I have my bike booked for an mot, I have bc customs on, they look close to originals but sound a lot better, not stamped for off road use, k&n filter and ttp3 map. Garage says it might be safer to put original pipes on for mot due to noise issues, question is: can I drive for 30 miles with those pipes on and ttp3 map? I probably will leave em on as its been passed with them before but it's down to testers discretion Cheers
You should be OK - I think the problem comes when they are stamped "Not for road use" - I suppose then they have no choice but to fail it.
Took the short TORs off mine for the MOT as they are stamped "NOT FOR ROAD USE" and it would fail so put OEM's back but from a noise perspective was told it is at the testers discretion. I did inform my insurance company who accepted the change to TORs as they are official Triumph parts and they recorded the part numbers against my policy. Wouldn't want to give the insurers an option of declining cover should an accident occur.
Strangely enough a friend of mine had the same problem with a noisey end can. Drilled three small holes opposite each other in sequence and made sure one was through the 'NOT' then put three large headed rivits through. It them just read 'FOR ROAD USE' and used them for years at various MOT stations. There is ways to make good progress!
If you have that stamped on the exhaust simply pit a bit of black electrical tape on it when you get to the station. Removing it would constitute damage or deformation and not allowed so it would then be down to the tester to assess the noise and issue an advisory only if required.
thats so annoying i'd be going to a differant mot station,my hog has straight through screaming eagles on and never had any bother.. and they are really loud!
Agree I'd be using a different MOT station. For my classics I use a proper old school garage where they all ride bikes and I've never have any problems with my very, very noisy Yam RD400 with its expansion pipes on. I don't know if the rules are different for classics though. They're probably glad to get rid of me especially when I start it up and smoke the place out
Yeah I would, but its in for a service as well, 12000 mile so shims are being done, and guess what!!?? The new gasket for the valve cover was damaged in the post so they are now awaiting a new one! Who doesn't check these things before you start a job!??? Took my standard pipes down and they'll fit those for the MoT. Oh and they say I have the standard Triumph map installed, that hasn't been there for 4 years, can an ECU reset itself to factory standard?
Hi mate,re the ECU re-set there's every chance that they follow instructions from triumph which say something like "connect Triumph super computer to motorcycle and press GO" - no explanations, no nothing. It'll probably just go through a "check and update" automatic process and the dumb fuckers at the bike shop neither know nor care. So you'll have to re-map when you get her back home.
Cheers Biggy Yeah, I guessed that but I left specific instructions not to after my last charade! But I was hoping they weren't that stupid. hey ho looks like another dealer is going to lose my custom. I really am going to have do do my own servicing.
To be honest mate you're far better off doing it yourself. I do all of our vehicles and have done for the last 15 yrs. I keep every receipt for everything Ibuy for them -filters,oil etc etc and a I have a Servicing spreadsheet for all of them showing what was done, when and at what mileage/kilomètrage. When I come to sell a vehicle on the buyers are, without exception, always impressed with the details of the service history. Far better than just a 'John Bull' stamp in a book. Have a look here:
Nice one Biggy, I was a wee bit daunted with doing shims as I don't have a garage and I knew that as soon as I started it would begin to pee!
too right it was, about the only good thing about it. Old exhausts being fitted, will have to ride her home with them on tho
