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MOT after May 20th?.
Moorey:
The insurance companies could specify that you have to have one if you want cover from them. Just like some specify you must have locks or alarms fitted.
kevski:
Well you have to be a special kind of stupid not to cover your own arse, because rest assured your own insurance companies already have, my bikes will be tested no matter what the costs.
thegreatpan:
Could one of you who understands the DVLA nuances please clarify, my bike was first registered in Feb '77, do I have to wait till May 20th to register it as Historic, or can I do it now? Quite pertinent as I am about to tax the machine. Thanks
matthewmosse:
Nearest mot station is 20 miles each way and employs several fairly awful testers, not that they are all bad but last mot' s I had from them they failed a set of shockers on my kh125, ( none serviceable type ) I felt those along with a few other fail items that essentially put the bike past being worth saving. 6 months down the line I fitted the same rear shocks to a gs125, without even cleaning them, that bike passed with no advisories with the same tester. After a lecture when it failed that they were way too soft to be safe and a tour of a new bike in their workshop that pointed out a few things where basically a cheap 125cc commuter that was 1/4 of a centuary old was never built to that standard so testing it to his standard was silly and some test procedures like lifting both wheels off the floor so all weight went though the side stand of the bike to test headset bearings - it had a center stand so why do that? And the mot tester checking for corrosion on the swing arm by battering it with a stick welders slag hammer - well not using that tester again, next garage doing bike mots is 35 miles each way. No, I will not be bothering with an mot if I can do without. Too many cowboys in the garage industry. Only reason I learnt to do my own mechanical work is it's too easy to get charged the earth for bad workmanship. Some of the worst mechanical faults I have seen on my vehicles have come from mot testers who were given jobs because they were supposedly competent - I changed garages for the car last year after one place I though was good managed on a £700 Bill to leave me with a loose gearbox filler bolt that lost the gearbox oil, a new wiper blade that flew off as soon as we used the wipers - I was damn lucky to spot the oil on my drive when the wife took the car out and investigate as it had next to no oil and a drive shaft seal ruined was only damage. Potential for massive expense. After that I would prefer to go around my bike before every ride, get to know it really well and just be in the habit of doing those checks regularly. Give me an mot certificate it's easier to just jump on and go, content with having that bit of paper. The bit of paper proves very little, I have had bikes where the rear wheel has locked 20 yards from the mot place thanks to cheap brake shoes, and even had a frame snap from internal corrosion. That day it takes to get mot man to run the test and me to ride there is better spent doing a really good service, I have on 3 occasions now found brake linings that passed an mot but where the linings are comming unstuck and these were spotted during routine strip down and greasing of brake pivots.
Seabeowner:
--- Quote from: thegreatpan on March 30, 2018, 08:35:15 AM ---Could one of you who understands the DVLA nuances please clarify, my bike was first registered in Feb '77, do I have to wait till May 20th to register it as Historic, or can I do it now? Quite pertinent as I am about to tax the machine. Thanks
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Thought the historic tax rollover will apply from April, so I presume you can do it from then. But you will need an MOT as the MOT change will not occur until May20th.
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