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Posted by John Hopkins
- February 14, 2013, 21:03:25 PMIn Britain we are pretty well hog tied by regulations..no riding without a helmet, no riding without road tax, no riding without insurance, no riding without a full licence that you only get if you have passed a test for your size bike, and no riding without a ministry of transport roadworthynes certificate (MOT)..
Two days ago I got a letter telling me that my tax on one of my bikes would be due at the end of this month, I looked at my documents and discovered that my MOT runs out on the 19th, now this test is pretty thorough, they test everything..yesterday it snowed, last night it rained, and today the sun came out and dried up the rain..Now none of you people really know me, and as far as I know only one of you has read my book, but it is well known that if I get on a motorbike it will rain before I get off again, the BBC phone me to ask where I am going to ride so that they can forcast rain...So today I climbed aboard one of my bikes in bright sunlight and headed out to the MOT centre 10 miles away..Two miles down the road and the heavens opened up..I arrived at the test centre soaked to the skin just as the rain stopped, I sat around in a warm office by a hot fire and dried off while they tested my bike and when they had pronounced it good I said my goodbyes and mounted up in bright sunshine to ride home again...After I had ridden about 400 yards the rain started again..
John.