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j.silvs
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PostPosted: 16:06 - 08 Apr 2014    Post subject: MOT Confusion Reply with quote

Me again...

So I am hopefully near the end of putting my GSXR back on the road. It will be eligible for a daytime MOT.

I have spoken to my insurance and they do not require it to be MOT'd after the total loss but advise it.

I will deco be getting it MOT'd but not be able to straight away. Can I legally ride it on the old one even if I have taken all lights off the bike?

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PostPosted: 16:09 - 08 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

No MOT needed, would not bother.

I've removed lights after MOT and added them after MOT. I've never bothered, MOT is valid on day of test only anyway really....
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PostPosted: 16:12 - 08 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah I thought as much.

I just know I will be pulled by the Rozzas due to my bike and just wanted to see if it was a legal thing to get that re-done.

Also I am not painting it yet. Its mainly white with a black tank.. Should I be doing a colour change? I don't want to change to white as I don't know what I will be painting it to yet!
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PostPosted: 16:13 - 08 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

There is no daylight MOT. It has an advisory for lights not tested.

That is all.
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PostPosted: 16:24 - 08 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

An MOT doesn't tell you if the bike is legal, just whether it is roadworthy. For example, the speedo is not tested on the MOT, but it is illegal to ride without one.
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PostPosted: 16:26 - 08 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

See, OP is keeping a brake light, which does break the daytime MOT reg, but he doesn't care Wink

You need a speedo, doesn't have to work though.. Just be present.
A horn.
A number plate.

That is all.

This is my daytime MOT monkey bike.

https://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b545/paddynewman/fanny_zps569b71b4.jpg

Speedo, didn't work.
Horn, it was deadly silent.
Numberplate, present.

Having one light technically means all lights, people do ignore this, doubt they'll get prosecuted but they cry about people not knowing they are braking, don't brake, get in front of cars, simple as. Laughing
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PostPosted: 17:03 - 08 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

mpd72 wrote:
Ah, OK, good info - cheers. I always thought they were different.

How would you know your bike's still legal though, without being tested, if you remove stuff?

Say, the OP removed the brake light or speedo? What do you need,
is it just a front and rear operated brake light and a speedo of some sorts?


It doesn't matter.

If your bike fell over and broke a lever, you replace it. Do you take it back for an mot?

Where do you stop?

Plus, as above, there is no daytime mot. the reason you can't ride at night is because it has no lights, not because of some mystical mot.
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PostPosted: 20:15 - 08 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

weasley wrote:
An MOT doesn't tell you if the bike is legal, just whether it is roadworthy.

It tells you whether it passed a strictly limited set of tests at some point up to a year in the past.

If you have an MOT issued in the past year, then the only consideration is Construction and Use.
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