Technical inspections/MOT?
Hi,
This is a stupid question, but I've never heard it addressed by overlanders.
Say you're on an RTW trip on an older bike. First World registration. Subject to some kind of periodic technical inspection requirement. MoT in the UK, emissions in the US, etc.
In my country, it's valid for three years on a bike that's less than 10 years old, and for a year after that. But an RTW trip can last for a lot longer than a year before you get back to the country where your bike is plated. Your inspection is going to run out.
Does this simply not come up? Do police/border guards in other countries just not care? I know that I've been stopped trying to cross the Estonian-Russian border in a car with an expired inspection (the driver was not aware of it). But maybe it's just the border guards in your own country...
Just something I've been wondering.
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