SCHEDULE 6
INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR MOTORCYCLES
BODY WORK
1.
(1) The motorcycle shall have,
(a) where they were originally installed, securely mounted fenders, mudguards and operative footrests;
(b) every seat thereon securely mounted so as to maintain its position and adjustment; and
(c) every component thereof securely mounted and not interfering with the safe operation of the motorcycle.
(2) In the case of a motorcycle manufactured on or after the 1st day of September, 1974, the stand or stands shall automatically fold rearward and upward if the stand or stands contact the ground when the motorcycle is moving in a forward direction.
(3) No part of the motorcycle shall have a broken, bent or sharp edge that protrudes in such a way as to constitute a hazard to persons or vehicles.
(4) Every compartment door or cover shall,
(a) be securely attached;
(b) function properly; and
(c) be equipped with a lock, latch or spring device capable of holding it closed.
(5) No frame member shall, on a visual inspection, appear bent or cracked or have loose or missing connecting fasteners that may degrade the safety of the vehicle or jeopardize its handling characteristics.
(6) Where a frame component has been repaired, it shall have been repaired in a proper manner.
(7) No chain guard, where originally fitted, shall be missing or insecurely mounted.
( 8 ) The chain or the driven chain sprocket shall not be excessively worn or loose and no fasteners in connection therewith shall be missing, loose or damaged.
(9) The motorcycle shall be fitted with the number of mirrors prescribed and,
(a) each mirror shall be securely mounted and maintain a set adjustment; and
(b) no mirror shall be cracked, broken or have any significant reduction in reflecting surface owing to deterioration of the silvering.
(10) Where the motorcycle is fitted with a windshield,
(a) the windshield shall be secure in its attachment to the vehicle;
(b) the windshield shall not be crazed, clouded, fogged or damaged, so as to materially impair the operator's vision;
(c) any manufacturer's marking on the windshield shall be AS1, AS6 or AS10; and
(d) no material that obstructs the operator's view of the highway or an intersecting highway shall be fitted on the windshield.
(11) The fuel system shall have,
(a) all required mountings and attachments secured;
(b) all required filler caps secured;
(c) no leakage; and
(d) fuel lines properly routed so as to not pose a potential safety hazard.
(12) The exhaust pipe, muffler and tail pipe shall be complete and securely mounted.
(13) No component of the exhaust system shall be so located as to cause charring or other heat damage to any wiring, fuel line, brake line or combustible material of the motorcycle.
BRAKES
2.
(1) No hydraulic hose or tube shall be abraded, restricted, crimped, cracked, broken or be so located as to chafe against any part of the motorcycle or have damaged or missing clamps or supports.
(2) No hydraulic hose, tube, valve, switch or fitting shall show any indication of leakage.
(3) The hydraulic brake fluid level in any reservoir shall not be below the minimum level as specified by the manufacturer or, where no specification is available, no master cylinder shall be less than one-half full.
(4) In the case of a motorcycle equipped with hydraulic service brakes,
(a) the hydraulic master cylinder push rods shall be properly adjusted;
(b) each service brake pedal or lever shall be capable of sustaining the application of,
(i) moderate force for ten seconds without moving towards the applied position, and
(ii) heavy force without travelling more than 80 per cent of its available travel; and
(c) on a vehicle manufactured on or after the 1st day of July, 1981 equipped with a split service brake system, the red brake failure indicator light shall activate when,
(i) the ignition switch is turned from the "OFF" to the "ON" position and deactivate when the engine is started, or
(ii) the ignition switch is turned from the "OFF" to the "START" position and deactivate when the switch is turned to the "ON" position.
(5) All mechanical components of the service and parking brake systems that are external to the wheel shall have no mechanical part misaligned, insecure, excessively worn, broken, binding, seized, missing, frayed or disconnected.
(6) When moderate force is applied to a brake control, the travel shall not exceed 80 per cent of its available travel.
