Headlight on bike

[swisss]

Brand new offroad bike. (ie no MOT needed)

Headlamp removed.

Daylight use only.

Does it need a new daylight only MOT? or is it legal as is?

Bib view appreciated.

[pdV6]

Only needs an MOT on the road. As its not going on the road, you're ok.

If the question is: "Can I ride it on the road with some kind of lenient MOT?", I'd imagine the answer is "no - you need to make it fully road-legal"

[tigger1]

swisss said:

Daylight use only.

What about if it rained? You can't guarantee sunlight, even during the day in teh middle of summer. What if you're riding and there's a fire nearby and the road is smokey? (Say this because that's exactly what happened near my house last night, couldn't se a thing on a busy crossroads at rush hour!)

[mechsympathy]

pdV6 said:

Only needs an MOT on the road. As its not going on the road, you're ok.

If the question is: "Can I ride it on the road with some kind of lenient MOT?", I'd imagine the answer is "no - you need to make it fully road-legal"

There is (AFAIK) a daylight MOT. But (assuming your bike is registered for the road and has the other necessary bits to be legal) as your bike is less than 3 years old it doesn't need it. Again AFAIK

[timsta]

I do remember watching one of the fly on the wall "cop's" type programs recently and they had pulled over a biker who had no light. He insisted that he didn't need one during the day. It was about an hour and a half before they established that he didnt legally need one during the day. Of course, by this time it was dark and he had to trailer it home!

Tim

[BliarOut]

When I registered a crosser on the road you didn't need lights or indicators. I seem to recall the requirements were a reflector, brake light and horn.

[gilbertd]

AFAIK reflector, brake light and horn are the minimum requirement, unless anything extra was fitted by the manufacturer. As they fitted a light in the first place it must remain fitted and working.

[black-k1]

gilbertd said:

AFAIK reflector, brake light and horn are the minimum requirement, unless anything extra was fitted by the manufacturer. As they fitted a light in the first place it must remain fitted and working.

I’m no expert but as I understand it, just because the original manufacturer fitted lights/indicators does not mean they still have to be there. If lights/indicators are currently fitted, then they must be working. I think horn, reflector and brake light are the minimum you need for day time use.

Edited by black-k1 on Thursday 20th July 14:21

[TypeR]

I registered a new enduro bike for road use, so that I could take it green laning.
Iirc, you might also need to fit a speedo to the bike to keep the Authorities happy.
As the bike is new, however, I wouldn't worry about the MOT anyway.

Edited by TypeR on Thursday 20th July 15:55

[BliarOut]

TypeR said:

I registered a new enduro bike for road use, so that I could take it green laning.
Iirc, you might also need to fit a speedo to the bike to keep the Authorities happy.
As the bike is new, however, I wouldn't worry about the MOT anyway.

Edited by TypeR on Thursday 20th July 15:55

Oh yeah, a speedo, I forgot about that. Well it was only 1" across