MOT checks for lights and signals on motorcycles are divided into seven sections. Please click on a link below to skip to the section of interest.<\/p>\n
front and rear position lamps<\/a> :: headlamps<\/a> :: stop lamps<\/a> :: rear reflectors<\/a> :: indicators<\/a> :: headlamp aim<\/a> :: audible warnings<\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n note: the front position light, or sidelight, is considered separate from the motorcycle\u2019s headlight and at least 50% of all light sources within a lamp must function. If lamps are obscured by other parts of the bike they will fail.<\/p>\n If a motorbike has no lights at all, or they are taped, painted or permanently disconnected so as to emit no light whatsoever you can still get an MOT pass but you will receive an advisory note stating that the bike should only be used during the hours of daylight and not during times of seriously reduced visibility.<\/p>\n The motorcycle MOT does not<\/strong> cover rear fog lights or amber lights within the indicator lens of your bike.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Only one or both headlamps need to illuminate for either dipped or main beam and they must be mounted one on top of the other or symmetrically and no more than 200mm apart.<\/p>\n For the purposes of the MOT mopeds are only required to have a functioning dipped beam.<\/p>\n If your bike was built before 1 January 1931 it doesn\u2019t need a headlight at all but if there is one it must function correctly.<\/p>\n Bikes which cannot exceed 25mph do not have to have a stop lamp fitted nor do mopeds which were first registered before 1 April 1986 but if fitted they must function correctly.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Only one reflector is required for the MOT but your bike will not fail for having more. Unfortunately reflective tape is not considered satisfactory.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Any motorcycle first registered before 1st August 1986 does not need indicators to pass an MOT<\/p>\n Bikes which cannot exceed 30mph or off-road bikes designed to carry just the rider do not need indicators but if fitted they must function correctly.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n note: a specialist piece of equipment is needed to correctly check the aim of your motorbikes headlight but if you follow the guidelines below we would be happy to make minor adjustments if necessary free of charge.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n front and rear position lamps<\/a> :: headlamps<\/a> :: stop lamps<\/a> :: rear reflectors<\/a> :: indicators<\/a> :: headlamp aim<\/a> :: audible warnings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MOT checks for lights and signals on motorcycles are divided into seven sections. Please click on a link below to skip to the section of interest. front and rear position lamps :: headlamps :: stop lamps :: rear reflectors :: indicators :: headlamp aim :: audible warnings Front and Rear Position Lamps on a Motorcycle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[15,14,13,12,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fasttrackmotorcycles.co.uk\/mot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fasttrackmotorcycles.co.uk\/mot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fasttrackmotorcycles.co.uk\/mot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fasttrackmotorcycles.co.uk\/mot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fasttrackmotorcycles.co.uk\/mot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/fasttrackmotorcycles.co.uk\/mot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":342,"href":"https:\/\/fasttrackmotorcycles.co.uk\/mot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions\/342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fasttrackmotorcycles.co.uk\/mot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fasttrackmotorcycles.co.uk\/mot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fasttrackmotorcycles.co.uk\/mot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Front and Rear Position Lamps on a Motorcycle<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Daylight MOT<\/h3>\n
Fog Lights<\/h3>\n
Motorcycle Headlamps<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Twin headlights<\/h3>\n
Mopeds<\/h3>\n
Pre-1931 Motorcycles<\/h3>\n
Motorcycle Stop Lamps<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Slow Vehicles & Mopeds<\/h3>\n
Rear Reflectors on Motorcycles<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Extra Reflectors and Tape<\/h3>\n
Motorcycle Indicators<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Motorcycles Registered Pre-1986<\/h3>\n
Slow and Off-Road Vehicles<\/h3>\n
Motorcycle Headlamp Aim<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Audible Warnings<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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