Stricter MOT

[Jim Mc]

Now the new stricter MOT has come into force, has anyone had any trouble with their bikes?

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mot-changes-20-may-2018

Just reading on the GOV uk website and trying to understand whether or not I can take my vehicle home to repair it after an MOT failure?

The page seems to contradict itself, initially suggesting you can only take the vehicle away if it still has a valid MOT, then later stating you may take it away to have it repaired. But it does not suggest you can't take it away to repair it yourself, so wondering whether there's any accompanying legislation which clarifies?

https://www.gov.uk/getting-an-mot/after-the-test

[Ste]

[Kal]

[Nobby the Bastard]

Could always call RAC and say it's broken down and get them to tow it home.

But there again, who wants to bring a POS home?
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[grr666]

But it's the 6th today, so two weeks until it comes into force then. Also hire van, drive it home in that if it's a failure.
B&Q do van hire by the hour. It was £14ph last time I did it. Inclusive of fuel. So hardly a bank breaker if you don't want
to chance the ANPR. Different story with cars of course but all you need is a mate with another car or van, some
masking tape (to foil ANPR), an "On Tow" sign and a tow rope. No biggie.
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[Courier265]

[johnsmith222]

[stinkwheel]

Doesn't look like there's much different there.

Same duty of care as if you took it in for a service and they found something dangerous, they'd advise you not to ride it until it was fixed. Doesn't actually stop you doing that, to the best of my knowledge, only the police, VOSA inspectors and traffic officers have the ability to stop you proceeding with a journey. It would be illegal to ride a bike with a dangerous fault regardless of when that fault occurred, doesn't just need to be at the MOT.

They're not going to stand in front of you and stop you taking it out of the yard though. Do what you want. Just be aware if you get stopped and they find a dangerous fault, you're in trouble. Or you might crash and die. Or kill someone else. I've ridden a bike with a snapped front brake cable before today, would have been busted if I was caught.

The MOT exemption for riding to and from a pre-arranged repair is the same as ever and it was always the case that a dangerous vehicle is a dangerous vehicle regardless of what piece of paper or exemtions there are.

In fact, there isn't anything that does make a dangerous vehicle "legal". You could have travelled 100 yards from an MOT pass when something happens to make it dangerous and your fresh MOT certificate isn't a get out of jail free card. Could have blown every bulb on the bike and had the split link fall apart by the end of the road.

EDIT: Driving without an MOT is not endorsable. Technically can be fined up to £1000, more often you'd get a £100 FPN. I'm not at all convinced ANPR even flags it. I've inadvertantly ridden bikes with no MOT for months at a time and only noticed when it refused to let me re-tax them.
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[stinkwheel]

[MCN]

[Rogerborg]

[grr666]

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/945120/MOT-test-check-fine-UK-May-2018-car

Food for thought.
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[Ste]

I suppose if you're riding it home to repair it and then that could make it even more ambiguously vague.

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[ThatDippyTwat]

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[ThatDippyTwat]

[grr666]

To be fair, I've just handed £200 quid over to Fowlers for a service on mine. But they spotted a worn part that
shouldn't be at 1800 miles and have set the warranty claim in motion so it's fixed for free. Dat main agent ting.
Bikes running beautifully though and they have been very decent with me, courtesy bike was free (usually £18) and
I used all of the full tank of fuel it came with spanking it around on Saturday in the sunshine and returned it empty.
They know I have my eye on the MT10, can comfortably afford one and if I do buy one then it's likely going to be from there.
I could probably do more to my bike than I do, but it's a toy so I prefer to spend my spare time playing with it.
I do enjoy fitting new bits and pieces though, to make it 'my own' if you like. I never realised they only did the Sport
Tracker variant for 1 year. Yamaha won't sell you any of the Spacker specific parts unless you can prove you have one
of them already. Why it says Sport Tracker on the V5, I guess. It may turn out to be a canny purchase yet.
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[ThatDippyTwat]

There's a difference between willfully ignorant, and not needing to but can. If it came to the crunch most of us can do what's needed. IME, most car drivers can't. Those that do generally care about the cars, and drive looked after ones. To most drivers, it's a tool, but they don't earn a living from it, so they don't care.
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[Nobby the Bastard]

[Wonko The Sane]

[Ste]

You'd have to leave your bike there and eventually it'll become property of the MOT station.

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