Ever followed a mate’s bike down the road and thought: ‘Wait a min, what’s goin’ on ’ere?’
You can see the back wheel of your pal’s bike but there’s something wrong; it’s not quite following the front one, even a tiny miscue here is quite easy to see. If you feel brave you can crouch down in the road in front of your mate and observe the ‘tracking’ from the sharp end. Normal rules of engagement apply here: pick a deserted spot, preferably with as little camber as possible, and don’t get run over! You’ve been warned!
As a long-time MoT tester I always preferred ‘the real world’ to theoretical and stationary tests. I always rode bikes and hit the brakes at about 25mph. This sort of test threw up all manner of defects that the MoT standard checks never could. It has to be said that I got in a
