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matthewmosse:
I'm only a few miles up the road 12 miles from Machynlleth but appart from my Susuki FZ50 days - that ped was totally stock and so uncool it was cool but got stopped 6 times in the 6 months that I had it as daily transport. Anyway appart from that 1 bike I've never had so much as a second look from the law on my bike round here (well had a polite note to let me know my carb was leaking and they'd turned the tap off, left on the bike in Newtown once) Given the bikes I ride that's surprising. My 500/4 sported for most of my time on it a triumph rockett 3 exhaust that emmitted such a growl that I heard the previous owner delivering the thing from a clear 6 miles away. That bike was from Brecon and the previous owner had also notced she was never stopped on that bike.

Yoshi823:
Getting back to the bike...i'm pretty sure that you need a chainguard if you're not going to have a pillion space ie. a single person seat...but I would have one anyway so's not to get splattered by chain lube being flung about. I don't need to have one on my KTM enduro to be road legal as it has no pillion carrying ability at all...but I have one fitted to try & keep as much mud off the chain as posiible. I also don't have indicators even though it's a 2004 model, even though the bike came with them as standard. I removed them & the switch & the bike flies through the MoT without even an advisory.

Bryanj:
Inicators, or blinkers as our US cousins insit on caling them, have to be fitted to all ROAD motorcycles registered AFTER 1st August 1986----Ash your KTM dont count 'cos its designed as an OFF ROAD vehicle

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