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Legality of my car!!

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boss:
also, if this gets through an SVA and is 100% road legal yours defiantly will be!

auf_wiedersehen_pet:

--- Quote from: SteveW on August 23, 2008, 19:20:21 ---I would also imagine that this will have implications for pretty much anyone who drives a lifted offroader. Also, I don't want to be seen as being childish but if this is right then where do tractors, motorbikes and cars such as caterhams stand because they all show alot more wheel than me.
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I used to own a Suzuki TL 1000S (like the one below). This bike and pretty much every motorbike ever made has the tyre protruding at the front!

SteveW:
Cheers for all the comments, thought I was right in the thinking that he was wrong. Going to resolve it the easy way and go to the main cop shop round here and ask them as I want to get things sorted so that I can go to Kirton tomorrow.

Steve.

glaggs:
Steve if they were confident that your vehicle is illegal they would have given you a producer. An MOT is generally (but not always) proof that the vehicle can be used legally on the Queens Highway. Were these guys traffic plod or ordinary PC's. Having worked nearly 20 years in the motorcycle trade the level of ignorance that exists in the police force was scary. I once sold a bike to a guy who was stopped less than a mile from the show room and given a producer because his tyre didn't have enough tread. The tyre was all but brand new, perfectly legal but of a pattern that didnt have tread cut in continuous groves from one side of the tyre to the other. It cost us half an hour to calm down an irate customer and an MOT top comply with his producer. Ever tried to MOT a vehicle thats less than 3 mths old? but who was the guy to believe - Mr trustworthy police man or 'Smarmy Sales person!

Don't worry about it Steve as long as you've got an MOT and all mods are declared to the insurance company you will be OK. Going to the cop shop might not resolve the issue, but go to a recognised Vehicle Inspector to check out any grey areas might help.

glaggs:
ps. if your going over to Kirton pop in and say hi to Derrick from LRS. He sells bits n bobs inside the cafe area. He knows me n my Jimny very well n can take a look at it to give you his opinion on its Legality. He is a qualified MOT (motorcycle) inspector so he knows some of the legal grey areas.

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