{"id":87,"date":"2011-07-19T09:51:13","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T09:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mot.fasttrackmotorcycles.co.uk\/?p=87"},"modified":"2017-11-23T21:37:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T21:37:02","slug":"sidecars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fasttrackmotorcycles.co.uk\/mot\/mot-checks\/sidecars\/","title":{"rendered":"Sidecars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MOT checks for motorcycle sidecars are divided into five sections. Please click one of the links below to skip to the section of interest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#security\">security<\/a> :: <a href=\"#suspension\">suspension and wheel bearings<\/a> :: <a href=\"#alignment\">wheel alignment<\/a> :: <a href=\"#lights\">lights and reflectors<\/a> :: <a href=\"#brakes\">brakes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"security\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"headerone\" class=\"listheader\">\n<h3>Security of Attachment of Motorcycle Sidecars<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>Reasons for a sidecar\u2019s attachment failing the motorcycle MOT<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The sidecar isn\u2019t securely fitted to the motorcycle<\/li>\n<li>Tight, worn or deteriorated pivots or bushes<\/li>\n<li>Missing, damaged or loose securing devices, bolts, split pins etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"suspension\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"headertwo\" class=\"listheader\">\n<h3>Motorcycle Sidecar Suspension and Wheel Bearings<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>Reasons for a sidecar\u2019s suspension or wheel bearings failing the motorcycle MOT<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Excessively stiff, partially seized suspension<\/li>\n<li>Leaking suspension units<\/li>\n<li>Fouling between fixed and moving parts which affect the movement of the supsension<\/li>\n<li>Insecure suspension units<\/li>\n<li>Loose or missing securing nuts, locking devices or spindle<\/li>\n<li>Excessively rough or tight wheel bearings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"alignment\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"headerthree\" class=\"listheader\">\n<h3>Wheel Alignment<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>Reasons for a sidecar\u2019s wheel alignment failing the motorcycle MOT<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Toe-out of the sidecar wheel relative to your motorbike<\/li>\n<li>Excessive toe-in of the sidecar wheel relative to your motorbike<\/li>\n<li>Excessive vertical misalignment which adversely affects the handling of the combination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"lights\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"headerfour\" class=\"listheader\">\n<h3>Motorcycle Sidecar Lights and Reflectors<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Sidecars must have a white front position light fitted<\/li>\n<li>Sidecars must have a red reflector fitted to the rear nearside pointing squarely to the rear<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"brakes\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"headerfive\" class=\"listheader\">\n<h3>Motorcycle Sidecar Lights and Reflectors<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>If fitted, sidecar brakes must reach the standard required in <a href=\"http:\/\/mot.fasttrackmotorcycles.co.uk\/79\/motorcycle-mot-checks-brakes\/\" title=\"Motorcycle MOT Checks : Brakes\" rel=\"nofollow\">section three<\/a> of this MOT checklist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOT checks for motorcycle sidecars are divided into five sections. Please click one of the links below to skip to the section of interest. security :: suspension and wheel bearings :: wheel alignment :: lights and reflectors :: brakes Security of Attachment of Motorcycle Sidecars Reasons for a sidecar\u2019s attachment failing the motorcycle MOT The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[7,12,6,37],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fasttrackmotorcycles.co.uk\/mot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87"}],"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=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/fasttrackmotorcycles.co.uk\/mot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331,"href":"https:\/\/fasttrackmotorcycles.co.uk\/mot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions\/331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fasttrackmotorcycles.co.uk\/mot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fasttrackmotorcycles.co.uk\/mot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fasttrackmotorcycles.co.uk\/mot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}