Yesssssss ! no MOT FOR PRE 60S!!!!!!

[XS1100 0]

HOOOOO YES!!!!

So cool no MOT OR Tax

[Fallen Angel 0]

@XS1100 wrote:

HOOOOO YES!!!!

So cool no MOT OR Tax

[Stue11 0]

Nice one

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

Nice one , should have kept my BSA

[madsod 0]

nice one

[Grumpyowl 0]

I Can't understand this,

surely these old rust buckets with outdated brakes and suspension dropping oil all over the road,
put them in a museum were they belong.

should have strickter test not none .






it was only a joke

[dick65 0]

nice one

[fr499y 0]

@Grumpyowl wrote:

I Can't understand this,

surely these old rust buckets with outdated brakes and suspension dropping oil all over the road,
put them in a museum were they belong.

should have strickter test not none .

Can see what ya mean, but them sort of bikes will be owned by either Dave's age or people who will look after then properly

[Fallen Angel 0]

So, if a 1951 Series C Rapide costs about £24,150, how long will it take to pay for itself in tax and MoT exemptedness?

Answers on a postcard along with bank details please

[streetfighter 0]

[jezza 0]

does this mean anyone can buy a rusty restoration project and legally ride it on the road without it being road legal or safe.

[Stue11 0]

@jezza wrote:

does this mean anyone can buy a rusty restoration project and legally ride it on the road without it being road legal or safe.

Yep

[dick65 0]

@Stue11 wrote:

@jezza wrote:

does this mean anyone can buy a rusty restoration project and legally ride it on the road without it being road legal or safe.

Yep

bit of kurust and hammerite job done

[Chadatious 0]

i understand tax, but mot i thinks a bit silly, think of the dangerous bikes there could be?

i knwo they may not meet modern mot's so maybe do a different type of mot.

[lee1 1]

@Chadatious wrote:

i understand tax, but mot i thinks a bit silly, think of the dangerous bikes there could be?

i knwo they may not meet modern mot's so maybe do a different type of mot.

mot doesnt mean a vehicle is 100% road worthy
anything can happen when it leaves the testing station

[jezza 0]

it does seem a ridiculous ruling as every vehicle on the road should have a yearly check , this does include them bloody caravans that just seem to explode going down the motorway, what a effin mess they make.

[Chadatious 0]

@lee wrote:

@Chadatious wrote:

i understand tax, but mot i thinks a bit silly, think of the dangerous bikes there could be?

i knwo they may not meet modern mot's so maybe do a different type of mot.

mot doesnt mean a vehicle is 100% road worthy
anything can happen when it leaves the testing station

true mate it is down tio the rider to keep it road worthy, but surely an old crust bucket, whats been bodge welded, cracked up tyres, leaking fuel shouldnt be allowed on the road,

[trebor4460 0]

@jezza wrote:

it does seem a ridiculous ruling as every vehicle on the road should have a yearly check , this does include them bloody caravans that just seem to explode going down the motorway, what a effin mess they make.

i had this happen in front of me on the M6 a few years back, caravan got into a sway and the just disintergrated as it rolled over, one of the old wooden types, suitcases and clothes everywhere.... crapped myself..

[Fallen Angel 0]

@trebor4460 wrote:

@jezza wrote:

it does seem a ridiculous ruling as every vehicle on the road should have a yearly check , this does include them bloody caravans that just seem to explode going down the motorway, what a effin mess they make.

i had this happen in front of me on the M6 a few years back, caravan got into a sway and the just disintergrated as it rolled over, one of the old wooden types, suitcases and clothes everywhere.... crapped myself..

Wow cooool... I'd have loved to have seen that, exploding caravan

As for idiots who fly through dry stone walls coz they're too tight to buy new brake pads, hmmmm I'm all for Darwinian selection

One one hand I can still remember some of the idiotic things people tried to scam their bikes through the MoT BUT I will never forget trying to explain that the rubbish brakes on my 1942 Hardly Ableson WLA 45" never worked even when it was new coz yanks can't build motorbikes. They'd never pass a modern weight/braking force test.
It's always been the arbitrary year for tax exemption I've taken issue with. All motorcycles should be exempt, accept Hardlys as they should be rated as trucks