Ive got a idea myself what the law is about bike mirrors but i don't know how accurate it is, does anyone on here know the actual law for mirrors in the uk?
After a little bit of research it looks like there is no legal requirements for mirrors on motorcycles, as long as theres no fitting on the bike for them it would still pass a mot....
Check the link below re- bits and pieces on bike MOT's https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...-at-an-mot/motorcycle-parts-checked-at-an-mot Also check this too http://www.bikelawyer.co.uk/mcn-law-columns/will-i-be-nicked-if-i-take-the-mirrors-off To be honest, I would always ride with mirrors on a bike, I don't like A&E Departments very much and I'm allergic to pain too. To each his own
Always would have mirrors on my road bike, just that on the enduro bike they are constantly getting knocked about, get in the way when standing on the pegs, etc, I took them off. I do little mileage on main roads and am extra vigilant looking over my shoulder. Don't think I would run a road bike without mirrors, but they are not a legal requirement, as was asked by the OP.
I was under the impression that if no mirrors were fitted that it would pass an MOT, but if mirrors were fitted and the glass either damaged or missing then it would fail, same as a car.
I think that sounds more like the MOT rulings around indicators? a loooong time ago I put a small yamaha through an MOT without indicators fitted, but with switch still present - got failed as the bike 'had provision for indicators' despite all 4 having been removed? Mirrors can be bar end or handlebar/fairing moutned so 'provision for' harder to enforce maybe?
