M.O.Ts at last

[Fergie in France]

It had to come,  having lived here  for 20 years there has always been talk of MOT-ing bikes, finally, starting in April its going ahead for the first time ever...
The reason for not having a test is that goverments own statistics proved there is no connection between accidents caused by bad maintenance, the French way of taking your own responsibility  of keeping your machine serviced, after all, its your life... However, the new test is basicly a visual check, and lasts for 3 years, so in a way pretty pointless. Having had tests every yesr in the UK its no big deal for me, and at less than 50 euro not expensive.... c'est la vie.

[BBROWN1664]

I was reading about it on the Bikers Club in France group on Faceache, sounds like a real headache for the whole biking community. Unable to sell a bike now without a new(ish) CT after April(?) but no real test locations up and running and all bikes to be tested by the end of this year. The phasing in is mad - all in year one, just bikes reaching the age requirement in year 2 and 3 and then everything that was tested in year one again in year 4. They should have leveled out the demand. That said, MOT's in the UK are a good way to catch the stupid riders that have no real idea about bikes and are basically riding death traps. For the 90% of us though that do have an understanding, they are a waste of time and money.

[john roche]

We don't have MOT's here in Ireland either. I wish we did, I like having someone independent checking over my bike every year in case I've missed something!


Cheers,


John

[Grahamm]

I like having someone independent checking over my bike every year in case I've missed something!

I like knowing that the car behind me in the rain has properly working brakes and a minimum level tread on their tyres!

[fazersharp]

I like having someone independent checking over my bike every year in case I've missed something!

I like knowing that the car behind me in the rain has properly working brakes and a minimum level tread on their tyres!

But we are talking about bikes. I (like ) to feel that bike owners take more care over the safety and maintenance than car drivers as a whole and there is more to go wrong with a car.

[Grahamm]

I (like ) to feel that bike owners take more care over the safety and maintenance than car drivers as a whole and there is more to go wrong with a car.

Interesting you should mention this. When I was having my bike's MOT done a week or two ago, there was a guy who was getting the results of his.

IIRC it included: Rear brake not working, no indicators, a tyre below the legal tread limit and the horn not working! 

[fazersharp]

I (like ) to feel that bike owners take more care over the safety and maintenance than car drivers as a whole and there is more to go wrong with a car.

Interesting you should mention this. When I was having my bike's MOT done a week or two ago, there was a guy who was getting the results of his.

IIRC it included: Rear brake not working, no indicators, a tyre below the legal tread limit and the horn not working! 

Wow. Maybe it works the other way around in that some do not bother with anything and wait until the MOT tells them   

[Grahamm]

Wow. Maybe it works the other way around in that some do not bother with anything and wait until the MOT tells them   

Yeah, that's the problem.

Just count the number of cars you see with a non-working headlight or rear light next time you're riding at night and remember that *every single one* of them is an MOT failure.

If people can't even be bothered to check that their lights are working properly (which could be for anything up to a year) what chance is there that they'll spot or even look for anything else that's faulty?

They just get in and drive until the wheels fall off...

[darrsi]

No real excuses with the newer/more expensive cars these days though, as there are so many electrical gadgets in them they'll tell you when there's a problem and then it's down to the owner to get it sorted sooner rather than later.


Can't stand it when i get blinded my foreign imported cars that clearly have owners that are not so bothered about looking after their motors, and the first sign you get is when they blind you with misaligned headlights.