Fined for being overweight - Liveline yesterday

@sprinter......no more backload of wine either

Or just pour it into the tank, save weight on the bottles

Agreed...The reason I started the thread was not to be a sympathiser for his woes but to draw attention to the fact we need to watch our weight limits..

250kg to play with is quite decent....The Mopeds will eat a fair chunk of that though.

What sort of scooter /moped are you thinking about, that only weights only 80kg?

Don't forget, if you add 100kg at a point which is 1.5m behind the rear axle it will add a loading of about 140kg to that axle and take about 40kg off the front axle.

You can find the formula HERE

Don't forget to add the weight of the rack to that of the scooter before checking the increase of weight on the rear axle.
Remember weight will also be transferred from the front axle which could effect stability and wet grip on some hills.

Just upgraded from 4500kg to 5000kg through SvTech. My axle weights are 1850, 1600, 1600 now. Easy process I just had to show them the current Alko plate and a few details about tyre weight capacity etc. They sent me a new weight plate so have to register it now with the paperwork they supplied. No worries about that extra wine now.

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Ah, didn't it's the DVLA you would be dealing with

Only if the potential buyer doesn't have the correct licence

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Still no word back from Swansea. If they have any questions they will probably hold it for a month then send it back

I read that too and thought "great, they know what I am looking for !!!" That was until I phoned them and found that they haven't a clue and done even know what their own website says

If its the same as the smoke opacity test used by the NCT the diesel test is laughable in itself.

The test regimes in general just can't handle anything that is even slightly different. My car gets a 0 reading for all of the emissions parameters because its a hybrid but could easily be tested if they were minded to. It also gets an almost free pass on the brakes, they just drive it down the road and do a quick brake test, they might have an accelerometer on board but no imbalance measurement.