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PostPosted: 18:58 - 09 Apr 2012    Post subject: pillion pegs and mot ? Reply with quote
hello all, on my zx7r there are no grab handles and it has a plastic cover on the rear seat so looks like a single seater, now question is do i need the pillion pegs on for a mot ?
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iMark
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PostPosted: 19:02 - 09 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nope

Pillion Pegs are only needed if you are carrying a pillion.
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Kickstart
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PostPosted: 19:49 - 09 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi

Afraid you need pillion pegs if you have a pillion seat.

Whether they would fail you if the pillion seat is covered it another question.

All the best

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iMark
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PostPosted: 20:15 - 09 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Another Forum wrote:
You do need rear pegs if you have a rear seat.

But if you have a rear cowl then you dont need pegs for an MOT.


Hmm, Seems to be mixed responses on this then? Smile



https://www.motinfo.gov.uk/htdocs/m1s06000201.htm

That says "Are not required on single seat"
Having a cowl on the pillion seat, makes it a single seater? Smile
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Wafer_Thin_Ham
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PostPosted: 20:18 - 09 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ask the tester. Wink

I've had plenty of bikes pass with a single seat unit/cover and pillion pegs. Unsure on the actual MOT rule.
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carvell
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PostPosted: 20:21 - 09 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Actual rules are here, if you want to check:
https://www.transportoffice.gov.uk/crt/doitonline/bl/mottestingmanualsandguides/mottestingmanualsandguides.htm

(official website)
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Kickstart
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PostPosted: 21:22 - 09 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
iMark wrote:

That says "Are not required on single seat"
Having a cowl on the pillion seat, makes it a single seater? Smile


Good question, as strictly speaking there is still a pillion seat there, just with a cover lobbed on top of it.

But it is probably going to come down to how sensible the MOT tester is.

All the best

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Clanger
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PostPosted: 22:04 - 09 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
iMark wrote:
Having a cowl on the pillion seat, makes it a single seater? Smile


I had a cowl covering my rear seat, and I had the pillion pegs removed. That bike passed it's MOT every single year afterwards (some 9 years).

HTH. Thumbs Up
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Wafer_Thin_Ham
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PostPosted: 22:10 - 09 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Clanger wrote:
iMark wrote:
Having a cowl on the pillion seat, makes it a single seater? Smile


I had a cowl covering my rear seat, and I had the pillion pegs removed. That bike passed it's MOT every single year afterwards (some 9 years).

HTH. Thumbs Up


Had a cover on a few of my bikes and it passed with the pegs on. Go figure. Laughing
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The Tot
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PostPosted: 22:35 - 10 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
I can confirm that my bike passed it's MOT today with the single seat conversion on... and has done so for the last few years!

But I remember asking that if you have a seat pad on the back and no pegs, then they will advise you source some.
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PostPosted: 06:32 - 11 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
My pillion seat hardley gets used so the pegs get very stiff to move/ The bike filed an MOT because of this. They had to be free moving.
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