On friday morning I got stopped by two bike cops on my ducati monster, I was told he stopped me because i have an illegal chain guard, Now the chain guard is short on the m600 monsters and is part of the factory fitted hugger, now it is a uk bike and with a factory standard part can it be against the law ? and is there any law on wether a chain guard is needed at all ? I can’t find any thing on chain guards at allIt all a bit confusing, The annoying thing is that i have just brought an aftermarket hugger which i am waiting to arrive with a longer chain guard.
I know there are a few bike cops on the site and would like to hear your point of veiw or indeed anyone elses
A chainguard is a legal requirement but according to the MOT testers manual it only needs to be secure and not fouling any other parts. It doesn’t mention the size of it.
As the chainguard is the standard one and it’s a UK bike it must be long enough otherwise the bike would never have passed the type approval in the first place!
Did you get a fine or points for this? I think you would have to produce a receipt and fitting for the chain guard you got (to show its official status), then you could possibly protest the ticket.
If got just a telling off, then it is a harsh as you say, it was a standard part…probably a bored copper doing a random check to see if anything else popped up, chalk it up to experience.
police these days, have more time to follow us motorists than trying to catch the other more “dangerous criminals” , i would have offered to follow them to a ducati dealership to show them it was a factory part,
No it was just a telling off no ticket, points or producer did’nt even ask my name or licences details, Just wanted to know about the chain guard thing was just a bit weirdBut second bike cop did’nt do anything so wonder if guy who stopped me was being trained Cheers guys
There is a catch all offence of Dangerous Condition. If the lack of a chain guard could be proved to be a potential danger then they could use that. There are numerous occasions where vehicles have passed type approval tests and then found to be contravening Construction and Use Regulations…and these things are usually only found out when a very knowledgable and possibly very sad traffic officers reports someone for a technical offence and it ends up in court.
