MoT minimum requirements
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Any vintage bikers out there?
Just a wild stab in the dark but what are the minimum requirements for a 1960 bike with which it may obtain an MoT?
I am currently in the process of restoring an "off-road" 1960 250cc bike but want to keep it a minimalistic as possible without having to resort to aftermarket lighting systems which will detract from it's character. Can I get way without any lights at all, apart from rear brake lights? And....I've only got a (Villers) magneto generating system!
Cheers.
Just a wild stab in the dark but what are the minimum requirements for a 1960 bike with which it may obtain an MoT?
I am currently in the process of restoring an "off-road" 1960 250cc bike but want to keep it a minimalistic as possible without having to resort to aftermarket lighting systems which will detract from it's character. Can I get way without any lights at all, apart from rear brake lights? And....I've only got a (Villers) magneto generating system!
Cheers.
Thanks Fellas,
The bike in question is a 1960 Greeves 250 Hawkstone(?).
It was last registered for the road in 1976 but (notorious, locally) previous owners had been playing sillybuggers with log books so when I came to get a V5C earlier this year, it turned out that the documents I had were for a totally different bike (you could get away with it in those days!).
The way I read the regs is that if (as a 1960 bike) it is present without front and rear lights, it needn't have any stoplight but if it does have front/rear light it must have at least one stoplight.
Surely I couldn't ride it to the MoT station, could I? That would be a real hoot!
Also, is a Speedo required?
The bike in question is a 1960 Greeves 250 Hawkstone(?).
It was last registered for the road in 1976 but (notorious, locally) previous owners had been playing sillybuggers with log books so when I came to get a V5C earlier this year, it turned out that the documents I had were for a totally different bike (you could get away with it in those days!).
The way I read the regs is that if (as a 1960 bike) it is present without front and rear lights, it needn't have any stoplight but if it does have front/rear light it must have at least one stoplight.
Surely I couldn't ride it to the MoT station, could I? That would be a real hoot!
Also, is a Speedo required?
Edited by normal bloke on Monday 1st September 19:28
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