you’re not breaking the law riding it with no mot, as long as it is insured and you’re going to a test, or a place of repair to make ready for the test
it must be roadworthy.
roadworthy and having an MoT are not the same things 
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Are you sure? If you have addressed the faults and booked a re-test, you are legal, I think? (Not a legal expert).
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it is legal, as long as you are riding directly to the test, not breaking your journey (stopping for fuel if needed is ok) for purposes other than the test, and the test centre is the closest or reasonable alternative.
no booking tests 200 miles away so you can go on a tour on the way
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Thanks for the reassurance guys! Having spent so many years overseas I got a bit out of touch with the nuances of the regs here. Appreciate y’all! 
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Just fitted a twenty 20 21/5w LED side brake light( in red LED) to my none LED rear light cluster to replace the old halogen.
Wow - what a fab safety upgrade to the side and brake light and cheap. I would say 50% brighter on side and on brake vs halogen
You can buy LED’s on Amazon but the twenty 20 is the one to go for IMO as it’s great quality and has a great rating
My bike is none canbus so no worries there either but they are Canbus ready anyway
https://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/380-twenty20-cree-led-12v-p21/5w-canbus-bayonet-bulb.html
I got two - the other goes on the bike as a spare.
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Circa £300 plus for a wheel plus the labour and the hassle of changing the disc over is a PITA.
If the wheel is running true then just take it elsewhere as you will have to pay for a re-test anyway
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Be assured I went through the permutations and accepted I could possibly be throwing money away. Against that, either the wheel is actually alright and could be retested and passed.. or not.. in which case I am back at square one and time wasted. Second I could have sent it off to Maidstone.. again time and money and a percentage gamble on success or.. bite the bullet and do as I have done. Just order a guaranteed factory fresh plus bearings and spacers over a similar time frame. (Side issue.. riding days are a wasting!) First two options have at least a degree of gamble. Option two might save me £100 or less. Option three I am involved in some work hours but I need to do the new tyres whatever and get to a couple of extra diligence items while I am at it. Changing the discs over is an extra half hour.
Once done I will have personally been over the whole front end with my very own eyeballs and fingies. Priceless? 
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Spoiler alert guys! Just in case this could be my final post here due to a ‘disagreement’ with the powers that be I just wish to thank you all I have had intercourse with (hope that word is not on the proscribed list?) and I have greatly enjoyed and benefitted from same.
Wishing you all well and see you in the funny papers. “Ta and thanks for all the fish!” Dave
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Sadly Dave you are not the first, (and I believe indicate a reassessment and update is due… but that’s a different thread).
Hope you can find a way to continue being part of what for the greater part is a good group of individuals with a common interest and a huge data bank of useful knowledge.
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That’s disappointing Dave. You appeared to be a good egg during our interactions (there was never intercourse and I plan to keep it that way!)
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Haha! Steve. No I am not tempted either! 
I enjoy the site immensely but some things I refuse to tolerate. Guess we’ll see. Be well and ride safe!
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There is another safety benefit from replacing filament brake light bulbs with LEDs… the response time.
LEDs are pretty much ‘instant on’ whereas filaments do need to heat. It is perceptible to the human eye at standstill - particularly with indicators (where I prefer the softer glow style of filaments rather than sharp on/off of LEDs) but, when braking - and especially at motorway speed, the instant on of LEDs equates to extra reaction time for the driver behind you and thereby improves your safety.
Pretty sure it’s about two car lengths at motorway speed… worth having.
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Blood bikes too. One of my colleagues hit a rain filled pothole on a cold dark night… put a huge dent and crack in the front rim and (as you’d expect with that impact damage) burst the tyre. Pretty sure the replacements came to £1200.
Our repairs come out of charity donations though, unlike the Police (although I appreciate their budgets are tight too).
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Ouch! Yeah that’s the scary part that when full of water they are practically invisible. Could be anywhere from a half inch to a foot deep.
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Six feet (two metres) at 30mph, IIRC.
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I’ve popped a tyre on a car, and snapped a spring, two different occasions, two different potholes. no shortage of them lately, getting quite uncomfortable driving a car recently on anything other than a motorway/dual carriageway.
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What’s next? Are we gonna have to give up on alloy rims? Everybody have to drive/ride no faster than 20mph? Giant balloon tyres? 
Hey, the price of diesel and gas are going to put a huge dent in voluntary trips. I pity the vast numbers of folks with no choice just getting to work.
Even getting to fix the majority of them there would be so many road works slowdowns we’d be pulling our hair! 
Moto Donkey, fills it’s own tank
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