Once your CBT has been completed, you’ll receive a certificate (DL196) to prove you have successfully completed the motorcycle training course. However, in most cases, if you wish to carry pillion passengers (and ride without L plates / ride on the motorway) you’ll need to obtain a full license, which includes passing a theory and practical test.
The only way it can be possible, is if you have a car licence and a CBT certificate (or just a car licence provided it was acquired before 1 February 2001). Then you automatically have a ‘full’ moped licence, meaning you can ride a moped with no L-plate, and you can carry a pillion passenger. If you don’t have a car licence (just your provisional and a CBT) you cannot carry pillion passengers – unless you’ve done the AM moped license and passed your moped theory and practical tests.
So, when people ask us ‘can you carry a pillion passenger on a CBT?’ we must ask several questions before we can provide accurate advice!