o.andrews

You're right Grouch. I also just got a call off a well informed police officer who said that regardless of whether the bike may have lost some bhp over the years, it is still in black and white. If the bike came out of the factory with 100bhp it remains that throughout and would therefore be illegal for me to restrict it to the legal 46bhp. Looks like I'm going to have to sell it and get an XJ6-N instead. Thanks for the help!

Hi Noise! Thanks a lot for your response, I'm awaiting call back from a police officer to see if this would work. Hopefully it's not all in black and white. I'll update

HI all, I'm new here and in fact a new bike enthusiast. I'm 21 and I bought a Thundercat 600 in January with all my tests booked before the new laws came in. Unfortunately my test was cancelled 3 times because of the snow which means now I must abide by the new laws. I already have a good idea of what I can and cannot do but there is one rule that is causing me problems: "You cannot restrict a bike more than 50% its total bhp". Now, brand new my bike would have been producing 100bhp meaning getting it to the legal 46bhp would be illegal.. just. But since its now 14 years old, I'm fairly sure it will have lost a few horses. If I was to somehow prove it was now 92bhp or below then restrict it, would that make it legal? If not, well come grab a bargain.. http://yamahaclub.com/forums/classifieds/item/2-yamaha-thundercat-600/ All the best, Oli