Originally Posted by clasher

I think the bike inspections are more about safety than looking for motors or stuff like that. The dude that did mine just checked the brakes, made sure the lights worked then did a little drop test to see if anything fell off. I saw a lot of riders with really bad lights; hidden by bags, pointing at the ground, or worse pointing up at riders eyes. Saw a few blinkies going too... I can't imagine how much work it would be to set up more rigorous exams for 6600 bikes.