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Title: Is this standard practice now?
Post by: mickm6cmg on 24 April 2012, 08:38:48 pm

I had my Fazer in for MOT today and got a bloody advisory.
It's an after market Scorpion silencer,apparently it's worthy of an advisory on the noise aspect. :lol

Title: Re: Is this standard practice now?
Post by: mcyoungy on 24 April 2012, 08:56:10 pm

It's an advisory.......... matters not.

Title: Re: Is this standard practice now?
Post by: tomjimtom on 24 April 2012, 10:20:36 pm

Check your insurance, some say it's void if you've got an advisory you haven't rectified (think I read that on an MOT certificate)

Title: Re: Is this standard practice now?
Post by: mcyoungy on 24 April 2012, 10:57:22 pm

well that beats "I read it on the internet"........ but now I have, so it must be true

Title: Re: Is this standard practice now?
Post by: Captain Haddock on 25 April 2012, 07:34:45 am

I like my mot station, if it says 'not for highway use' or similar he puts a bit of tape over it, which of course he's not allowed to remove as part of the test. :)

Title: Re: Is this standard practice now?
Post by: steeeve66 on 25 April 2012, 01:32:45 pm

Seems there's a fair bit of confusion about this - my tester is adamant that there's no 'test' for noise as part of the bike MOT (like the one you get for a ride on a track day for instance) meaning any advisory must be the subjective opinion of the tester - quite literally i guess: "that sounds a bit loud, doesn't it?"
How loud is your Scorpion? Did the tester say how loud it was over the limit? Is there a 'limit' even?

Title: Re: Is this standard practice now?
Post by: mickm6cmg on 25 April 2012, 02:04:34 pm

All I know is,that it's noisey.
My mechanic took it for test after he'd put some new front indicators on.(i dropped it the other day)
Certificate just says in the advisory section.
001 Exhaust noisey[7.1.2]

Title: Re: Is this standard practice now?
Post by: bigralphie on 25 April 2012, 02:19:12 pm

It’s to cover their arse in case you get a pull off Dibble and try to quote the mot saying nothing as an excuse

Title: Re: Is this standard practice now?
Post by: Ben Diesel on 25 April 2012, 07:28:03 pm

I bolt the baffle into the (road legal) can on each of my two bikes before they go off for their MOT.
 
I've had a similar comment on each of the last 6 tests (three different test stations) - "It's passed, mate. But the can's a bit loud. We've given you an advisory for that.'
 
I'm a believer in the 'cover their arses' theory above.

Title: Re: Is this standard practice now?
Post by: rustyrider on 28 April 2012, 11:41:06 am

From the testers manual, reasons for rejection (failure in other words):

2.  A silencer that is in such a condition or is of such a type that the noise emitted is clearly in excess of that which would be produced by a similar machine fitted with a standard silencer in average condition.

3.  A silencer marked ‘NOT FOR ROAD USE’, ‘TRACK USE ONLY’ or similar words

So getting an advisory is, as has been said, the tester covering his arse and, if you have a can marked as not for road use, a bit of tape over it will be a pass as long as it's not stupidly loud.

Full testers manual can be found here http://www.motinfo.gov.uk/htdocs/m1i00000001.htm (http://www.motinfo.gov.uk/htdocs/m1i00000001.htm)