road legal?

If I'm missing a wing mirror, is the bike road legal? Rarely use the
left one anyway, favouring a glance instead.

 

My CBR600 just passed the MOT with no mirrors at all. It may contravene
Construction and Use regs though.

--
Lozzo
Suzuki SV650S K5
Honda CBR600 FW trackbike
Yamaha SR250 Spazz-Trakka
Suzuki GSXR750 L
Suzuki TS50X
Suzuki TS50X

 

My left one went wonky before my MOT, so I took it off on the principle
of 'if attached, must work'. Equally, it was fine on the MOT. I do tend
to feel a bit more nervy about 'stuff' over that shoulder though. I'd
rather it was *there*, personally.

 

I'm the opposite really, I tend to only use the other one, preferring to
physically look over the left shoulder. I will get another one
eventually, as only having one tickles my symmetry OCD, but until a
suitable item appears on fleabay, I'll be exercising the neck muscles...

 

For bikes, I believe the C&U regs are silent on mirrors, leaving it to
the rider to use his head when they are absent. Different for cars,
though - minimums apply.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

 

You have wings on your bike?

I'd find a missing right mirror more of a PITA.

I believe Brother Grimly to be correct on this matter.

 

It certainly felt like it when hitting an unexpectedly large bump at
hundred-and-eek mph a while back. For a relative novice like moi, that
induced some serious pucker...

Excellent. Much obliged.

 

Pucker, son, pucker? I'll tell you what induces pucker - the inner
fairing panel coming unglued from its cable tie and wind pressure
driving it up and back into the front brake lever at 140-odd with
sufficient force to leave a 20 metre skidmark from the front tyre and
a similar mark of similar length but of a different hue down the seat
.... before the pucker reflex can clamp it shut.

That was pucker, that was.

 

yep, you win on that one, no doubt about it.

 

Apparently, this was an issue when Big H built the first Blackbirds.