Damerells Dissapointment

[rickus]

Damerells Dissapointment

Despite my better judgement after previous encounter with another bike, took my cb500 to damerells for MOT...

despite having full size number plate thats passed previous mot's they failed it for incorrect border AND incorrect spacing of letters - 3mm out.

retest fee £15.

out of principle took it to a real world bike shop with new plate, who said he wouldn't have failed old one (that i took along)
(previous encounter was along similar lines - small debateable failure)

spare me the 'oh its the rules' - common sense should come into it. since then have heard that they do that for business. last time i go there then.
rant over.

[jam]

Simple answer is not to use Damerells again, especially as it appears that you've had issues with them previously.
It's as easy as saying " I'd better not hit myself on the head with this hammer as last time it hurt" "Oh maybe if I do it again it won't hurt this time" " Oh shit it still hurts"

[Dillon]

Im a believer in vote with your feet.

[steve-d]

Always to go to an MOT station that doesn't have workshop facilities. Then they have no incentive to fail you to try and make some extra cash out of you.

[deej]

which one did you go to and who did you use that passed your plate,handy to know for future use

i dont think ive bought from damerells in 10yrs and it will continue that way too

[tony-klr]

be interested to see the new manual, last time I looked at the MOT manual is said how it had to be laid out, but nothing about the actual size or style of the letters

passing an MOT and the bike being road legal are 2 very different things LOL

[ZXR400Lee]

be interested to see the new manual, last time I looked at the MOT manual is said how it had to be laid out, but nothing about the actual size or style of the letters

passing an MOT and the bike being road legal are 2 very different things LOL

12 months ago my GSXR1100 passed MOT with a 7x5 plate... I shalt name the MOT centre in case they get in trouble..

[sir-dinglebert]

Sorry to nab the post... but for future reference anybody know any trustworthy MOT centers in plymouth:?:

[billinom8s]

have a look on the dc bikers site, i know there is a thread on there that reccomends local traders for plymouth

http://www.dcbikers.co.uk/16.html

[deej]

I think dave down at RPM on union street has a mot bay,he's pretty good at most things as is dan @ dms out wrangaton way

Two wheel technics is ok if you don't want to travel too far outside of plymouth

[tomr6]

Sorry to nab the post... but for future reference anybody know any trustworthy MOT centers in plymouth:?:

Completely recommend Saltash Moto on 01752 842231

They are one of the few people I allow to work on my bikes...........apart from my good self that is.

[billinom8s]

Sorry to nab the post... but for future reference anybody know any trustworthy MOT centers in plymouth:?:

Completely recommend Saltash Moto on 01752 842231

They are one of the few people I allow to work on my bikes...........apart from my good self that is.

stick their details in the reccomendations thread viewforum.php?f=74 section then, thats what it's for and helps people out

[sir-dinglebert]

nice one guys, I'll take a look