Think broken footrest spring is an MOT failure?

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

The return spring snapped on my left hand footrest several months ago. I've been riding the bike without a problem or even noticing. I mean gravity does a pretty good job of returning the footrest. The spring just helps.

I've got new springs for both side ordered, but not sure when they'll come and I need an MOT in the next week. The MOT manual states that you can fail if a footrest is "missing or insecure".

Do you reckon it's a fail if I get it tested before the parts arrive?
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doggone · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 May 2004 Karma :

I haven't noticed them check it.
There tends to be certain things highlighted periodically.
I noticed this time they were big on petrol tank cap gasket not leaky or damaged.

MCN · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Jul 2015 Karma :

There's a period of grace for fails.
I can't remember how many days you get to rectify and return for the part to be inspected FOC.

And some things may not be categorised as a fail but an advisory.

Advisories are usually things that may fail the next MOT test.

Book your MOT for the nearest estimate for your springs arriving.
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slowasyoulike · Scooby Slapper Joined: 17 May 2021 Karma :

As long as no-one pissed on your tester's cornflakes on the morning of the test, that's an advisory; nothing more.

WD Forte · World Chat Champion Joined: 17 Jun 2010 Karma :

I think its the same as car MOTs .
10 working days are allowed to fix your shit in time for a free retest.
As above, I'd say a missing spring does not make the footrest
'missing or insecure' just less convenient.
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MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

Could you position a figure 8 elastic band around it so that one loop is over the footrest and one loop is over the hanger? That way the elastic band will ping the footrest back to the flat position when lifted, and it'll meet any requirements for a test?
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blurredman · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Sep 2010 Karma :

I've had this mentioned to me years ago on my GPZ500 by the tester, that the footrest wasn't springing down on it's own. But it wasn't marked down even as an advisory.

Just give it a go- Why not present the bike as it is and fix later and tell us how it went? If you're willing to waste the time for us.... Laughing

10 working days is the return window for the MOT.
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Islander · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Aug 2012 Karma :

It shouldn't be a fail - maybe an advisory at the worst. The insecure part refers to the actual mounting so as long as it's secured to the frame and the pin that it swivels on isn't going to fall out, you should be good. If you're worried then just wire it into the down position.

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

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

It passed with no advisories so that's that.

Only covered 3,500 miles since last year. In fact I've only done 6,800 miles since March 2020. Which given that I used to regularly top 15,000 per year shows how much less I'm travelling for work.
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