do i need indicators for a daytime mot ?

[colin1]

do i need indicators and mirrors for a daytime mot ?
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[fuzz]

AFAIK if indicators are fitted they should be in good working order, but I don't think it's a requirement to have them as they are not the only way of signalling a change of direction.
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[McGee]

Yes unless the bike is old like 1985 old i think??
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[sickpup]

Not for an MOT but yes maybe depending on type of bike for construction and use regs.

In theory if any part of the indicators are still intact such as the switch the indicators should work for the MOT.

[colin1]

so if the bike has never been fitted with indicators or mirrors cos its been a race bike, I wdnt need them for an mot then ?
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[0ddball]

As i understand it mirrors are compulsary but indicators aren't (providing you use your arm to signal).

I hope so anyway because i've been riding around with no headlight or indicators (back don't work either when fronts aren't plugged in) for the past week while i repair my fairing.
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[Dischord]

If the bike was designed for offroad use i.e motocross, trackdays then you DON'T need indicators for the MOT. You don't need mirrors either!

The only time you'll really miss indicators is when turning right at a roundabout, oncoming traffic wont stop for you so you'll have to plan a route with no roundabouts or take chances, TBH I'd get it sorted with some indicators.
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[stinkwheel]

I can assure you that you do not need mirrors for an MOT. Not sure if a 'daylight only' MOT actually exists as such any more.

Here are the vehicles exempt from indiactors according to the testers manual:

[sickpup]

[colin1]

Ive ridden bicycles for years so im used to using arm signals. The connections on my indicators have played up on frequent occasions so Im used to doing arm signals on that too.

Im not bothered about beings topped by a copper as its unlikely but what i need to get through an mot is more important.

I'll ring a few garages tomorrow and see if they do daytime mot's and what the rules they follow are.
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[Type_Mo]

Mirrors you dont need for a MOT

indicators you need if you have a switch.
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[colin1]

that sounds promising
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[cc123]

Who needs indicators and mirrors?? Your on a bike and you be WAY ahead of the competition on the road
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[Dark]

You don't need mirrirs or indicators for a daytime MOT. It didn't matter whether the switch for the indicators was there or not as far as the last MOT bloke that slapped a daytime MOT on my last bike was concerned.

But the MOT bloke did say that if you had one one light working you had to have them all working. I was dubious about not having a brake light!
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[colin1]

Thanx. a definitive answer from dark just after i phoned an mot place that told me the same thing

although apparently i need to have a horn
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[Ste]

You do, although you can take the piss a bit.

https://www.wallabykids.com/images/bicycles/kidshonkerhorn.jpg

[colin1]

cool
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[Shaun]

hahahahahahahahaha

You're going to buy that triumph aren't you ya dumb bastard. Lets see if they give it an MOT when you turn up and have to lean it against the wall to park it.

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[colin1]

the funny thing is, its actually gonna be more tricky to get an mot for the speed four (unfaired tt600) as it doesnt come with a legal can but the race tt600 has both.

The seller of the speed four reckons I could get a triumph dealer to lend me a legal can for an mot but my local triumph dealer doesnt do mots.

I have no problem leaning a bike against a wall as i did it for months with my rs125.

Dont call me a dumb bastard u ignorant prick.
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[colin1]

well i spoke to the mot tester up the road from me and he is happy to do it as long as i fit a horn. If he gives me the mot certificate Im not bothered about whether he understands the rules right.

If it comes to it, I can always fit lights for a few hundred anyway.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Depends if you get given a defect ticket from a copper who decides to be a pain, giving you 2 weeks to get it sorted or scrapped. The MOT does not make it legal.

All the best

Keith
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