(05-04-13, 07:59 PM)darrsi link Wrote: "..... You still need to make sure your bike is in some way in order, anyway....."
Like the above you mean? :rolleyes
Having parts falling off your bike is the kind of thing you expect to see on Laurel & Hardy!
Think again about what you are saying, dude.....
There are lots of threads on this forum in which exhausts went kaput. So they were not anticipated nor prevented by the prior MOT before the failure.
Your subframe could collapse without any outer visible signs tomorrow and no MOT or regular inspection on your behalf might detect or prevent it. Your wheel could collapse without any outer visible signs too. Your linkages to your suspension could collapse without any warning signs just like it did on Cop Bikes (FJR1300s) over here which I heard that they stopped using now.
If you had the same exhaust as on Padraig's cousins bike, your exhaust could collapse too like Padraigs without any visible outward signs or warning. It could just rot from the inside out and get so wafer-like thin (but still not showing any holes or wear signs from the outside), that it just snaps off at a certain breaking point from vibration. So MOTs nor your vigilance can always prevent Laurel & Hardy shit from just happening.