Despite what you might have been told, there?s no such thing as a daytime MOT. There?s only one kind of MOT, and you can only either pass it or fail it. But when someone says they?ve taken all the lights off their bike, or have put a ?daytime MOT? on their trackbike, they?re not really lying. What they mean is that they?ve got an MOT with an advisory. An advisory that says something along the lines of ?this vehicle was not fitted with lights at the time of its MOT test therefore can only be used during the hours of daylight?. Like other advisories on your MOT certificate, you don?t have to do anything about them? it?s just a bit of ?advice?.

Unlike many other MOT advisories though, the ?daytime MOT? advisory is a manual advisory. That means rather than picking it from a list of things like ?brake pads slightly worn? or ?tyre tread depths nearing legal limit?, the MOT tester has to type it in manually. That?s one of the reasons the daytime MOT thing can be a little bit ambiguous; because different testers write all sorts of different things, and it?s rarely just ?daytime MOT?!
But although, officially, there is no such thing as a ?daytime MOT? it is possible to MOT your trackbike; but there are still quite a few things you need to think about.

Headlights

This is probably the biggest part of the daytime MOT question. You can pass an MOT without headlights, but if you don?t intend to use them, they have to be completely disabled. So you can?t just ask for a...