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royhall:
Now I know you should never buy a vehicle unseen but as it looked a bargain and it was a 650 mile round trip to view it I took a risk. So last spring I bought a Suzuki GS1000 from a dealer in London, it came with a full 12 month MOT (the reason why I took the risk).

On the first test ride after the dealer had dropped it off (and scarpered), it became clear that the bike was in a lethal condition..... Front calipers were seized, brake hose from splitter to left caliper was pneumatic hose and fittings, head bearings loose, rear tyre cracked, rear brake disk was really a front one with different offset so brake was binding, fork seals leaking, drive chain so loose it was hanging down, plus loads more non MOT problems.

I reported the Fake MOT to DVSA who were not interested in the slightest. This whole scenario makes a joke of the entire MOT system that this can happen and DVSA do nothing.

By the way, I still have the bike and 70% of my money back (plus a load of Genuine Suzuki spares) after starting small claims procedure due to the dealer advertising the bike as "Nothing needs doing whatsoever". The dodgy dealer couldn't settle fast enough to stop the court action.

All problems are now repaired, and I now have a superb 1978 GS1000 for next to nothing. I wouldn't take that risk again though.

Just shows, unless you know your MOT tester is honest an MOT certificate is utterly worthless. DVSA were worse than a joke.

So I guess they may as well do away with MOT's.

Rob62:
For me its a convenience thing, i wont have to travel to and from the mot station five times a year. Wont make any difference to the safety of my bikes as i try to keep them roadworthy and dont just have blind faith in the fact that they are mot'd. As has already been said, you may come into contact with somebody who abuses the system and rides a dangerous vehicle but that can happen anyway, mot is just one check one day a year so no guarantee of year-round safety. Im a bit of a cynic when it comes to the govt, there is always some money-saving motive for their actions somewhere..... and they tend to focus on the big picture too i.e. cars and commercials emmission testing etc.... Are they lining all classic vehicles up for something further down the line when the end of the ic engine is looming?  who knows...... Make the most of it while you can 👍

Spitfire:
Could it be tractors that you are talking about, recently I was very surprised that my 16 year old grandson is allowed to drive a tractor and trailer on public roads after a very short test, scary.
As to MOT's I think that they are a good thing even though I hate taking my bikes in for one, my 76 F1 passes every year no problem but my 2000 Deauville failed yesterday due to a perished valve on the back tyre, something that I did not spot that could have turned out to be nasty. Not used to these modern tubeless tyres.

Cheers

Dennis

Orcade-Ian:
I suppose Rob62 is right to be cynical - this will certainly bring some more tax exempt bikes out of the woodwork and that's likely to include a few that are below the present MOT standard.  They are then above the parapet and under big brothers eye for whatever their devious intentions might be.  I wasn't born cynical, it started when I was about eighteen months old!  For me too it's a convenience thing as it's a 40 mile round trip to Dr D's bike surgery in Kirkwall but I like the banter and someone else possibly finding something I've missed - it did happen with a tyre valve on my Wing some years back.
Might still take them up there for perusal though.
Ian

hairygit:
Another thing that has just sprung to mind... Post 1965 petrol cars/vans and post 1973 diesel cars and vans were subject to emmisions testing, which is why you very rarely see 60's and 70's cars on the roads. They struggled to pass emissions when new, once they started getting tested at MOT they almost completely disappeared over a couple of years, scrapped as cleaning  up emissions was too expensive.

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