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MOT Requirements for a Headlight
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:35 pm
by Bilko
Took the 250 for the MOT and he wanted to fail it because the headlight "wasn't bright enough and a bit erratic".
I told him there was nothing else I could do to improve the lighting. 12V kit. 120W BGM stator and an Xenon bulb. The brightness is the best I've ever had on my Lambrettas. He tried again with the reading thingmie and reluctantly passed it, but what am I supposed to do to improve this?
Re: MOT Requirements for a Headlight
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:44 pm
by mark
Go dc mate
Re: MOT Requirements for a Headlight
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:54 pm
by Andy Pickering
Get it MOTed across here next year Bilko....FFS what a palava.. :freak:
Re: MOT Requirements for a Headlight
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:16 pm
by Bilko
It is DC Mark.
Mainland MOT is on the cards. Wonder if I could coincide it with a rally?!
Re: MOT Requirements for a Headlight
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:46 pm
by leigh
mate of mine fellow scooterist runs a bike shop, recently took my standard GP 125, points ignition and he remarked that its the only lammy he has had where he could see the light pattern correctly.
Re: MOT Requirements for a Headlight
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:16 pm
by timexit17
The key to a successful MOT seems to be more and more: find a sympathetic tester.
i.e not a pushover or someone who'll pass anything, but someone, like my tester a old school trials bike champ who knows old bikes sometimes don't have fantastic brakes or lights or indicators that flash perfectly because purely and simply they weren't built like that.
Re: MOT Requirements for a Headlight
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:34 pm
by byron
Bilko wrote:It is DC
your lights aren't mate. unless you changed the loom and deviated from my wiring diagram...
Re: MOT Requirements for a Headlight
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:54 pm
by Bofs
I have yet to get a scooter passed on the MOT light test up here in the New Buildings test Centre Bilko without a whole handling, they usually give it a by-ball or just hit the NOT TESTED button on the computer. That`s modern PX`s to old Lammies
Re: MOT Requirements for a Headlight
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:32 pm
by Bilko
byron wrote:Bilko wrote:It is DC
your lights aren't mate. unless you changed the loom and deviated from my wiring diagram...
Oh. I thought it was. How could anyone deviate from something that you created Jarv?! That would be Sacrilege!
Re: MOT Requirements for a Headlight
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:34 pm
by Bilko
timexit17 wrote:The key to a successful MOT seems to be more and more: find a sympathetic tester.
i.e not a pushover or someone who'll pass anything, but someone, like my tester a old school trials bike champ who knows old bikes sometimes don't have fantastic brakes or lights or indicators that flash perfectly because purely and simply they weren't built like that.
You can't do that here in Northern Ireland. MOT centres government run.