Honda-SOHC

Hi

Interesting subject but I agree with all vehicles having a M.O.T of some kind. The only issue I have with the scrapping of M.O.T's for older vehicles is that due to E.U legislation, there are now fewer and fewer people qualified or able to actually do any work on these vehicles. If it wasn't for computers and the equipment now needed older bikes will be an issue in the future. I have had experience with a mechanic who didn't even know what a strobe light was (it was a classic car) Also as another thought, if you are riding your prized classic and the local traffic police pull you up and find a fault, will you have a set time to repair it? Will you have to have it scrapped or sorned as a matter of course? and if there is no such thing as a M.O.T, where do you take it to have it checked and passed as fit. Or at worst will you have to have it impounded and crushed? The E.U. (bless their little cotton socks  ) don't want older vehicles on the road in any country so maybe it is just another ploy to rid the world of what they consider as old, gas guzzling, non compliant vehicles.