Vera's MoT Run Out!!!

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Today I discovered that the V-Strom MoT ran out yesterday.  I had forgotten about it until I saw a "memory" come up on Facebook when I was there "today" last year. I quickly checked and it ran out at midnight last night.

I called the shop that usually does it for me and they are swamped with jobs and can't do it until August 2nd.  That effectively means that Vera is laid up now for a week as it is illegal to ride without a test certificate.

Darnit.  I had been thinking of a short eide to Folkestone on Saturday for the Invicta versus Hythe Town pre-season friendly football (soccer to my US chums) game. So that's not going to happen,




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