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BravoCharlie
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PostPosted: 19:45 - 29 Jun 2014    Post subject: Question regarding the MOT Reply with quote
Hey Guys!

so I'm trying to get the bike ready for it's MOT, everything seems good except the speedometer and the fact I snapped the brake lever today (new one has been ordered). I was reading up on the MOT requirements, and it seems to say that the bikes Speedo will not be checked for the MOT. Anyone know if this is true? it's on my to do list to fix, but I won't have a great deal of time to do so this week, and I really want the bike tested!

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https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/219090/your-motorbike-and-the-mot.pdf

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PostPosted: 19:46 - 29 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
no one rides or moves bike for mot so I wouldn't worry about it been picked up
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PostPosted: 19:59 - 29 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
gavcarter wrote:
no one rides or moves bike for mot so I wouldn't worry about it been picked up


I didn't know this, I've only ever had to MOT a bike once and never hung about, so thanks for that Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 21:00 - 29 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Needs to be fitted, does not need to work. That said it is a legal requirement on the road for it to be working, so leave the cable attached after MOT and cable tie it up, just snapped officer. Whistle
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PostPosted: 21:17 - 29 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mine's been broken for the last 3 MOTs and they've entered the same mileage each time...so no, it doesn't get tested.
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PostPosted: 21:44 - 29 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cheers guys,

New lever is on it's way, MOT it on Thursday (hopefully), then sort the Speedo on Sunday Smile
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PostPosted: 08:48 - 30 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
gavcarter wrote:
no one rides or moves bike for mot so I wouldn't worry about it been picked up


Don't they....

How do they get it from where you parked to the testing area?
Or off the brake tester to be able to check the rest of the bike... Laughing
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PostPosted: 09:49 - 30 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
iooi wrote:
gavcarter wrote:
no one rides or moves bike for mot so I wouldn't worry about it been picked up


Don't they....

How do they get it from where you parked to the testing area?
Or off the brake tester to be able to check the rest of the bike... Laughing


the brake testing unit doesnt need the bike on to test them Smile
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PostPosted: 10:07 - 30 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
jimjam93 wrote:
...the brake testing unit doesnt need the bike on to test them Smile

This is true. My lad's bike has a knackered starter so needs to be push started. Not failed an MOT because of it.

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gavcarter wrote:
no one...moves bike for mot ...
They're moved but I doubt fast enough to trouble the speedometer.
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PostPosted: 10:12 - 30 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
I often look at my speedo when about to go past a speed camera. Not saying it would fail an MOT but for me it's a necessity for legal riding.
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BravoCharlie
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PostPosted: 18:22 - 30 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ive came home today from work and had a little play about with the bike, checking it all over, turning it over etc.

Took it a tiny bimble and the speedo now works! Who knows!


Now... how to deal with the big bastard spider under my tank...
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PostPosted: 22:03 - 30 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
gavcarter wrote:
no one rides or moves bike for mot so I wouldn't worry about it been picked up
Bikes can be and are ridden by the testers, I have had several bikes ridden 2-3 miles during the test. They were usually trying to find out if I had the bog roll stuffed under the fork seal caps Mr. Green granted, these tests were in N.I were the testers are generally a shower of bastards looking to line their own pockets through overtime with the retests.
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PostPosted: 22:16 - 30 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah, they won't ride them here.
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PostPosted: 22:19 - 30 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Paddy. wrote:
Yeah, they won't ride them here.
They might be soon, the DVA and DVLA are joining force in August, we have already been told we will be getting that silly no insurance must sorn nonsense.
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PostPosted: 22:23 - 30 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
moonzoomer wrote:
Paddy. wrote:
Yeah, they won't ride them here.
They might be soon, the DVA and DVLA are joining force in August, we have already been told we will be getting that silly no insurance must sorn nonsense.


That is ok, we have that.

My tester will not ride my bike. Likely some don't even have licences Laughing
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PostPosted: 22:23 - 30 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi

The mainland MOT manual has no mention of a speedo. They can look at it all they like but not something they can fail it on.

The NI MOT test is rather gold plated in comparison with all sorts of extra things tested.

All the best

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PostPosted: 22:26 - 30 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Kickstart wrote:
The mainland MOT manual has no mention of a speedo. They can look at it all they like but not something they can fail it on.


Shocked Indeed.

So a speedo is NOT required at all on all "daytime" MOT bikes meaning I now save £25 for every bike I get done. Laughing
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PostPosted: 22:29 - 30 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi

Daytime MOT is such a fudge that half the testers seem to make up extra rules. Read them and you can have a brake light (but NOT a rear position lamp, and most brake lights are compared stop / tail lights) and still get a daytime MOT, but most seem to not allow that.

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PostPosted: 22:33 - 30 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Paddy. wrote:
Kickstart wrote:
The mainland MOT manual has no mention of a speedo. They can look at it all they like but not something they can fail it on.


Shocked Indeed.

So a speedo is NOT required at all on all "daytime" MOT bikes meaning I now save £25 for every bike I get done. Laughing
Pretty much, the N.I MOT requires a speedo as we have a land border with ROI which means the speedo must work and also be calibrated in KPH and MPH, this is a big problem on some models of bikes as the dual readout speedos are a pain to find. Fixing MPH or KPH numbers to the outside of the speedo glass is a fail and stripping some speedos to do an internal conversion is a total nightmare.
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PostPosted: 23:21 - 30 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
If you have lights, the speedo backlight has to work for the MOT. The speedo itself does not.
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My tester will not ride my bike. Likely some don't even have licences Laughing


You have to hold a driving licence for what your are testing to be an MOT tester
Lose your driving licence and lose your MOT licence
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