Rear Reflector, Legal requirement?

Fahd · World Chat Champion Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Karma :

I've just been fiddling with my CBR's rear end (yes it sounds gay when you read it Rolling Eyes

) and wanted to know whether or not it's a legal requirement to keep the rear reflector on (the red one that sits on the black plastic below the plate).

Is it also required for the MOT? thanks.
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..... · Quote Me Happy Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Karma :

Yep, you need one for the MOT.

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Wafer_Thin_Ham · Super Spammer Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Karma :

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salty21 · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Karma :

depends where you go, my first mot on the nsr failed for it and i had to fit one so i nicked one off my old push bike and blue tacked it on, then pulled it off again outside the mot place, but that was a stratstone main dealer type thing.

for its last mot i took it to a back street type garage and they never mentioned it.....along with 2 screws in the rear that i covered in marker and some front pads that were near the metal Laughing

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Kal · World Chat Champion Joined: 02 Jan 2007 Karma :

Yes it is a fail item, however the reflector isn't codified apart from it must be red and it must be aparent.

The one on the back of Bounce is a little round blob the size of my thumb print stuck in the corner of the numberplate
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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

It is a requirement but some light lenses have a built in reflector.

Most motorcycdle MOT stations will have a sheet of sticky-backed reflectors and will stick one on for you if it is missing.

If someone failed a bike of mine on no rear reflector I would never go back there for anything else (other than five minutes later for the retest with a random bit of red reflector I picked off the road at a busy junction gaffa taped to it.).
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Fahd · World Chat Champion Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Karma :

Awesome, cheers for the 'speedy' replies guys. Thumbs Up

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