MOT checks for motorcycle fuel and exhaust systems are divided into just two sections. Please click one of the links below to skip to the section of interest.

exhaust system :: fuel system

• Your bikes exhaust system must be complete and in a good state of repair
• All mounts must be present, unbroken and fully support the system

Reasons for your motorcycle exhaust system failing it’s motorcycle MOT

• The silencer is marked ‘NOT FOR ROAD USE’
• The silencer is marked ‘TRACK USE ONLY’
• The exhaust is, in the motorcycle MOT test technicians’s opinion, significantly louder than the standard

• Your bike’s entire fuel system must be secure and free from leaks
• All mounts must be present, unbroken and fully support the system
• The fuel tank cap must be present and fasten securely

Other reasons for your motorcycle’s fuel system failing it’s motorcycle MOT

• Deteriorated or missing sealing washer on the fuel tank cap
• A leaking fuel tank cap
• Any fuel leak which occurs under normal operating conditions of the motorcycle