Is this standard practice now?

[mickm6cmg]

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.

[mcyoungy]

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

[tomjimtom]

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)

[mcyoungy]

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

[Captain Haddock]

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.

[steeeve66]

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?

[mickm6cmg]

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]

[bigralphie]

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

[Ben Diesel]

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.

[rustyrider]

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