MOT Fails X 3 - Grrrrr

[TheGazWaz]

GSXR 1000 K3 failed MOT Friday gone. Work all done, £190 lighter but full years MOT.

Failed on three things.
1. Back break switch wasn't activating break light (I check this nearly every time I ride. Bad luck I suppose. New switch fitted)

2. Reflector on rear number plate or there lack of.

3. Aftermarket HID headlight beam.

Number 3 was where all the labor charges were. When I bought the bike from RightBike last year they put a full years MOT on it for me so I didn't even consider the front head light being an issue. It wasn't just that it was a HID it was more that it had no focus for them to test it. It was just outputting this brilliant white light that lit the whole world up which I thought was fab for getting seen. I guess the guy in the MX5 in front of me wasn't too happy though.

Anyway, I'm now back to a normal dipped beam with the HID now in my main beam.

The wife went a bit crazy when I told her how much it cost. Before the MOT I did the head bearings and brake pads all round so that saved £200.

Just need some nice weather now.
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Went like this.. 43 years old(2013) decided to do CBT to get a 125 for new job. Bought 2011 YBR, loved it for three months then hated it because it was too god damn slow. Did DAS 4 months later then bought RF600 Loved it, sold it bought Bandit 1200(K3). EFFIN lOVED IT. Wanted something a bit more sporty so got Triumph Sprint ST 955i (53). Not sporty enough so now on my GSXR 1000 K3 and absolutely love it. 1 year down the line, nearly died way too many times on this bike. Sold it. Had a 6 month break. Missed biking so now, Aug 2019 have a 1999 ZX9r. What a beauty she is too.

[stinkwheel]

An HID bulb in a non-HID lamp is now a specific and automatic MOT fail.

It wasn't this time last year.

I predict further epic quantities of butthurt over this in the coming year.
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[iooi]

1 & 2...

User error. Should have picked this up before you took it..
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Just because my bike was A DIVVY, does not mean i am......

[Fisty]

BRAKE*
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[Evil Hans]

[Kentol750]

Whilst not 'wanting' to hijack post, what's the issue with brake light switch? Touch sensitive or certain foot pounds of pressure?
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Some bikes.

[TheGazWaz]

Yeah 1 & 2 should have been sorted by me. I was so busy doing head bearings, new indicators, brake pads and the like I must have missed it.

You may also notice that in the last sentence I wrote 'BRAKE' correctly.

I have no excuse other than the instinctive nature of my typing habits to get this wrong every time I type it.

forgive me.
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Went like this.. 43 years old(2013) decided to do CBT to get a 125 for new job. Bought 2011 YBR, loved it for three months then hated it because it was too god damn slow. Did DAS 4 months later then bought RF600 Loved it, sold it bought Bandit 1200(K3). EFFIN lOVED IT. Wanted something a bit more sporty so got Triumph Sprint ST 955i (53). Not sporty enough so now on my GSXR 1000 K3 and absolutely love it. 1 year down the line, nearly died way too many times on this bike. Sold it. Had a 6 month break. Missed biking so now, Aug 2019 have a 1999 ZX9r. What a beauty she is too.

[bikenut]

1. Back break switch wasn't activating break light (I check this nearly every time I ride. Bad luck I suppose. New switch fitted)

I prep'd a moped for mot and rode it there, great fun and it would do nearly 40mph!!! even if it was restricted to 30 by design.

Got to the testing station all fine and left it for its test. I came back about an hour later and he said " I couldnt test it cos the back wheels flat!!"

Bugger me, i rode it there
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[bikenut]

1. Back break switch wasn't activating break light (I check this nearly every time I ride. Bad luck I suppose. New switch fitted)

I prep'd a moped for mot and rode it there, great fun and it would do nearly 40mph!!! even if it was restricted to 30 by design.

Got to the testing station all fine and left it for its test. I came back about an hour later and he said " I couldnt test it cos the back wheels flat!!"

Bugger me, i rode it there
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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

[bikenut]

1. Back break switch wasn't activating break light (I check this nearly every time I ride. Bad luck I suppose. New switch fitted)

I prep'd a moped for mot and rode it there, great fun and it would do nearly 40mph!!! even if it was restricted to 30 by design.

Got to the testing station all fine and left it for its test. I came back about an hour later and he said " I couldnt test it cos the back wheels flat!!"

Bugger me, i rode it there
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[bikenut]

dam computer is not fully awake yet, its not me i promise.....

anyways the guy loans me some tools so i take off the back wheel and go home by bus. I fixed the puncture and went back the next day, fitted the rear wheel etc. and it sailed thru an mot.
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[A100man]

[Courier265]

[Jim Mc]

[Pjay]

[stinkwheel]

Most dysfunctional brake light switches need a spray of WD40 and a wiggle.

My local MOT guy knows this. He fails it then sprays/wiggles, then passes it on the re-test.

I have an MOT so he has a happy customer. VOSA see him failing vehicles so they don't come and inspect him.

Mind you. Last time I took my 350 bullet for an MOT, he got to the back wheel and said "What the fuck do you call that!?" as he wobbled it from side to side. Must have been a good inch of sideways play at the rim. Wheel bearings had totally collapsed on the way there. I had noticed it shimmying a little on the last couple of corners but had put it down to diesel on the road.

As it happened, I had a spare set of bearings and all the tools to change them (less a hammer) on the bike so I fixed them in his carpark.
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[bikenut]

Vosa will visit even if you don't fail enough
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[M.C]

I've never even got an advisory from my place, they must get investigated all the time

[bikenut]

Locally even a farm is a testing station, wtf vosa!!!

They are very busy people and are out and about all over the place.....this can only increase as more vehicles become mot exempt, a really stupid idea imho.
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[Jim Mc]