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From: Steve on 22 Nov 2009 07:41 On 22 Nov, 12:28, Andy Bonwick <nos...(a)bonwick.me.uk> wrote: > I've still not registered my BMW as an outfit but I'd MOT it as one > because of the problems involved in changing it back for solo use. > > Could you MOT a bike that was registered as a solo but had a chair > fitted? I don't think you could but I'd like to be proved wrong. I've > got to fit a new battery in the outfit then MOT it and it's ready for > use on the next winter trip if I decide that's the way to go. Yes - when I spoke to the DVLA they informed me that there is no requirement for it to be registered as a Motorcycle Combination. Steve
From: Pete Fisher on 22 Nov 2009 07:42 In communiqu� <u9big5l7ikosajcum3ib8id2s0j949cfp4(a)4ax.com>, Andy Bonwick <nospam(a)bonwick.me.uk> cast forth these pearls of wisdom >On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:07:29 -0800 (PST), Steve ><steveloukes(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >snip> > >>However you do not have to notify the DVLA that you have fitted a >>sidecar and the MOT >>is tested as seen , so you can remove it , get the MOT and refit >>it.Totally legal. > >I've still not registered my BMW as an outfit but I'd MOT it as one >because of the problems involved in changing it back for solo use. > >Could you MOT a bike that was registered as a solo but had a chair >fitted? I don't think you could but I'd like to be proved wrong. I've >got to fit a new battery in the outfit then MOT it and it's ready for >use on the next winter trip if I decide that's the way to go. > Heh, the lad's mate who was stopping here last night turns out to have an uncle who has done the Nordcape on a solo. Probably in summer though - he wasn't sure. He did allegedly camp and left the bike ticking over all night so that he could use his heated clothing in the tent. -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: Peter(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk | | Voxan Roadster Yamaha WR250Z/Supermoto "Old Gimmer's Hillclimber" | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
From: Nige on 22 Nov 2009 07:42 sweller wrote: > Grimly Curmudgeon wrote: > >>>> Column shifts are rare here. I haven't seen one in years. >>> >>> Column shifts tend to be on the right - the last one I had was on a >>> 1975 SAAB 96 (manual). >>> >>> The old Jag autos were on the right too. >> >> Conversely, the two I had were on the left, so there's no >> standardisation. > > Jags or column change? I'm trying to remember but the old Hillmans I've > driven had them on the right too but I could be wrong. How old are you :) -- Nige, BMW K1200S Range Rover Vogue
From: sweller on 22 Nov 2009 07:43 Nige wrote: > > Jags or column change? I'm trying to remember but the old Hillmans > > I've driven had them on the right too but I could be wrong. > > How old are you :) 41 -- Simon
From: Pete Fisher on 22 Nov 2009 07:48
In communiqu� <xn0ghycij6kycg00b(a)news.individual.net>, sweller <sweller(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> cast forth these pearls of wisdom >Pete Fisher wrote: > >> >>> What about steering-column-mounted gear shifts (standard or >> automatic)? >>> Do they protrude from the right side like here, or on >> the left? > >> On the left on my old Saab two stroke. Surprisingly rapid changes >> possible because of the free-wheel device > >I got it wrong - the Saabs had them on the left. Why on earth I thought >it was on the right I don't know. > >My old '73 V4 96: >http://www.sweller.dynalias.org/images/saab96dash.jpg > >I found I'd forget to press the clutch when stopping as I rarely used it >changing gear i'd forget about it altogether. > It stuck in my mind because I remember frantically yanking on it on the A74 (long before it became a motorway) in the wee small hours somewhere near Lockerbie when the engine stopped. I was trying to bump start it while it rolled to halt on a small patch of tarmac by a bridge over Douglas Water. The fan belt had gone slack and the battery was flat. Yanked so hard I strained the weld on the linkage and I could then only get 1st and 3rd (top). Happy days (jumpers for goal posts etc.) -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: Peter(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk | | Voxan Roadster Yamaha WR250Z/Supermoto "Old Gimmer's Hillclimber" | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |