I threw the old girl together today, and took her for an MOT... I was not really expecting her to pass, but I booked her in, at the local garage is a racing bike prep place. They actually have said before, if you are not sure, bring it down for an MOT as its much cheaper than paying us by the hour to look it over!
The ride down to the garage...Firstly, it's a very sprightly little bike, even in its freshly put back together form. I only had about 2 miles to ride her there but I really enjoyed it. However, IT WAS VERY LOUD!! (More to come on this later!) Brakes need a bit of tweaking (more to come on this too) but over all, it held up, and i went through all the gears, the lever needs to be adjusted, its way too high at the moment which makes up-changes difficult.
When i got there, i told the guy it was basically very loud, and apologised, and he found a little (actually MASSIVE) hidden between the collectors in the exhaust. He said it would be an immediate fail, but I asked him to go through it anyway so I can get it checked out.
About an hour later, the fail sheet arrived, and it was nasty
Date Result Details
25/01/2020 13:48 Fail
Mileage:
10,211 kilometres
Refusal Notices
- Nearside front brake disc fractured (1.1.14 (a) (ii)) - Dangerous
- Rear brake pad(s) less than 1.0 mm thick (1.1.13 (a)) - Dangerous
- Rear wheel spindle or securing nut(s) so insecure that wheel security or steering control is adversely affected (5.2.1 (c) (ii)) - Dangerous
- Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (6.1.2 (a)) - Major
- Exhaust noise is clearly in excess of that emitted by a similar motorcycle fitted with a standard silencer in average condition (8.1.1 (a)) - Major
- Handlebar grip missing (2.2.1 (d) (i)) - Major
- Front brake master cylinder insecure (1.1.10 (c)) - Major
- Front wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i)) - Major
- Rear brake caliper insecure (1.1.16 (c) (i)) - Major
Advisory Notices
- Front wheel has a slightly distorted bead rim (5.2.2 (c) (i))
So, lets knock these all down:
Nearside front brake disc fractured (1.1.14 (a) (ii)) - Dangerous
New discs have been ordered, along with the rear, seeing as they came as a set, and will match designs, which is nice
Rear brake pad(s) less than 1.0 mm thick (1.1.13 (a)) - Dangerous
Again, ordered a set if rears to turn up sharpish, and then got the fronts with a spare set of rears (they were a nice price, and a bundle with slower postage) for later in Feb.
Rear wheel spindle or securing nut(s) so insecure that wheel security or steering control is adversely affected (5.2.1 (c) (ii)) - Dangerous
Errrm, little oopsie from me here, I missed a spacer on the rear axle, and this meant the rear wheel could not be tightened fully!
So, checked the old wheel, located the missing bit, removed the wheel on the bike, and swapped it over.. Job done
This negated the following point too:
Rear brake caliper insecure (1.1.16 (c) (i)) - Major
Nice and secure now the spacer is in place!
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (6.1.2 (a)) - Major
Exhaust noise is clearly in excess of that emitted by a similar motorcycle fitted with a standard silencer in average condition (8.1.1 (a)) - Major
Ordered myself a shiney "Delkevic" downpipes in stainless steel - should be here in a few days
Handlebar grip missing (2.2.1 (d) (i)) - Major
I had no idea this was a major, will get them fitted before the retest!
Front brake master cylinder insecure (1.1.10 (c)) - Major
Looks like I had not quite torqued this up fully, we actually nipped it up there and then, should not be on the sheet!
Front wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i)) - Major
Ordered a replacement set for a very reasonable price!
The only advisory:
Front wheel has a slightly distorted bead rim (5.2.2 (c) (i))
I went down with the original front wheel on, so may be able to knock down the wheel bearing and bead issue just by swapping it over
A little pic of it whilst it was being looked over (did not put the full fairings on again yet)
