Mot

[dolly dagger]

My Sposter has just turned 3 this month and I am unsure when to mot it. Bob the other half said it needs 1 now. I looked at the thread on this site for mot's and it said over 3 years, so can I leave it untill just before its 4 birthday?

[BaZa®]

As with all new vehicles once the vehicle has become 3 years old you need an MOT as per your Tax renewal notice from the DVLA it will ask you for a current MOTand insurance.

You need one now, as you are riding it illegally.

[grbrown]

Dolly,

While we all display a current tax disc on our vehicles, we also must have a current MoT certificate, if required. The only difference between those two is we don't have to display the MoT certificate, but as BaZa says, we must have one. So as soon as your bike reached its third birthday, it became a requirement to get it MoT'ed, if you intend to ride it on the public highway.

The start of the riding season is on us and there will be bikers all over the land arranging MoTs so they can tax their bikes for the Summer, so get in quick!

[dolly dagger]

Originally Posted by BaZa ®

As with all new vehicles once the vehicle has become 3 years old you need an MOT as per your Tax renewal notice from the DVLA it will ask you for a current MOTand insurance.

You need one now, as you are riding it illegally.

Thanks will do that straight away. Bob did say it needs it now but thought I would double check was hoping that It would be at the end of its 3rd year.

[dolly dagger]

Originally Posted by grbrown

Dolly,

While we all display a current tax disc on our vehicles, we also must have a current MoT certificate, if required. The only difference between those two is we don't have to display the MoT certificate, but as BaZa says, we must have one. So as soon as your bike reached its third birthday, it became a requirement to get it MoT'ed, if you intend to ride it on the public highway.

The start of the riding season is on us and there will be bikers all over the land arranging MoTs so they can tax their bikes for the Summer, so get in quick!

Thank you, It will be done can't afford to risk losing everything because of an MOT if anything were to happen.

[kevscrivener]

Barbara

Don't forget that with ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) technology, the bobbies can now tell if your MOT's expired, and in many cases whether or not the bike is insured.

It's one type of snooping camera that I have no problem with, since it weeds out the scumbags who have no insurance.

[dolly dagger]

Originally Posted by kevscrivener

Barbara

Don't forget that with ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) technology, the bobbies can now tell if your MOT's expired, and in many cases whether or not the bike is insured.

It's one type of snooping camera that I have no problem with, since it weeds out the scumbags who have no insurance.

I quiet agree with you. Already got the tax, insurance and booked in for mot next.week good job as they say it is going to get warmer.

[grbrown]

Kev raises a good point. Even if everything else in place, if one (impersonal!) does not have a valid MoT, then one's insurance is almost definitely invalid.

So everything has to be in place to avoid attracting unwanted attention....

[dolly dagger]

YIPEEEEEE it passed today with V&H pipes on. 2 mins down the road from me. Now there's no stopping me. Thanks for your advice.

[kevscrivener]

One final point on this; most of you will probably know this but it's worth repeating.

You are allowed by law to ride an un-taxed motor cycle to and from a pre-booked MOT test. It must, though, be insured.

Caution; do not be tempted to go for a 20 mile blast before arriving at the MOT station. There is case history for drivers being done for no tax/MOT/insurance if they do this; the trip should be, as reasonably as possible, directly there and back.