(7) With the service brakes properly adjusted, the service brake system shall be tested by stopping the motorcycle on a substantially level, dry, smooth, paved surface free from loose material and, from a rate of speed of not less than 30 kilometres per hour, with heavy pedal or, where applicable, heavy pedal and lever control force,
(a) the motorcycle shall come to a complete stop within seven metres;
(b) no component shall fail; and
(c) each wheel brake shall release immediately after the control force is removed.
( 8 ) With the parking brake properly adjusted, the parking brake shall be tested by fully applying the control and then releasing it and,
(a) the brake, while set in the fully applied position and not held by foot or hand force, shall hold the motorcycle stationary against the engine at a light throttle setting for a few seconds both in low forward gear and in reverse; and
(b) the brake shall fully release when the release control is operated.
(9) Each wheel on which a brake assembly operates shall be rotated and, while rotating, the brake shall be applied, and if there is an audible or visible indication that a defect may exist that cannot be rectified except by removal of the brake drum or other component, that drum or component shall be removed.
(10) In respect of a foundation brake assembly, where a brake drum or component has been removed under subsection (9), and in all other instances where the matters set out in clauses (a) to (o) can be determined without demounting a wheel,
(a) no mechanical or structural part of the assembly shall be misaligned, badly worn, excessively scored, cracked, broken, binding, seized, disconnected or insecure;
(b) no grease retainer shall be missing or leaking;
(c) no bonded lining shall be thinner than 1.5 millimetres when measured at the thinnest part;
(d) no riveted lining surface shall be closer to the rivet head than the dimension specified by the vehicle manufacturer and in no case shall it be less than 0.8 millimetres;
(e) no lining of a disc brake assembly shall be worn to the extent that a wear indicator is in contact with the rotor;
(f) no brake lining shall be broken or loose on its pad or shoe;
(g) no brake lining shall show evidence of contamination that would affect braking performance;
(h) no hydraulic brake cylinder shall show evidence of leakage;
(i) no hydraulic brake piston shall fail to move when moderate pressure is applied to the brake control;
(j) all brakes shall be adjusted for minimum lining-to-drum clearance without brake drag;
(k) no inside diameter of a drum shall be greater than the dimension stamped on the drum, or where the dimension is not stamped on the drum, the vehicle manufacturer's wear limit;
(l) no thickness of a rotor shall be less than the dimension stamped on the rotor, or where the dimension is not stamped on the rotor, the motorcycle manufacturer's wear limit;
(m) no ventilated disc shall have broken or visibly cracked cooling fins;
(n) no drum or rotor shall have any external crack or cracks on the friction surface, other than normal heat-check cracks, that reach the edge of the drum bore or periphery of the disc; and
(o) no drum or rotor shall have any mechanical damage to the friction surface, other than that attributable to normal wear.
ENGINE CONTROLS AND STEERING
3.
(1) The complete throttle control system shall be inspected and tested while the engine is running and the motorcycle is stationary with the transmission in neutral and,
(a) the engine speed shall drop to idle when a spring return throttle control is released;
(b) where the motorcycle was originally equipped with a supplemental engine stopping device, the engine shall stop from idle and remain stopped when the control is actuated; and
(c) the engine speed shall not change with the movement of the steering from lock to lock.
(2) No part of the steering system shall be bent, broken, loose, worn or have any missing parts that could jeopardize the safe handling of the vehicle and,
(a) the steering column shall not be loose in its mounting to the frame;
(b) all required bolts and nuts shall be securely in place;
(c) no steering head bearing shall give indication of excessive wear or damage when the steering is rotated from lock to lock nor shall it be maladjusted so as to result in excessive play or binding;
(d) the handlebar shall not be loose or damaged in such a way as to interfere with the safe operation of the motorcycle; and
(e) no part of the handlebar shall exceed a height of 380 millimetres above the uppermost portion of the operator's seat when the seat is depressed by the weight of the operator.
SUSPENSION, WHEELS AND TIRES
4.
(1) Front and rear springs, shock-absorbers, swing arms, their supports and attachments shall not be loose, bent, cracked, broken, excessively worn, disconnected or missing.
