Took my KX down to the local MOT test ( for you Merkins, you need to have a valid MOT certificate to be able to ride your bike on the road over here) station yesterday.
Was the test bloke bothered by the
LOUD pipe?
No problem
Was he bothered by the fact that my 320 mil Braking wavy disc says Not for highway use (or words to that effect) on it?
No problem
Was he bothered by the fact that my digital pushbike speedo had moved and was not taking a reading from the sensor so didn't work?
No problem
Was he bothered by the fact that even though I have a chain guard on the swingarm its nowt like long enough according to road regs?
No problem?
Emmisions?
Don't even test bike emmisions over here yet
The lights, horn and indicators work perfectly so theres no problems there.
suspension works just fine so thats OK too
So why did he fail it?
Cos I had shaved a tiny bit of rubber off the left side of the rear tyre so it would clear the chain
I asked him if he would pass it with an uncut tyre and he said yes and I got a fresh tyre from my cheap tyre cupbord and ten minutes later was back down at the test station.
He knows that it will foul the chain slightly but will fit it and pass it anyway.
No prizes for working out what I will be doing with a exceedingly sharp knife on monday night when I have the bike back
