Bike MOTs on a Sunday?

[LunarOne]

After my bike being off the road for thr last year because it wouldn't run properly, I have finally got the the bottom of the issues. Turns out that spark plugs can be bad even if they seem to be okay when tested, and can cause some very strange symptoms!

Anyway today I finally got it running, but not in time to get it MOTed before my local MOT station closed. Does anyone know of anyone doing bike MOTs on a Sunday within say 40 miles of West London/M25/M3 junction? I can't do it during the week and I can't do it next weekend. I've been itching to go for a ride so would like to find a way not to have to wait two weeks if at all possible! Thanks!!

[Rubin215]

Chances of getting a bike MOT on a Sunday?

Slim.


Chances of getting caught having a cheeky wee ride on a bike without an mot on a Sunday?

Also slim...

[LunarOne]

Problem is that I don't think the police care too much about cars and bikes with no MOT. Especially when they can see it's a clean and well-looked after machine with no modifications. But they definitely do care about no insurance and no road tax. I've got my insurance sorted, but they won't let me pay the road tax until I get an MOT first! And I don't particularly fancy getting my collar felt for not having road tax when I have every intention of getting it and when I do get it in a couple of weeks I will have to pay for June anyway! Grrrr!

[Paft Dunk]

I’ve used these guys. Open on a Sunday. Book the Deptford one. You should be able to get one today.

https://www.thetestcentre.co.uk/book-online/

[LunarOne]

Thanks Mr. Dunk!

I've managed to find an MOT station testing bikes on Sundays a bit closer to home near Heathrow airport:

Throttle Motors
https://throttlemotors.co.uk/service/mot/

If you search for Motorcycle MOT Google gives results mainly for bike repair shops or MOT stations that don't do class 2. Shame there doesn't seem to be a national database of MOT testing stations which includes what services they offer and when they are open. The closest I've found is a CSV file on a government site which lists classes tested and postcodes but doesn't say when they are open.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/676...

Edited by LunarOne on Sunday 1st June 12:16

[trickywoo]

LunarOne said:

I've managed to find an MOT station testing bikes on Sundays a bit closer to home

Hens teeth! Round my way it’s hard enough finding a bike mot place never mind one routinely open on a Sunday.

[KTMsm]

LunarOne said:

Problem is that I don't think the police care too much about cars and bikes with no MOT. Especially when they can see it's a clean and well-looked after machine with no modifications. But they definitely do care about no insurance and no road tax. I've got my insurance sorted, but they won't let me pay the road tax until I get an MOT first! And I don't particularly fancy getting my collar felt for not having road tax when I have every intention of getting it and when I do get it in a couple of weeks I will have to pay for June anyway! Grrrr!

It's only the insurance they care about IME

I was stopped as the bike was showing no insurance - he was happy when I showed him my Trade cover. He never mentioned that it had no tax

I keep my Trade plates in my rucksack (or footwell) as you get stopped all the time if you display trade plates as so many abuse them

I've probably covered 20k in the last 10 years showing as no tax on ANPR and have only been stopped once - I think that's because we were both on 1000cc bikes and were obeying the speed limit - because I was on my Advanced Bike Test so stood out like a sore thumb

[hondajack85]

If you have breakdown cover they will cheerfully ignore your cries for help once its obvious you dont have an mot.
Its not like they wont run you through a check before allocating a rescue.

[KTMsm]

hondajack85 said:

If you have breakdown cover they will cheerfully ignore your cries for help once its obvious you dont have an mot.

No MOT I can understand as part of the agreement is that you have a maintained / serviced vehicle

But they'll also ignore you if you don't have tax. Which is a bit unreasonable IMO although it is probably to stop the traders like me who run around in/on their stock

[LunarOne]

Back home now. Things must have become more efficient at the back-end, because as soon as I had my MOT test pass certificate in hand I was able go onto the vehicle tax website and buy 6 months of tax. Yes I'm a fair weather rider and I don't feel any shame!