thanks
well I got to the bike shop for an mot, the weather was ok and the roads were dry except one small area that was in the shadow of some trees, I went very slowly over this section and wondered why anybody would invent something so stupid as a wet road,
it passed the mot but with a couple of advisories, they were something that I was not expecting or to be truthful, even thought about, this bike has had mot's for the past two years under our son's ownership which these 'advisories' were never picked up on and luckily he stayed safe,
most people would like mot testers to be lenient with the rules so their bike stays on the road, especially regarding things like a slightly too loud exhaust or a number plate a bit too small etc., but some things are safety issues, the advisories my bike got were for 'cracking' tyre valves, I was shown this and to be honest the cracks are not visible unless you bend the tyre valve over, I didn't even notice this when I masked them up for wheel paint,
sure, these valves could go on for a long time yet but you never know, a crack that spreads and then suddenly lets the air out of your tyre while riding could be catastrophic,
I'm grateful to my local bike shop (BIKEWISE MOTORCYCLES in Abingdon) for noticing this and I'm thankful my son remained safe, I will be taking my wheels off shortly and taking them to get new valves installed,
whatever you ride I wish you all to be safe 
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