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MoT or Not?
DaveN:
Excellent points folks and well made.
My machine was put through an MoT after the restoration back in February just as a nuts-n-bolts check, but as I have yet to clock 1,000 miles in 10 months (I'm still running it in :-), I may well leave it until 2022 before another one.
Bryanj:
Like i said 1 just after putting on road then not till majour work done
florence:
I simply keep my historic vehicles in a good mechanical condition. The MOT test was always pretty basic and my bike never failed in the past because I knew what was required to get it through. There's not much point in having a test, it's always a massive inconvenience for me as there is nowhere local to have it done. With proper maintenance machinery is always going to be in good order. I suspect 99.9% of historic vehicles are in much better condition than vehicles that still require an MOT (which is only valid on the day of the test) and, after all, we care and are interested in our vehicles; they wouldn't have lasted this long otherwise. Our bikes are much more to us than transport, we are by definition enthusiasts, and I think that will always be worth much more than a generic test done by someone who normally only looks machinery made in the last decade or two. It isn't very fair on testers to have to interpret regulations for vehicles that were manufactured sometimes up to over a hundred years ago and I'm sure the insurers find that the incidence of accidents involving vehicles over forty years old is statistically very small as a proportion of the whole.
jonboo10:
i would vote Not.Here in IOM when you import from UK you have a govt inspection before you can re-register and then no further tests as long as you keep the vehicle taxed at least 1 yr in 2. Govt test more through than a UK MOT . Thereafter its your responsibility to maintain roadworthyness.
Bryanj:
Is that because there are no speed limits and few straights on the IOM
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