Can any of you lot help , I want to run my xl 185 without lights indicators etc on a daylight only mot .Will I still need a battery for ignition or can I run it direct ..off the alternator ,if it will run direct any ideas re wiring layout? Bike is a 1981 twinshock .Thanks

it will run no problem with no battery ,the battery only powers the horn,brake light and indicators on the xl .

Edit : shouldbworking
Requirements for a daylight MOT
horn that can emit a constant tone (ie not one of those rubber bulb jobbies)
rear reflector
road legal exhaust
legal number plates

If you do have lights on it they have to work.

Full details over here http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual/mc_contents.htm