show me your flat trackers and desert racers

Bet it sounds pretty. Or would, if the owner wasn't shy of blue-ing up the header.

Sluggo, I require to see further pics as you accrue them. Please.

(Slippage.) Man I wisht I'd had that diagram fifty years ago.

Ratso said:

Jimmy Plain (1942-2014). I gather that he was fast. I know he had a good greaser DA!

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Looks like he’s saying ‘eeeehhhh’, after skidding to a stop.

It will have to go to Vermont.

Fri. going to look at some British flat trackers in SW MI. I'll take pics.

I agree the Moto Parillas are good-looking. An advanced design for its time.

Oh my that's nice.

Is a brake light required?

yes, ya meant to still have a brake light if on a daytime MOT,.... but many get away without one,
under the law, It is (Section 74, Para 1, of the road vehicle lighting regulation of 1971)....,'all vehicle's built before January 1st 1971 need not have a brake light switch but if one is fitted it must be in working condition, those built after January 1st must be fitted with a working brake light' ... generally here in England the cops are real laid back & either dont care or don't know the laws in detail, & they ain't gonna shoot ya for a broken tail light, so most things are ok unless theres a 2 minute clampdown on bikes for some reason only known to the local chief constable.

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Is a brake light required?

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No brake light required, for a daytime MOT you have no lights of any kind, all you need is a horn and a reflector on the rear, on the centre line of the bike, these are basically the same requirements for a bicycle when used on a public highway.

it depends on year of first registration... but in practice it's not that well understood by those doing MOT tests or a blind ee is turned

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it depends on year of first registration... but in practice it's not that well understood by those doing MOT tests or a blind ee is turned

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True, the rules around lights vary with age, for example you need indicators (turn signals in the US) after1986 and what you said about the brake switch, I think there is another date for combined front and back brake switches but with daytime MOT it is no lights.

I had an interesting one regarding speedo
You don’t need it for the mot
But on a public highway you need
tester told me if he wanted to road test bike he couldn’t do on the road and have to fail it .
I wasn’t going to be funny but would have suggested we can road test on local aeródrome.