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-Ali-
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PostPosted: 15:38 - 07 May 2005    Post subject: making a bike roal legal Reply with quote
ok i want a motorcros bike that can handle being ragged off road yet i want something for the road in 125cc form. is it possible to take a motorcross bike and make it road legal. what would i have to do?
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Korn
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PostPosted: 16:03 - 07 May 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Road legal tyres, a number plate and a horn. That will get you a daylight MOT, or if you want a full MOT you will need a headlight, brake light and tail light which illuminates the numberplate. You don't need indicators or mirrors in either case.
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-Ali-
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PostPosted: 18:14 - 07 May 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
what are road legal tyres? whats the specification
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garth
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PostPosted: 19:04 - 07 May 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Laughing

Road legal tyres are ones you can use on the road. Rolling Eyes

I.e Motocross tyres are not road legal, due to the tread pattern.

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WalkeruK88
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PostPosted: 23:08 - 07 May 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
road legal = not to knobbly ur stupid anyway if u have big knobblies on a road they dont grip at all
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sickpup
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PostPosted: 23:44 - 07 May 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Korn wrote:
Road legal tyres, a number plate and a horn. That will get you a daylight MOT, or if you want a full MOT you will need a headlight, brake light and tail light which illuminates the numberplate. You don't need indicators or mirrors in either case.


Any motorised vehicle that can exceed 30mph requires a brake light.

All motorised vehicles on uk roads require a rear facing red reflector but it may be part of the rear light len's.

The rear light doesn't have to illuminate the number plate but the number plate must be illuminated on a standard MOT.
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mr motorbiker
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PostPosted: 00:03 - 08 May 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
you may have to take into account sound emmisions. my cr125 is at least 5 times louder than my rs125.

motorcross 125's put out 40 bhp so it depends on your liscence aswell.

to me it seems like a pain when you can buy a supermoto and just change to off road tyres at weekends.
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G
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PostPosted: 00:07 - 08 May 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Quite a high proportion of motorcross tyres are actually road legal.
However the stickier ones will die on the road quite quickly, as mentioned they also don't grip very well.

Also consider how regularly you will have to do rebuilds on the engine; rack up road miles are you could be talking weekly rebuilds!

I would look more at a road designed motorcross bike such as a dr125. These can still be ragged off road; though you won't be winning any races Smile, they are also pretty good 125cc road bikes.
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Korn
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PostPosted: 00:31 - 08 May 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
sickpup wrote:
Any motorised vehicle that can exceed 30mph requires a brake light.

Nope, not on a daylight MOT. I have an R6 race bike which is MOT'd and road legal, all it has to achieve MOT is a numberplate and a clamp-on horn Very Happy
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WalkeruK88
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PostPosted: 00:43 - 08 May 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
most mx bikes can only run a maximum of 12 hours before needing a complete rebuild and piston rings / gaskets changing
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sickpup
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PostPosted: 22:46 - 08 May 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi Korn

Yep your right. All changed since I had a daylight MOT.
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