MOT Question - SV650.org

01-02-09, 04:56 PM

Will a bike fail for having a noticable tight spot in the chain?

Thanks, Tom.

01-02-09, 06:28 PM

see here-

http://www.motuk.com/bike/menu.asp

get some gunk engine cleaner onto the chain, leave it for 10 mins then clean and lube chain-should sort it

01-02-09, 06:31 PM

Mine passed... and there was more than one tight spot.
Depends how friendly you are with the tester as i just got a simple "have a look at that chain" when i was on my way out.

01-02-09, 06:36 PM

didn't realise it would fail for having the ball broken off the end of the brake lever! how annoying.

Dave20046 · 01-02-09, 06:40 PM

You guys need some better relationships with people. I didn't realise a bike might pass with track exhaust on or that an instructor could sign your pass sheet before you went out

Mark_h · 01-02-09, 07:22 PM

If your chain has tight links it's not a healthy chain and should be sorted anyway MOT pass or no MOT pass. At the end of the day most of an MOT is about having a fairly safe bike. Loud cans, small indies, small plates are a choice you make and a good relationship with a garage gets them overlooked, but poor bearings, chains, tyres etc may well get you killed and I'd be very disappointed if my local garage chose to overlook them sending me out on a dangerous bike.

Dave20046 · 01-02-09, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark_h

If your chain has tight links it's not a healthy chain and should be sorted anyway MOT pass or no MOT pass. At the end of the day most of an MOT is about having a fairly safe bike. Loud cans, small indies, small plates are a choice you make and a good relationship with a garage gets them overlooked, but poor bearings, chains, tyres etc may well get you killed and I'd be very disappointed if my local garage chose to overlook them sending me out on a dangerous bike.

good post

01-02-09, 07:26 PM

My chain looks and moves very healthily, not gunky or stiff at all. It's not got tight links.

Part of the chain has stretched I think from being over tightened, in relation to chain tension, if I roll the wheel, one half will feel right, and the other half maybe a bit lose, so i can never get the perfect tension, as one part is tighter than the rest.

01-02-09, 04:56 PM	#1
TheStudent Guest Posts: n/a	MOT Question Will a bike fail for having a noticable tight spot in the chain? Thanks, Tom.

01-02-09, 06:28 PM	#2
husky03 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: MOT Question see here- http://www.motuk.com/bike/menu.asp get some gunk engine cleaner onto the chain, leave it for 10 mins then clean and lube chain-should sort it

01-02-09, 06:31 PM	#3
BBadger Guest Posts: n/a	Re: MOT Question Mine passed... and there was more than one tight spot. Depends how friendly you are with the tester as i just got a simple "have a look at that chain" when i was on my way out.

01-02-09, 06:36 PM	#4
arcdef Guest Posts: n/a	Re: MOT Question didn't realise it would fail for having the ball broken off the end of the brake lever! how annoying.

01-02-09, 06:40 PM	#5
Dave20046 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sheffield Posts: 10,274	Re: MOT Question You guys need some better relationships with people. I didn't realise a bike might pass with track exhaust on or that an instructor could sign your pass sheet before you went out __________________

01-02-09, 07:22 PM	#6
Mark_h Member Mega Poster Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fleet, Hampshire Posts: 2,448	Re: MOT Question If your chain has tight links it's not a healthy chain and should be sorted anyway MOT pass or no MOT pass. At the end of the day most of an MOT is about having a fairly safe bike. Loud cans, small indies, small plates are a choice you make and a good relationship with a garage gets them overlooked, but poor bearings, chains, tyres etc may well get you killed and I'd be very disappointed if my local garage chose to overlook them sending me out on a dangerous bike. __________________ Don't want to be the quickest; don't want to be the best; just want to be the one having the most fun. XL125Varadero -> Curvy SV650N-Y -> SV1000N-K3 -> Multistrada 1200s Twin-tastic stuff. Minister for Sustainability *Aliquid prudentissimus delectabiles et intelligentes in adamasset lingua.*

01-02-09, 07:26 PM	#8
TheStudent Guest Posts: n/a	Re: MOT Question My chain looks and moves very healthily, not gunky or stiff at all. It's not got tight links. Part of the chain has stretched I think from being over tightened, in relation to chain tension, if I roll the wheel, one half will feel right, and the other half maybe a bit lose, so i can never get the perfect tension, as one part is tighter than the rest.

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