(2) The swing arm and forks of the motorcycle shall be visually inspected for proper alignment and the wheels shall not track improperly so as to adversely affect control of the vehicle.
(3) Each tire shall be inspected for depth of tread, tread and sidewall defects, regrooving, proper size and application, and,
(a) no tire shall be worn to the extent that in any major groove at three equally spaced intervals around the circumference of the tire,
(i) the tread wear indicators contact the road, or
(ii) less than 1.5 millimetres of tread depth remains;
(b) no tire shall have exposed cord;
(c) no tire shall have tread or sidewall cuts or snags deep enough to expose the cords;
(d) no tire shall have any abnormal visible bump, bulge or knot;
(e) no tire shall have been regrooved or recut below the original new tire groove depth;
(f) no tire shall be of a smaller size than the motorcycle manufacturer's specified minimum size or be sufficiently oversized as to contact any vehicle component so as to affect the safe operation of the vehicle; and
(g) no vehicle shall be fitted with a tire that,
(i) bears the wording "not for highway use", "farm use only", "competition circuit use only" or any other wording or lettering indicating that the tire was not designed for highway use, or
(ii) bears the letters "SL", "NHS" or "TG" after the tire designation.
(4) Wheel bearings shall be tested by rotating each wheel and no wheel bearing shall,
(a) give any indication of excessive wear or damage; or
(b) be maladjusted so as to result in excessive play or binding.
(5) No wheel assembly fastener shall be loose, missing, damaged, broken, mismatched or have insufficient thread engagement.
(6) No wheel shall have any visible crack, elongated bolt hole, indication of repair by welding, or be so bent or damaged as to affect the safe operation of the motorcycle.
(7) No wheel spoke shall be missing, broken or visibly loose.
ELECTRICAL
5.
(1) The horn shall be secure on its mounting and shall function as intended.
(2) The neutral safety starting switch, if originally fitted, shall not have been removed and shall function as prescribed by the manufacturer and the neutral indicator light shall operate only in neutral.
LIGHTING
6.
(1) Prescribed lamps and reflectors shall be inspected and tested and,
(a) each circuit shall light the filaments of all lamps on the circuit when the appropriate switch is in the "ON" position, and each indicator lamp shall indicate correctly;
(b) the operation of any lighting circuit shall not interfere with the operation of any other circuit;
(c) each lens and reflex reflector shall be correctly installed and shall not be discoloured or missing in whole or in part;
(d) each lamp and reflector shall be securely mounted on the vehicle and none shall be missing;
(e) the turn signal lamps and the flasher unit shall operate properly;
(f) the brake light shall operate when the appropriate control is actuated;
(g) no headlamp shall be coated or covered with a coloured material except as permitted by section 4.1 of Regulation 596 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990;
(h) no headlamp shall be modified so that the effective area of the lens or brightness of the light is reduced;
(i) each headlamp shutter or retracting headlamp shall operate over the full range of movement or shall be secured in the fully open position; and
(j) no lens or lamp assembly shall bear markings that indicate "not for highway use" or a similar meaning.
(2) The headlamp, tail lamp and licence plate lamp on a motorcycle manufactured on or after the 1st day of January, 1975 shall be continuously illuminated when the engine is operating and each forward gear is engaged.
(3) The headlamp and dimmer switch shall be inspected and tested and, on a level surface after any noticeably deflated tires have been properly inflated, the headlamp alignment of the upper beam shall be inspected with a person seated on the operator's seat and the front forks in the straight ahead position and,
(a) the headlamp shall be secure and the lens shall not be cracked or broken;
(b) the dimmer switch shall be operative; and
(c) the centre of the high-intensity zone of the beam shall be,
(i) not more than 100 millimetres above nor more than 100 millimetres below the horizontal centre-line of the lamp, and
(ii) not more than 200 millimetres to the left nor more than 200 millimetres to the right of the vertical centre-line of the lamp, as measured on a screen placed eight metres in front of the lamp or by means of a headlamp testing machine.
R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 611, Sched. 6; O. Reg. 214/03, s. 2.
