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| #21  06-Dec-2005, 09:59 | ||||
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| #22 06-Dec-2005, 10:08 | ||||
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| My 748 failed on the rear brake as it wasn't strong enough. I thought it might just need bleeding but when I looked the mounting plate had cracked so the whole master-cylinder was moving when the pedal was pushed down! Shows how much I use the bike and the back brake  |
| #24 06-Dec-2005, 10:52 | ||||
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I had an almost identical fail, where I swear that the gods were messing me about. Checked all the lights, both brake switches and WD40'd everything before I went, rode to the test centre and the back brake switch didn't want to work the brake light anymore when I got there - it had just stopped working on the 1 mile ride to the test centre, so it failed. Called round all my mates, and good ol' Fordie came to the rescue. By the next day he'd taken the brake light switch off his 996 to lend me. We met up in Bedford where he was working and he gave me the switch - but that one wasn't working either. So I ordered two from JHP, one for each of us. They were delivered next day, but I was still running out of time for a free retest so I fitted it up quickly - success - checked all the lights and switches again before I left home and took it back in and bugger me if the dipped beam had blown - once again, it had happened between home and the test centre and I didn't notice it until the tester failed it again. Luckily, I was able to fit a spare bulb there and then so we were cooking with gas.....errr, no....the tester then decided he was going to fail it for having a loose petrol tank. He'd grabbed the front of the tank and was swinging on it like a chimp, so of course the front of the tank was lifting. I told him about the way an ST tank is fitted, but he wasn't having any of it on my say so - mind you I was getting ****ed off by then so I didn't put my case very eloquently (I think a few fcu*'s were thrown around) and he wouldn't undo the two screws that it takes to get the tank pad off to see for himself. So they pushed it outside again and I had to take the tank pad and the seat off myself to show them that there is a big pin holding the back of the tank on and a big rubber strap folding the front down - so of course if you pull the front of the tank like a gorilla it's going to flex up on it's hinges against the strap  Got the pass in the end but I couldn't believe the coincidence of having two things go pop between home and the MOT station, or the way the guy was trying to wrench the fuel tank off....never mind, it'll be even tougher this year |
| #25 06-Dec-2005, 14:00 | ||||
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| My 851 was failed by the tester on headlight dipping wrong way and for having high level termi's fitted. I went into the shop with tester to collect the fail certificate. Shop owner said he would have a look and handed me a roll of insulating tape to alter the head light beam. Then came into the m.o.t. bay and asked the tester to fire the bike up. He then stood with his back to the rear of the bike and put his hands over the end of the '' silencers '' said '' sounds fine to me '' and then told the tester to give me a pass certificate. Nice man....very nice man  |
| #26 06-Dec-2005, 14:10 | ||||
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| off topic, but I tought I had just witnessed the shortest ever posting by Jools, but normal service has been resumed Nice one mateNobody mentioned tyres yet As for riding a bike that has no MOT/failed one....er....never done that obviously. I wonder if my CB5 would pass, be a laugh taking it in just to see the look on the testers face WeeJohnyB |
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