READ MORE Exact date UK mini-heatwave hits next week with 6 counties in England roasted<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nAccording to the research, almost \u00a347,000 was spent by motorbike riders on avoidable retest fees, based on around 15,000 failures that could have been prevented by simple checks.<\/p>\n
It found that around 11,440 were caused by problems with the motorcycle\u2019s lamps and reflectors. If these motorbike owners had performed checks on these parts before the test, more than \u00a335,600 could have been saved on retests. These figures assume around one in 10 riders will miss the free partial retest window after a failed MOT, says Go.Compare.<\/p>\n
Brake defects were the next most common problem, contributing to 18% of failures. Issues with the bike\u2019s structure and attachments (11%), and suspension problems (10%) make up the third and fourth-highest number of MOT failures. These are all far harder to identify and fix before a test.<\/p>\n
Tom Banks, motoring expert at Go.Compare, says: \u201cOur research shows that thousands of pounds is being wasted every year on avoidable MOT failures, but preparing for the test properly can help you avoid incurring extra costs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are some simple checks that you can perform at home before you book your bike in for its MOT, and they could save you time and money by preventing a failure. For example, make sure your lights are working properly and replace any bulbs you need to, then check the tyres\u2019 tread depth to see if they meet the minimum requirements.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf your motorbike does fail its MOT, don\u2019t worry, you\u2019ve still got a 10-day window to get it in for a free retest. If you can get it fixed before this, you shouldn\u2019t need to pay for another test.<\/p>\n
“Remember, your bike won\u2019t be road-legal if it fails its MOT due to a dangerous fault, meaning your insurance will likely become invalid as well. If it fails, you\u2019ll need to get the issues rectified before you can ride it again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Motorcyclists in England have been urged to conduct a quick check or risk losing out on money to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[748,393,4884,8955,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-79133","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-midlands-traffic-and-travel","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114460907793210217","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Motorcyclists in England have been urged to conduct a quick check or risk losing out on money to a MOT test.<\/p>\n