Strange mot advisories

[Ebbs73]

It's not a moan as it passed but ...

Took my 1979 cb250 super dream for an Mot 3 months early as I'm going to sell it .

Some of the advisories seem a bit odd , I'll list them all just to give balance as some are fair enough .

Chain and sprocket worn ( not excessively )
Exhaust is leaking but excessively
No chain guard ??
No neutral light ? ( it works so not sure )
Rusty mudguard ?
Foot rests worn ?
Gear lever pivot bush worn ?

First two are fair and I knew this but as I'm selling I'm not worried but the others .
Is he just filling it in to look like he's been busy checking it my bike over .


He did say don't worry as it's an old bike .

Just thought I'd share .

[CaNsA]

Whats the reg of the bike?

[Ebbs73]

FJH214V

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last advisory I got was worn wheel bearings

did another 1000 miles before I changed them

[Ste]

[CaNsA]

From https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/

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[Ebbs73]

If I was keeping it I certainly would but I want a shiney bike so I need the space , I'll put it in the advert what's needed .

He mentioned the bearing last year but nothing this year .

Just a couple seem very strange .

[Ste]

Which seem very strange?

[Shaft]

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

Sounds like a good tester. Had you mentioned you were going to sell it?

[Nobby the Bastard]

[Ebbs73]

The chain guard , didn't really take much notice it didn't have one , but now I stands out , worn pegs and the mudguard , it's a chrome one that's had better days but it's solid as a rock and the neutral light , seems a strange few for advisories .
I'm not moaning though , just I've never had anything close to them before .
He's a nice bloke , I always go there .

I didn't mention I was selling , I wondered off and had a full English .

Chris

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[Ebbs73]

Of course , I'll paste the advisories up in my ad , I'm not that type of seller .

Im sure most wouldn't be scared of that list .

Roll up roll up , cb250 for sale .

[Suntan Sid]

On my bikes previous MOT the only advisory was:-

"Rear reflector not central"

It actually had two reflectors, one either side of the centre line of the bike, I ignored it.
The same bike passed this years MOT with the same reflector arrangement but no advisories, go figure!
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[Andy_Pagin]

"Misty forks" ....
Sounds like a 1970s country music singer.

So I immediate changed my MOT centre forks have been fine ever since.
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[andyscooter]

strangest one I had was either one washer jet wasn't working on the car

had a look under the bonnet and found the pipe wasn't joined so I put a bit of oversized pipe on it to join them works spot on now

or it failed for having a different size tyre on it once

I'm guessing they put different tyres on at some point and had to use the spare which had the oe tyre on
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[Snowdonia Rider]

[Snowdonia Rider]

Oh yeah my GSX had this in 2008, OK it was off the road for years (by previous owner) and it hasn't done many miles since, but it hasn't been picked up on an MOT since.

Test date5 April 2008
Expiry date4 April 2009
Test ResultPass Odometer reading24,468 miles MOT test number1207 1619 8469
Advisory notice item(s)
Rear shock absorber has a slightly reduced damping effect (2.4.A.3b)
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[DrDonnyBrago]

7 MOTs ago I had an advisory for play in the rear shock.

Naturally, I did nothing and haven't heard anything of it since.

[Beehive Bedlam]

I got an advisory for slight play in rear wheel bearings I checked personally noticed he had loosened the rear spindle nut so I nipped it up and the 'slight play' was no more.

He still gave me an advisory 5 months later and almost 10K I still can't feel any play in the bearings.

Personally I think he was just trying to extract money from me (it was freezing at the start of Feb business looked like it was dead) he also strongly suggested I needed a set of new chain and sprockets or I was going to die in the same week which I clearly didn't and I'm still on the same chain and sprockets.

[Teflon-Mike]

I got an advisory for front wheel bearings being 'out of tune'...
Eh?
"Well they make a noise..." He said... "but it's not very melodious...
- you can grease'em
- you can change'em
- or you could try teaching them the score of Sgt Pepper's... your call, really!"
I think it was a 'slow' day for him!

He gives the Seven-Fifty the same Advisory every year "Handlebars rusty"; Otherwise only one I ever seem to get off him on any of the other bikes is "Tyres are old"
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