MOT

[clonmore1]

I didn't realise you could engage with the tester and get that level of information.

Very useful, thanks

[steve hawkins]

Actually the discs I have are cast iron and do have the 'rusting' properties that you describe, coating the forks and the front of the bike with a difficult to remove reddish stain.......I am heartily sick of them, irrespective of the superior 'in the wet' stopping power.  They are also heavy.

They might not be much of a problem in sunny Australia, but in 'Old Blighty', where it is either raining or about to rain, it gets to be a bind ..... after a while.

They are 'buggered' either way.  Motorworks do EBC's at £140 a pop, plus the pads.   Might have to plump for those if nothing else pops up locally.

Rev Light

[clonmore1]

Steve,

Keep us informed as to progress, I have the drilled S/S (twin) discs on the front, they are scored across the entire surface. We are going to re-fit them and see how they perform.

I may have to follow you into changing the discs shortly.

[Barry]

I didn't realise you could engage with the tester and get that level of information.

Very useful, thanks  

That's one of the things I like about long term ownership of a vehicle. On my last bike the same guy did the MOT for 14 years. Only 8 years on this one so far and I take it to a one man band, back street sort of place but he knows his stuff and is happy to chat away while doing the test.  With it all being on line these days the computer has to be logged on for a minimum length of time before the certificate can be printed out. The actual test doesn't take anything like as long as this minimum period so there is plenty of time to chat.

[clonmore1]

Thanks Barry,

I will be doing the same with a back street kind of guywho specialises in bikes and apparently loves older bikes.

Thanks for the heads up, very useful.

Cheers

Chris