So my bike failed the inspection, in my sorry attempt to get my bike legal in MD. My tags are expired a month and I wanted to get my bike inspected to get it registered. So here's what failed lol...

No tag lamp
Master link not mushroomed (...?...)
Head Bearing Loose
Exhaust not secure
Left head light out
Unsecured windscreen

 

Hmm I can't post my whole post that I wanted to...

Anyone know how to tigthen a loose head bearing?

 

Your state requires you to get your bike inspected? That sucks..

 

Because I moved to Maryland after being in New York. In NY I had to get it inspected every year. But they really didn't give a crap about bikes... In Maryland you get it inspected only once, but they're pretty strict apparently about their inspections lol.

 

Left head light out

is your high beam burnt out or are the inspectors burnouts ?

 

Left is low beam, I have HID's though, so sometimes they're a pain in the *** when you turn them on and off and on and off again. It was working right before I got there... But mysteriously for 20 minutes after I got the bike back from them it wasn't working and then randomly all of a sudden came on. I'm just going to stick a normal halogen in there when I get it inspected and put my HIDs back in after it passes.

I'm still not sure how to tighten my loose head bearing? lol

 

Once you get a new kanooter valve that should tighten up the head bearing. How was your exhaust and windscreen "unsecured"?

 

If I'm correct, a loose head bearing is a sign that you're low on blinker fluid. Change your blinker fluid and you should be fine [8D]

 

There's a nut at the top of your triple tree. Loosen it. Inside there are your steering head bearings.

Another thing: Don't take your bike to a bike shop for inspection. Most gas stations do state inspections. Find one to do it just to get you passed and then take care of the maintenance items after you're legal.

Chain: Depends on the type of Master link you have. I suppose they think your rivet master link isn't installed properly. With the proper tool, it takes only 15 minutes. What tool? A chain press

The rest of the stuff you should be able to work out. You still in Charles County?

 

I'm in PG county.. Stupid gay *** gas station... I went there first and asked, and they said they couldn't... I figured MD State Inspection, means Auto and Motorcycle... They told me to go to the Harley dealer because they do. And I knew someone that worked there, unfortunately he couldn't inspect mine at that time... So they told me to go to their sister store... Clinton Cycle... and that's when the butt raping began lol.. So I went ahead and got some stuff for my bike, only thing I got left is to wait for the new master links to come in, and to tighten my head bearing. Then I'll be set.

And as far as my exhaust goes... Unsecured because it kind of moves around within the bracket... Nothing freakin serious... the guy is giving me a hard time.