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Title: MOT question
Post by: Lawrence on 09 August 2012, 09:22:31 am
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.
 
Ta :)
Title: Re: MOT question
Post by: darrsi on 09 August 2012, 09:27:23 am
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?
Title: Re: MOT question
Post by: Lawrence on 09 August 2012, 10:03:03 am
That's a good idea, I could just rotate the bars in the mounts a bit... didn't think of that one  :think   Mate of mine welded a bit of metal on where the old bit broke off but that's snapped off too  :\
Title: Re: MOT question
Post by: Fazbaz on 09 August 2012, 01:01:09 pm
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  :)
Title: Re: MOT question
Post by: Lawrence on 09 August 2012, 01:04:16 pm
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.
Title: Re: MOT question
Post by: darrsi on 09 August 2012, 01:21:45 pm
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 (http://www.motuk.com/bike/2-1.asp#Menu_Top)
Title: Re: MOT question
Post by: Lawrence on 09 August 2012, 02:48:05 pm
I'll see if I can get a photo later on to show exactly what mine is like :)
Title: Re: MOT question
Post by: red98 on 09 August 2012, 04:47:58 pm
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  :)
Title: Re: MOT question
Post by: Kenny Dave on 12 August 2012, 06:59:16 pm
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.