Motorcycle Safety Inspection - my experience June 2025

[Evoex]

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While that should guarantee a pass, it may be an expensive and time consuming exercise. A check engine light is an automatic fail for hdv, I haven't looked to see if similar for ldv and bikes. That could get you into replacing exhaust, reflash, safety, replace exhaust, reflash. What a load of poo. None of that process had even a tiny effect on safety. Just money burning for no purpose.

That's on the buyer, it comes with all the stock parts. take it or leave it. Tuned bike wont throw a code with stock exhaust...and actually the stock can fits on the straight pipe..so unless it needs a cat to pass..it's good to go.

Anyways, in my situation it's more than likely going to be sold to a buyer with the intent to just get race fairings and make it a track bike.

But in general, **** show. yeah.

 

[mimico_polak]

Or you could just say the price includes a safety, then when the deal is done and you're paid you take the bike in.

I have no issue selling with a safety. But I wouldn’t go without a deposit because I’m not doing the safety for a flakey buyer.

 

[adri]

In the past I have always sold as or 400 with safety to cover any little things I may find. Most people do the as is deal.

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Now $400 barely covers the safety, let alone anything discovered by the shops.

 

[ReSTored]

Sounds like getting a safety is a royal PITA. This might mean a knowledgeable buyer pays a premium for a bike with a valid one.

Don't know, but how long are people finding it takes to sell a bike? Is it likely a safety is going to expire before the bike is gone?

 

[xrljoel]

Sounds like getting a safety is a royal PITA. This might mean a knowledgeable buyer pays a premium for a bike with a valid one.

Don't know, but how long are people finding it takes to sell a bike? Is it likely a safety is going to expire before the bike is gone?

I agree that a bike that will include a premium SHOULD be a plus. Being a serial kijiji and now marketplace watcher it doesn't look like stuff (that I'd be interested in at least) is moving very well. Lots of price dropping, though still many seem overpriced to start with.

 

[AllistonGT]

YOU want to sell your bike. Provide the safety. Opens it up to more potential buyers. No safety? I'd personally walk.
There is always another bike. Always.

 

[PrivatePilot]

Had someone about a month ago tell me a shop said they weren't going to safety his tires because they were five years old. I told him to call someone else. He got it safetied with those tires elsewhere the next day.

Yeah, just a shop hoping to sell new tires because "those are too old". There is nothing in the safety regs that care about age, just condition.

Now $400 barely covers the safety, let alone anything discovered by the shops.

If you're fairly confident that a bike is in good condition and will pass without much, that's fine. If you know for a fact that the bike needs all sorts of work, ie new rubber front and back, head bearings, brakes...well, if you're selling it certified, you're on the hook for those no matter how much of a deposit you get from the buyer, assuming you're advertising it as being sold certified.

 

[Hardwrkr13]

I had a car certified yesterday at the Chevrolet dealer and other than the $370 cost it was painless. You can view the results on the DriveON website although other than brake rotor/pad thickness and tire pressures there isn't much else there.

 

[Relax]

Had someone about a month ago tell me a shop said they weren't going to safety his tires because they were five years old. I told him to call someone else. He got it safetied with those tires elsewhere the next day.

So did he have to pay for two safeties?

 

[Gaoler]

Safeties have always been a PITA, shady, irksome thing lol...
That said, I once looked at the old list of items to check for a motorcycle safety inspection... There's no way mechanics checked everything. Lol.

I recently had a car safety done in BC.
The vehicle was 7 years old, but only had about 24000km on it.
I watched the guy put it on the hoist, look at all four corners wriggling on the wheels to check for play, take it off the hoist and write up a "pass"... 'Never took a wheel off.

When I said "that was quick" the counter guy said .. "it's got really low miles"

 

[adri]

So did he have to pay for two safeties?

No he was smart enough to listen to me. Not every day I get to say that haha

So he called a second shop before going to the "five year old tire" bs first shop. Second shop said "we don't know anything about a 5 year rule, bring it in"
He brought it to the second shop, they safetied it, he's a happy guy.

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