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<blockquote data-quote="BlackLightning998" data-source="post: 4824" data-attributes="member: 109"><p><strong>Purpose of an MOT</strong></p><p></p><p>Morning All,</p><p></p><p>I suppose there are a range of reasons for an MOT - revenue for someone, red tape for someone else - but surely part of the reason for an MOT is to check that the bike is roadworthy at the point at which it is tested. Now we can have a good debate over what should be checked and what should not, but in my opinion having someone independent and (hopefully) knowledgeable cast his eye over my bike properly once a year does two things, firstly I spend time going over the bike to make sure it will pass (healthy) and secondly a second pair of eyes has a good look, feel, prod, push, pull and let's me know what he thinks. I think with the advent of the digital age the process is becoming tighter and I think that is a good thing on the whole - I'd rather not come round a bend to find someone littering the road because they hadn't got their machine sorted. I'm sure we've all walked around at an autojumble or event in the car park and seen some stuff we'd rather not ride on! Only yesterday I stopped off at "On Yer Bike" near Aylesbury for a cuppa - there was a guy who appeared in his 30's to me selling his 1 year old Aprilla 1000 - immaculate bike, carbon fibre everything but the tread was worn through to the fabric of the tyre on both the front and rear tyre - when the sales guy pointed it out he looked surprised - he'd ridden the bike there.</p><p></p><p>Last week when I MOT'd the Vincent the guy told me the head bearings were too tight (last year he said too slack) - I asked him if he'd slackened the damper - he said "what damper".</p><p></p><p>He also failed my Ducati for noisy exhaust - I had to ride home, change the end cans and ride back again - of course I left the original ones on afterwards!</p><p></p><p>On this occasion I'm in favour of red tape.</p><p></p><p>Regards</p><p></p><p>Stuart</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BlackLightning998, post: 4824, member: 109"] [b]Purpose of an MOT[/b] Morning All, I suppose there are a range of reasons for an MOT - revenue for someone, red tape for someone else - but surely part of the reason for an MOT is to check that the bike is roadworthy at the point at which it is tested. Now we can have a good debate over what should be checked and what should not, but in my opinion having someone independent and (hopefully) knowledgeable cast his eye over my bike properly once a year does two things, firstly I spend time going over the bike to make sure it will pass (healthy) and secondly a second pair of eyes has a good look, feel, prod, push, pull and let's me know what he thinks. I think with the advent of the digital age the process is becoming tighter and I think that is a good thing on the whole - I'd rather not come round a bend to find someone littering the road because they hadn't got their machine sorted. I'm sure we've all walked around at an autojumble or event in the car park and seen some stuff we'd rather not ride on! Only yesterday I stopped off at "On Yer Bike" near Aylesbury for a cuppa - there was a guy who appeared in his 30's to me selling his 1 year old Aprilla 1000 - immaculate bike, carbon fibre everything but the tread was worn through to the fabric of the tyre on both the front and rear tyre - when the sales guy pointed it out he looked surprised - he'd ridden the bike there. Last week when I MOT'd the Vincent the guy told me the head bearings were too tight (last year he said too slack) - I asked him if he'd slackened the damper - he said "what damper". He also failed my Ducati for noisy exhaust - I had to ride home, change the end cans and ride back again - of course I left the original ones on afterwards! On this occasion I'm in favour of red tape. Regards Stuart [/QUOTE]
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