MOT question

[Lawrence]

Quick MOT question for you guys... is it a fail if the bars/controls touch the faring?  On full lock left the throttle cables just about touch the faring because a little bit of the stopper thing is broken off.
 
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[darrsi]

If it's such a tiny amount can you not just move the bars so that it's a couple of millimetres away on full lock?

[Lawrence]

That's a good idea, I could just rotate the bars in the mounts a bit... didn't think of that one     Mate of mine welded a bit of metal on where the old bit broke off but that's snapped off too 

[Fazbaz]

I'm fairly sure that the lock-stops are part of the MOT test. I've heard stories of the repair superglue failing during the actual test.

I might be wrong and if not, you may be lucky and the tester will miss the fault.

HTH... Baz 

[Lawrence]

The stopper is still there, just one side (about 1/3 of it) has broken off... I reckon moving the bars back will clear it, just make it feel a bit funny to ride to the MOT center.

[darrsi]

Like FazBaz says hopefully you may get lucky, but looking at this it should be part of the check:


http://www.motuk.com/bike/2-1.asp#Menu_Top

[Lawrence]

I'll see if I can get a photo later on to show exactly what mine is like

[red98]

clearence is part of the test,mostly clearence between tank and bars ,as already suggest,move bars to get a pass and then return to origanal position....or take a chance he may not spot it 

[Kenny Dave]

Mine goes through touching the fairing due to a bent sub frame. The fairing is actually cracked due to this too.

The wording in the manual is for it to not interfere with the motion, if I remember correctly.