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NCT for Bikes?

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  • 07-01-2005 1:57pm
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    XT_Dweezil
    Closed Accounts Posts: 149 ✭✭


    Hey

    I just got my Swedish bike registrered here in Ireland. I paid the VRT, road tax and got a set of plates for it.

    Do you guys here have any bikes test, similiar to the NCT for cars?

    I know that i Sweden it will have to be on a test every year after the bike is 4 years old. Do you have anything like that here?

    Cheers


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    XT_Dweezil wrote:
    Hey

    I just got my Swedish bike registrered here in Ireland. I paid the VRT, road tax and got a set of plates for it.

    Do you guys here have any bikes test, similiar to the NCT for cars?

    I know that i Sweden it will have to be on a test every year after the bike is 4 years old. Do you have anything like that here?

    Cheers
    Nothing like that here at all. Haven't even heard rumblings of it. Would be a good idea though IMO.


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    Silvera
    Registered Users Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭Silvera


    It would indeed be a good idea!
    There are some dodgy bikes on the roads. Even a basic bi-annual check would be a good move.

    (N.B. - You only need ONE number plate for a motorbike.)


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    spockety
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,468 Mod ✭✭✭✭spockety


    There is no "NCT" style test for bikes, but the mutterings are there, and it is only a matter of time.


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    XT_Dweezil
    Closed Accounts Posts: 149 ✭✭XT_Dweezil


    Silvera wrote:
    (N.B. - You only need ONE number plate for a motorbike.)

    Got plates (2) because i have had my old swedish plate stolen twice :mad: . So i got a spare Irish one if it happens again. :D


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Silvera wrote:
    It would indeed be a good idea!
    There are some dodgy bikes on the roads.
    Mostly belonging to couriers, but at the very least, it would help reduce the amount of guys who buy a destroyed bike for a few hundred quid and proceed to hurtle themselves down country roads with no experience, insurance or brakes.


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