe to drive a manual ??

:laugh::laugh::laugh:

[Thani-B]

Had the same thing happen when i went for my 5F they deleted all my other licenses 1,2,3,4,6,Dangerous good and Forklift.

I went back in and asked them if they had a truck and trailer i could borrow to get home, They quickly fixed the mistake after half the counter staff cracked up laughing. (we got on well there) the TGA CBD AA staff like muffins.

--kasper

lol! I want to do that.. get all my licences I mean.

[kasper]

Still got a while to go
V, I, O, P, W, T, R, and alike.
but it is great when people look at the license and coment on the funny number code at the botom. their look is pricless when they learn that it mean licnese classes

--kasper

[MarkH]

Digging up an old thread... I've just received my 1F+6F license in the mail, and presto, the old "only vehicle with automatic transmission to be used" condition is printed on the back. It really isn't that difficult to get this right, is it? :dodge:


What it means is that you need a new bike after all it IS a condition of your license that you only operate vehicles with an automatic transmission.

You have a choice of scooters from many brands: Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha, Gilera, Vespa, etc.
Or
Honda DN-01
Or
How about an 850cc naked bike - buy an Aprilia Mana (http://motorcycles.about.com/od/aprilia/fr/09_aprilia_mana.htm)

I also found http://www.ridleymotorcycles.com/ when I googled 'automatic motorcycles'.

You better hurry up and go buy a new bike, you don't want to be a law breaker do you?

[KelvinAng]

So sitting your 1r in a auto makes you unsafe to drive a manual but 1f in a auto makes you safe to drive a manual ??

:laugh::laugh::laugh:

It's one of those un-unravellable mysterious of the universe.


What it means is that you need a new bike after all it IS a condition of your license that you only operate vehicles with an automatic transmission.

...

You better hurry up and go buy a new bike, you don't want to be a law breaker do you?

That Aprilla Mana actually looks nice... :blink: now, if only I had won Big Wednesday...