Well I had the bike SVA inspected at the VOSA on friday and it only failed on one thing- the headlight didn't have a bloody 5w running light in it... Even the Staintune exhaust passed the noise test.

For the speedo, I had to prise off the glass and rim on the speedo to get into it. I'd actually bought a replacement Mph dial for the speedo but it was just a little too large and when trying to shave it down a little, it broke in half (!) so I ended up putting a bit of black tape over the 'k' on the km/h and it wasn't questioned. I'll add 30,40,50 etc stickers etc on to it soon. I'll need that for the MOT anyway but its only 2 years old so doesn't need one just yet.

Anyway, the really annoying thing is that they want to inspect it again which means another trip through to Glasgow from Edinburgh and a 2nd test fee of £16 just to check this bulb has been fitted!! I thought I would get Saltire Suzuki install the new bulb and get them to fax confirmation of this to the test centre but they were having none of it as they just said, 'well your mate might work there' and wasn't acceptable. Grrr...

Also, until its registered, you can only get a maximum of 30 days insurance as a UK resident (or at least thats all Carole Nash are prepared to give).

Regarding declaring the bike on bringing it into the UK, I tried asking at Dover as soon as I got off the ferry. I explained where the bike was from and whether I needed to declare it but was told it wasn't necessary... and then they told me I'd better put my helmet on before the cops stopped me...

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