Guidance

Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval (MSVA): inspection manual

The testing procedures and standards that examiners follow when they carry out Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval (MVSA) inspections.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Published: 12 August 2010
• Last updated: 8 September 2025
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  1. 8 September 2025

     Added Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval (MSVA) inspection manual (from 15 September 2025).

  2. 7 April 2025

     Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval (MSVA) inspection manual (from 15 April 2025)

  3. 26 August 2022

     Added Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval (MSVA) inspection manual (from 5 September 2022)

  4. 30 January 2019

     Updated to the latest version of the maual.

  5. 23 October 2014

     The latest version of the MSVA inspection manual has now been published.

  6. 12 August 2010

     First published.

Documents

Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval (MSVA) inspection manual

PDF, 3.17 MB, 201 pages

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Details

This manual outlines the standards and procedures for the MSVA scheme and certification of motorcycles.