Daytime MOT, useful info.

[quigs]

I was browsing the internet for info on daytime MOTs so i could use my bike on the road with track fairings and came across this.
Looks like all i need is a break light, rear reflector and a horn.

CRITERIA FOR DAYTIME MOT :

To qualify for a daytime MOT your bike must “have neither front nor rear position lamps, or have such lamps permanently disconnected, painted over or masked.” This applies to headlamps, position lamps and indicators. The situation with stop lamps is significantly more complicated. Machines do not need to have a stop lamp fitted if they cannot exceed 25mph, were first used before 1st January 1936 or were first used before 1st April 1986 and do not exceed 50cc. Those first used before 1st April 1986 must have a stop lamp that operates from at least one brake control and those used on or after that date must have a stop lamp operated from both brakes. There is an added if not widespread complication for bikes first used from 1st April 1986 which were approved with a stop lamp activated by one control. There were very few of these and test inspectors are instructed to fail a bike only if they are certain the stop lamp was designed to be operated by both brake controls and isn’t.

Your bike must be fitted with a rear reflector and an “audible warning device”, typically an electrical horn, which must be loud enough to be heard by another road user

[rsv_man]

My R6 race bike had no lights front or rear and sailed through. Did have a horn and indicators though.

[scorcher]

I was browsing the internet for info on daytime MOTs so i could use my bike on the road with track fairings and came across this.
Looks like all i need is a break light, rear reflector and a horn.

CRITERIA FOR DAYTIME MOT :

The situation with stop lamps is significantly more complicated. Machines do not need to have a stop lamp fitted if they cannot exceed 25mph, were first used before 1st January 1936 or were first used before 1st April 1986 and do not exceed 50cc. Those first used before 1st April 1986 must have a stop lamp that operates from at least one brake control and those used on or after that date must have a stop lamp operated from both brakes. There is an added if not widespread complication for bikes first used from 1st April 1986 which were approved with a stop lamp activated by one control. There were very few of these and test inspectors are instructed to fail a bike only if they are certain the stop lamp was designed to be operated by both brake controls and isn’t.

I think you have interpreted that wrong. I'm 99% sure you don't need a stop lamp . The bit you have quoted above applies to bikes that are fitted with brake lights. After all ,if your lights are permanently masked or disconnected you won't have a brake light either.

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