Know your bike, sort the paperwork

Every check, the maximum fee, retest rules, tyre and plate rules, and a pre-MOT checklist.

What DVSA's data says bikes fail on, and the five-minute fixes for lights, tyres, chains and plates.

What advisories and minor defects mean, and what to do about the common ones.

Every MOT, the recorded mileage and advisories for any UK motorbike.

MOT history, V5C checks, the viewing checklist, test rides and the paperwork once it's yours.

Reading the MOT mileage record for signs of clocking, and what the law says.

Rates by engine size, ways to pay, refunds, taxing after a SORN and the historic exemption.

What you need, when it starts, your tax refund, insurance, riding to an MOT and getting back on the road.

See what your bike costs to tax, by engine size and payment option.

Weekly, monthly and yearly checks, and typical intervals for oil, chain, brake fluid, valves and more.

The lay-up checklist: cleaning, fuel, battery, tyres, covers and security.

Insure, MOT and tax in the right order, then a full recommissioning checklist.