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I've just booked my CG125 in for MOT. I was thinking, whilst I was on the phone, that testing bikes must be easy money.
The particular garage I've booked with (for the sake of convenience, there isn't a great deal of choice locally) always charges as much as they can for an MOT (IIRC VOSA prescribe the maximum cost). How long would it take to test a CG125, or any simple old motorbike, for that matter?
Moving parts are at a minimum. Tyres and lights can be checked in an instant, forks and springs also (is this just a visual check and a push up and down on the bike to check travel?). Onto the rollers for the brake test. Will they even do an exhaust gas test on such an archaic piece of machinery?
Seems like an easy few minutes work for my £50-odd.
The particular garage I've booked with (for the sake of convenience, there isn't a great deal of choice locally) always charges as much as they can for an MOT (IIRC VOSA prescribe the maximum cost). How long would it take to test a CG125, or any simple old motorbike, for that matter?
Moving parts are at a minimum. Tyres and lights can be checked in an instant, forks and springs also (is this just a visual check and a push up and down on the bike to check travel?). Onto the rollers for the brake test. Will they even do an exhaust gas test on such an archaic piece of machinery?
Seems like an easy few minutes work for my £50-odd.
trickywoo said:
Eh? They shouldn't be charging more than £30 https://www.gov.uk/getting-an-mot/mot-test-fees
It is easy once you know what you are doing but you aren't going to get rich MOTing bikes.
Don't forget the 20% tax on any 'profit'.
Ah, I hadn't realised the cost was different to that of a car. It is easy once you know what you are doing but you aren't going to get rich MOTing bikes.
Don't forget the 20% tax on any 'profit'.
It seems much more reasonable now given the specified time limit of 37 mins and £30 fee - less than £1:hour.
I had thought I'd be charged £54 for 15 minutes work, but it seems there is a bit more at play. The place I used to take my cars charged £25 for an MOT in 2012, very reasonable. But too far away from me now to make it viable (and they made a hash of fixing the handbrake on my 106 Rallye).
I had thought I'd be charged £54 for 15 minutes work, but it seems there is a bit more at play. The place I used to take my cars charged £25 for an MOT in 2012, very reasonable. But too far away from me now to make it viable (and they made a hash of fixing the handbrake on my 106 Rallye).
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