Having been unable to ride my trike for three weeks now I was really looking forward to going to collect it from a Yorkshire based Goldwing dealer, where it has been having the works done to the brakes to pass the MOT.
The dealer does not have the facilities to test trikes and has to pass them out for MOT to an independent garage. Unfortunately the testing station does not always agree with the dealer and my trike is a classic example.
The dealer has stated that the rear brakes are spot on for the trike and there is no further adjustment to tweak them. The tester says that the brakes are not efficient enough for the MOT.
I know just how efficient the brakes are as I have had an emergency stop just after the first MOT fail when I was returning it home.
On that occasion a car emerged onto a roundabout and I believe that I locked up the rear wheels with very heavy braking. Most of the weight transfers onto the front wheel when heavy braking using the front brake and this weight transfer lightens the rear enough to lock up the wheels.
The dealer arranged for my trike to be collected last week and has had a mechanic working on it now for 2 days. It is supposed to be spot on.
So how does this get resolved?
I will let you know when I get the result from the dealer and my trike back.
In the meantime if anyone else has come across this problem please let me know and especially how was it resolved?
UPDATE
It would appear that a tester has some interpretation to do with the regs. The tester who had been testing my trike has a very strict outlook on certain items and it appears that he gave no leeway for the trike’s braking system. Another tester took a different view and passed it.