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BOWLER
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Postby BOWLER » Sat May 27, 2006 10:54 am

Showing my ignorance again, will a cracked mirror glass cause an MOT failure I know it does on a car as I found out a few years ago.The crack does not cause any problems visionwise while riding which is why I have not got round to fixing it.
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Postby Ade B » Sat May 27, 2006 1:40 pm

you could try and remove it for the mot if its a problem :wink: ... my vespa has only one (RH) mirror for proper 'italian cool' 8) (they only had one of the correct period types in the shop on the day). and it seems to get through every time...

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Postby NA1959 » Sat May 27, 2006 4:24 pm

:? Depends on how severe the crack is, which mirror and the MOT tester. If left hand mirror, you could remove it and plug the holes.

It is possibly a fail item if they think it is likely to fall off and break.
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Postby oyster » Sun May 28, 2006 6:13 am

A car requires two 'normal' rear viewing devices. As there are usually three on modern cars, one damaged mirror should not affect the pass. I only had one (good) mirror on my Suzuki GS1000, and it passed regularly.
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Postby JoeC » Sun May 28, 2006 11:32 am

I 'think' that the good mirror has to be on the offside of the bike.
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Postby JoeC » Wed May 31, 2006 3:34 pm

The following link gives advice on MOT stuff.

http://www.ukmot.com/bike/1-5.asp
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Postby BOWLER » Fri Jun 02, 2006 3:59 pm

Well the bike passed complete with cracked mirror,before booking the bike in I rang 4 testing stations and got 4 different answers ranging from mirrors are not part of the test through to it would be a definite failure.
What chance have you got if they are not all singing from the same hymnsheet. Anyway must go for a lie down now as I have just been told the official BMW price for a new mirror, £76.
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