Handbrake operation, is it included in the MOT?

[Taipan]

Hi All,
Question as per title really, do MOT testers check a handbrake if a scoot has one?
TIA

[fullcirclemax]

Just a guess but I think that if it has one fitted as standard then yes.

[Ralph]

When I had the Bergman I don't remember the tester ever trying it.

[DTO]

Same here can’t remember seeing them test handbrake on my T-max.

No mention of “handbrake “ on mot check list for motorbikes .

[Whatsisname]

I can barely remember when mine last worked. It's passed at least half a dozen MOT's since then.

[Greyerbeard]

Ask your friendly tester - AFTER it passes its next MoT!

[MrGrumpy]

Same here can’t remember seeing them test handbrake on my T-max.

Yes, I've never seen the tester ever test the parking brake on any of my Tmaxs....though I do have a memory that its been stated on here before that if there is a parking brake it has to work! Which certainly isn't the definitive answer Taipan was looking for. They certainly don't try it on the rolling road!

[Taipan]

Thanks for all the replies. The question was for a guy on another forum who has a 400 Burger with a suddenly broken handbrake and a now expired MOT, so he'll be relieved to know this!

[Stibbs]

I asked this a couple of years ago when mine went through first mot. Tester said handbrake is not specifically mentioned in check list so he doesn’t test it. However there’s a generic mention of brake “components “ mentioned so it’s a slightly grey area. A pedant may check it!

[DTO]

Thanks for all the replies. The question was for a guy on another forum who has a 400 Burger with a suddenly broken handbrake and a now expired MOT, so he'll be relieved to know this!

Won’t he have a 6 month extension on mot