People should be thankful that you do these videos, not picking them apart! You are giving out hard to find and valuable information, I am surprised how few people subscribe and thumbs up and post useful comments
Thanks for a great video. My 2005 Mercedes petrol gas guzzler is compliant but my 1999 Honda Hornet isn’t. I am fairly learned about environmental science and it apparent that the ULEZ scheme is about making money and not about lowering environmental impact. I am going to try hack. Really grateful and keep up the good work 💪👌🏍️
It's definitely a money making scheme yes. Your hornet probably won't have a certificate of conformity but you can put it through the test. But there is a couple more test centers now and one offers a free first run if the bike fails. This will save you £175. Also if you can, richen up your airbox a touch before going as this will help you pass.
Just had my Bandit 600 done. The guys were great. Passed first time. After a chat they said to be careful around meddling with the mix (how rich it runs) as it isn’t a guarantee for passing- too rich and it won’t pull under load. They said they have passed loads of 600s, and the best formula is a well maintained and run engine, clean carb and premium fuel. This is what mine has and I got a result of ‘1.0’ off the bat. That said, I do have her running slightly rich, but nothing excessive.
They are OK but they are also to quick to tell everyone that their bikes will pass when they won't. They need to be a little more honest about the process. When I paid £175 for the first run and it failed they told me that they would need to richen the mixture in the carbs and it would cost £50. They charged me £75 for this and then told me that it would be another £175 for the second run which was about a hour later. Lucky I had the spare funds or I would have been screwed
@@motorcyclerescuer maybe they have changed hands. 3 or 4 guys showed up and they were pretty straight about the process… either that or potentially learned from mistakes. They also give a second run price on the website now, so think it may be the latter- just being altogether more transparent.
Thats great Ben. I hope they have. A new place is now doing it in Peterborough so there is a touch of competition now down south. The only other place is in Scotland.
@@motorcyclerescuer don't go to Scotland , they have not forgiven us for longshanks and Culloden . Itsva bit like riding a Bike in the deep south with new York plates . ( I remember the end of easy rider )
O YEAH ! Good old emissions, not to familiar when it comes to motorcycles emissions. I did work with a car auction back in the day & my job was to run cars threw emissions centers. Had my share of failures, not on my $$ though lol. They finally had a mobile emissions come to the lots & work with adjustments until they passed. Got pricey for them dealerships too. Thanks for a look Charlie... into the way things work there with motorcycle emissions 💯🏍👍
@@motorcyclerescuer Yup ! Was fortunate to live in a state where it wasn't required as a kid. It's headed that way everywhere because of global warming they say. I bought a electric motorcycle not long ago & it was rubbish / junk / Garbage.took a beating on that one lol
Nitrogen Oxides are a family of poisonous, highly reactive gases. ... These gases form when fuel is burned at high temperatures. If you remove the high air mixture and run it rich, the fuel is unburnt thus reducing the emission of the engine. Hopefully others will understand that & Charlie is correct. It would be interesting if Gary tried for the letter of conformity ,just to see if the nox rating was lower. Great insight into the process 👍
Great explanation Daniel. Its a 2005 which is when euro 3 was out and pushing on for 4, I bet at factory spec it's running at 0.10 max. Be curious to find out now
Yes I thought the same, you pop the seat off and strap this to it like a seat pod. I have a feeling you can get a pod for yours though? I'll have a look online. I'll also message Gary to get a link to where he got his.
Is this not it? Or is it the taller rounder looking one your looking for? pyramid-plastics.co.uk/products/kawasaki-zx9-r-seat-cowl-gloss-green-lime-green-1998-2001
@@motorcyclerescuer Nice one Charlie. Damned if I could find one.. and I've had the old Girl for years. £102, I wonder what the bag costs, because it would serve as storage, and it looks great. Sod it, I'm buying the pod. Daft price though eh? I paid £40 for a ZX6R j1 pod. Ah well, it's what I want, so it's bite the bullet time. Thank you very much for your help. Keep up the good work you do. It motivates me on the days that I otherwise wouldn't have bothered. Top Man
Personal plates can be a prob as ULEZ ( it seems ) does not recognise them and just issues the charge , even if the car its self is exempt on the V5. Friend of mines car is exempt on emissions , but her personal plate when entered comes up with a charge.
@@motorcyclerescuer I will check, but I am almost sure she has done that . Mind you if it was me I would send it as a signed delivery .Or they will just say it never arrived.
Get this for a update .the DVLA updated her personal plate to state her car is exempt .She put the reg in the ULEZ reg system and it now comes up compliant .She called ULEZ to tell them to cancel the fine .They told her she still has to pay it because the camera logged it before as non compliant. She told them to take her to court as she won't pay it .I mean its the same reg and same car and their system says its compliant , but they insist she must still pay the fine . The worlds gone mad.
