MOT questions

[crowe]

Hi,

I noticed my ER-5, which currently is not used and lives in the back garden, has ran out of MOT in February. It is insured and i taxed it the other month but didn't think to check the MOT!. It hasn't been on the road this year. I plan to get it MOT'd in April.
Questions:

1-will it still be insured, despite not being on the road?
2-can i get fined/into any kind of trouble for having a late MOT ?
3-Why don't they send you a MOT reminder like they do with Tax??

Cheers,

Crowe
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[blurredman]

yes
no
because government wants you to be late so they can do you.
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[Rogerborg]

To expand:

It's fine - you need insurance to be able to ride to get an MOT, not the other way round.

No, there's no continuous MOT requirement, it's only an offence in you ride on the road (unless on your way to or from an MOT test). There isn't yet a requirement to SORN while you're not MOTd, but I reckon that's only a matter of time though.

There's no reminder because, as with insurance, not enough of the money goes directly into government coffers.
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