SVA test results

[clgha01]

Hi all
I finally got my sva test through.
With much relief, it passed first time! However, I think it is worth mentioning that I phoned my local SVA test centre & spoke to one of the testers (as advised in this forum!)
He told me that most surfs fail on the brakes. I could not find anything about this on the forum, but the front wheels have to lock brfore the rear. Apparently Japanese brake pads are very hard. I changed the pads for softer UK ones and cleaned up the disks & calipers & my surf JUST passed the brake test.
Hope this may save some £30 retest fee.
Gary

[Guest]

Hi all
I finally got my sva test through.
With much relief, it passed first time! However, I think it is worth mentioning that I phoned my local SVA test centre & spoke to one of the testers (as advised in this forum!)
He told me that most surfs fail on the brakes. I could not find anything about this on the forum, but the front wheels have to lock brfore the rear. Apparently Japanese brake pads are very hard. I changed the pads for softer UK ones and cleaned up the disks & calipers & my surf JUST passed the brake test.
Hope this may save some £30 retest fee.
Gary

I actually find that it does brake better on UK pads. Just changed mine - wasn't changed on the first 2 services (i.e. not since it was imported). With the new pads from Milners I can actually stop now without standing on the brakes.

Cheers