@@motorcyclerescuer its basically the DVLA s fault that when she put her old car personal plate on her newer car ,the DVLA had not updated her record quick enough. So when she drove in the ULEZ zone her DVLA record was not up to date .If anything its the DVLA to blame by not bringing the record up to date . I bet she has no chance of getting them to pay the fine .She is stuck in the middle between DVLA and ULEZ . Eeeeeeek
I think they will make sure it's off. If you wrap some extra filter around your original and even put some tape on it your more likely to get it past. But do check with the manufacturer first as they may have a certificate of conformity and the nox may be below 0.15. Then you buy the certificate for around £120 and its all sorted
@@motorcyclerescuer I thought about maybe tightening the choke cable so although it appears off at the handle it is actually slightly on. I'll check if there's any way to get a letter of conformity, I've got a Honda Bros which wasn't sold in UK so that might complicate matters.
What year is it Andy. Honda did the certificate from roughly 2000 onwards, definitely from 2002. The bros will be older I'm thinking? If it is then you will have to use riverbank. But again, if you double up that filter it should squeeze through. I see what you mean about the choke but I feel like restricting the airflow a little at the filter is better as the bike still needs to do a dyno run and run at all revs.
@@motorcyclerescuer if you go off the registration it's a 1991, bit if you go off the vin it's a 1988, must've been registered wrong when imported. There's a guy in Enfield I get my MOT's done at that says he's getting the equipment and is going to start doing the emissions tests, he told me about your vids and how getting them rich seems to be the answer.
I would be surprised if he's allowed to as river bank bought the rights of TFL. If he does that will be great though as the other guys have started taking the mik a bit
People should be thankful that you do these videos, not picking them apart! You are giving out hard to find and valuable information, I am surprised how few people subscribe and thumbs up and post useful comments
Thanks for the kind feedback. I try my best overall.
Thanks for a great video. My 2005 Mercedes petrol gas guzzler is compliant but my 1999 Honda Hornet isn’t. I am fairly learned about environmental science and it apparent that the ULEZ scheme is about making money and not about lowering environmental impact.
I am going to try hack. Really grateful and keep up the good work 💪👌🏍️
It's definitely a money making scheme yes.
Your hornet probably won't have a certificate of conformity but you can put it through the test. But there is a couple more test centers now and one offers a free first run if the bike fails. This will save you £175.
Also if you can, richen up your airbox a touch before going as this will help you pass.
Just had my Bandit 600 done. The guys were great. Passed first time. After a chat they said to be careful around meddling with the mix (how rich it runs) as it isn’t a guarantee for passing- too rich and it won’t pull under load.
They said they have passed loads of 600s, and the best formula is a well maintained and run engine, clean carb and premium fuel. This is what mine has and I got a result of ‘1.0’ off the bat. That said, I do have her running slightly rich, but nothing excessive.
They are OK but they are also to quick to tell everyone that their bikes will pass when they won't. They need to be a little more honest about the process. When I paid £175 for the first run and it failed they told me that they would need to richen the mixture in the carbs and it would cost £50. They charged me £75 for this and then told me that it would be another £175 for the second run which was about a hour later. Lucky I had the spare funds or I would have been screwed
@@motorcyclerescuer maybe they have changed hands. 3 or 4 guys showed up and they were pretty straight about the process… either that or potentially learned from mistakes. They also give a second run price on the website now, so think it may be the latter- just being altogether more transparent.
Thats great Ben. I hope they have. A new place is now doing it in Peterborough so there is a touch of competition now down south. The only other place is in Scotland.
@@motorcyclerescuer don't go to Scotland , they have not forgiven us for longshanks and Culloden .
Itsva bit like riding a Bike in the deep south with new York plates .
( I remember the end of easy rider )
Lol oh really. Well I'm glad for you guys. We're constantly watched and followed by cameras now. London is shocking
O YEAH ! Good old emissions, not to familiar when it comes to motorcycles emissions. I did work with a car auction back in the day & my job was to run cars threw emissions centers. Had my share of failures, not on my $$ though lol. They finally had a mobile emissions come to the lots & work with adjustments until they passed. Got pricey for them dealerships too. Thanks for a look Charlie... into the way things work there with motorcycle emissions 💯🏍👍
Thats interesting kicks, it's a very similar process with the bikes.
@@motorcyclerescuer Yup ! Was fortunate to live in a state where it wasn't required as a kid. It's headed that way everywhere because of global warming they say. I bought a electric motorcycle not long ago & it was rubbish / junk / Garbage.took a beating on that one lol
I really don't think the world is ready to go electric yet. I don't even thing we produce enough to run vehicles.
@@motorcyclerescuer I may have 2 motorbikes u might be interested in if so get back in touch I'll give u more information
I'm pretty busy with projects if I'm being honest mate
Nitrogen Oxides are a family of poisonous, highly reactive gases. ... These gases form when fuel is burned at high temperatures.
If you remove the high air mixture and run it rich, the fuel is unburnt thus reducing the emission of the engine.
Hopefully others will understand that & Charlie is correct.
