Likely to fail MOT - Triumph offroad exhaust

[Don Roque]

My Daytona is in need of an MOT, which expired at the tail end of last year. I haven't yet had the time or inclination to get my arse into gear due to other commitments, but I'm fancying getting the bike back on the road and enjoying it fairly soon.

One thing that had been concerning me was that the MOT rules have changed a bit in the interim. My Daytona has a TOR high level exhaust (which I don't think can even take a baffle) which is pretty noisy. I love the sound of it but it's always been on the upper end of what I'd want to ride with and if it wasn't a glorious sounding big triple, I would have a quieter exhaust. I've had an advisory on MOT for the loud can most years I've had the bike but its it's always passed the MOT.

I do still have the standard, dustbin sized silencer in the garage at home so I could run that down to the MOT if it failed but I'd rather not swap them out willy nilly as the high level TOR was a bit of a pain to fit. I'd sooner chance the fker failing and ask the garage to swap them over.

Maybe I should just book the fking MOT and get on with it. I'm also after some good sporty touring tyres that would fit a T595 Daytona with the standard 190 section rear, if anyone could recommend anything.

[Jazoli]

Most normal bike mot places will still pass a noisy exhaust, although it is a 20 minute job to swap the high level pipe on a 955 , as for tyres Metz M7RR or Bridgestone S21's.

[Don Roque]

Yeah, getting the old can on wouldn't be such an issue but getting the TOR fitted afterwards would be a pain. As you'll know, the TOR uses a different bracket higher up on the bike. I had to improvise for the nuts and bolts for that, which is what made fitting a job (tightening them enough to stop the exhaust flopping around).

Hopefully the testers will be as lax as ever when it comes to noise. I might still take it to Triumph for the MOT to see if I can get a courtesy bike (they usually have something fun to ride).

[Mastodon2]

Just take it for the test, it won't get failed as long as its in safe running order.

[Don Roque]

Yeah, that looks pretty short!

I went to look at the exhaust this afternoon and realised it's just a couple of bolts to attach the old exhaust again (and the link pipe springs). I can't remember if I left the bracket attached to the old exhaust but if there are any issues come MOT time then I'll just run the old pipe down and ask them to test with that. Not that I anticipate any issues as it's been fine in the past but I thought they might be taking a tougher approach given the new MOT rules.

I still need get some proper bolts and washers for attaching the exhaust as I had to improvise with some galvanised bits when I put the high level can on. They work, though.

[Djtemeka]

My wife’s vfr400 failed on the exhaust . Not becyit was overly loud. It even looks standard. Mild noise but the dreaded “not for road use” stamped on it.
bds

[Don Roque]

My exhaust has a small grinding mark on the bottom but no marking to state it's not for road use. I gather these early T595's could scrape their exhaust if leaned over too steeply

Back in the old days, a small piece of black tape over the marking would suffice to defeat the MOT tester.