XUD TDT- Status = SELLING ALL THE BITS.

[Wor Jimmy]

Can i ask what you're doing for a handbrake?.. or just gonna leave it in gear

Needs it to pass the check test.

Back wheel will have a disk, one large caliper for the actual braking.
Smaller one off flea bay (cable operated) and have a lever somewhere in the cab

I Could be fancy as f*ck and use a hydraulic set up for it lol. (motorbike caliper + master)

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1. Hazards are a retro-fit must for all trikes.

2. Handbrake - A trike must have a seperate mechanical handbrake which must operate as follows:-

If the trike is under 450kg and therefore a Class 3 MOT, then the handbrake must operate on at least ONE wheel of the axle.

If the trike is over 450kg and therefore a Class 4 MOT, then the handbrake must operate on BOTH wheels of the axle.
(the assumption being that a mechanical emergency/parking/handbrake operates on the rear axle)

3. Headlights
For all trikes over 50cc and capable of more than 45mph

Trikes over 1300mm wide must have 2 headlamps at the front.
Unless they are motorcycle derived - in which case they only need 2 headlamps if over 1700mm wide.

The tester's interperatation of "motorcycle derived" is:-

that if a trike has a car engine/gearbox/rearaxle and car like controls such as hand gearcghange then it is car derived (no matter where the front steering originates) then the 1300mm rule applies.