It would be interesting if Gary tried for the letter of conformity ,just to see if the nox rating was lower.
Great insight into the process 👍
Great explanation Daniel.
Its a 2005 which is when euro 3 was out and pushing on for 4, I bet at factory spec it's running at 0.10 max.
Be curious to find out now
Happy with that mate!
Yep, it means it's manageable Nat. Lots of cheap bikes out there that can be made compliant
Brilliant.
Cheers Gerry.
Gutted was hoping to ya riding great vids
Hi Matt, didn't get much footage of the journey on this occasion
Well done that’s good to know..👍
I got a 2003 Bandit i'm going yo put it through the test in a couple months
I suggest wrapping the air filter a touch with sheet filter to richen the bike all round. This will help it through.
I like the bag on the Bandit seat. Who sells them Charlie? My ZX9R is black, and I can't get a seat pod for it. That bag would be just the job!!
Yes I thought the same, you pop the seat off and strap this to it like a seat pod.
I have a feeling you can get a pod for yours though? I'll have a look online.
I'll also message Gary to get a link to where he got his.
@@motorcyclerescuer Mines a 98 C1. Can't find a pod for that model anywhere. Thanks in advance if you can!!!
Is this not it?
Or is it the taller rounder looking one your looking for?
pyramid-plastics.co.uk/products/kawasaki-zx9-r-seat-cowl-gloss-green-lime-green-1998-2001
@@motorcyclerescuer Nice one Charlie. Damned if I could find one.. and I've had the old Girl for years. £102, I wonder what the bag costs, because it would serve as storage, and it looks great. Sod it, I'm buying the pod. Daft price though eh? I paid £40 for a ZX6R j1 pod. Ah well, it's what I want, so it's bite the bullet time. Thank you very much for your help. Keep up the good work you do. It motivates me on the days that I otherwise wouldn't have bothered. Top Man
@@kawasakiaddiction6296 a pod like that will ad value to the bike I think.
Im just waiting for Gary to message me back and I'll send you that one.
Personal plates can be a prob as ULEZ ( it seems ) does not recognise them and just issues the charge , even if the car its self is exempt on the V5.
Friend of mines car is exempt on emissions , but her personal plate when entered comes up with a charge.
She would need to send her logbook of showing it's exception. It can be done online in a few minutes
@@motorcyclerescuer I will check, but I am almost sure she has done that .
Mind you if it was me I would send it as a signed delivery .Or they will just say it never arrived.
Get this for a update .the DVLA updated her personal plate to state her car is exempt .She put the reg in the ULEZ reg system and it now comes up compliant .She called ULEZ to tell them to cancel the fine .They told her she still has to pay it because the camera logged it before as non compliant. She told them to take her to court as she won't pay it .I mean its the same reg and same car and their system says its compliant , but they insist she must still pay the fine .
The worlds gone mad.
That's absolutely unbelievable. And how much money is it costing society to mess with court. Same car and already compliant. It's crazy
@@motorcyclerescuer its basically the DVLA s fault that when she put her old car personal plate on her newer car ,the DVLA had not updated her record quick enough. So when she drove in the ULEZ zone her DVLA record was not up to date .If anything its the DVLA to blame by not bringing the record up to date .
I bet she has no chance of getting them to pay the fine .She is stuck in the middle between DVLA and ULEZ .
Eeeeeeek
Or….kick Khan out and scrap this new/additional/on top of multitude of others…TAX!
Agreed.
Does this bike have a Cat Converter? That's my biggest worry tbh.
No cat. Dosnt need one. You can tune the carbs to run richer which will lower the nox levels
Any thoughts on would having the choke on slightly get it through the test ?
I think they will make sure it's off.
If you wrap some extra filter around your original and even put some tape on it your more likely to get it past.
But do check with the manufacturer first as they may have a certificate of conformity and the nox may be below 0.15. Then you buy the certificate for around £120 and its all sorted
@@motorcyclerescuer I thought about maybe tightening the choke cable so although it appears off at the handle it is actually slightly on.
I'll check if there's any way to get a letter of conformity, I've got a Honda Bros which wasn't sold in UK so that might complicate matters.
What year is it Andy. Honda did the certificate from roughly 2000 onwards, definitely from 2002.
The bros will be older I'm thinking? If it is then you will have to use riverbank.
But again, if you double up that filter it should squeeze through.
I see what you mean about the choke but I feel like restricting the airflow a little at the filter is better as the bike still needs to do a dyno run and run at all revs.
@@motorcyclerescuer if you go off the registration it's a 1991, bit if you go off the vin it's a 1988, must've been registered wrong when imported. There's a guy in Enfield I get my MOT's done at that says he's getting the equipment and is going to start doing the emissions tests, he told me about your vids and how getting them rich seems to be the answer.
I would be surprised if he's allowed to as river bank bought the rights of TFL.
If he does that will be great though as the other guys have started taking the mik a bit