Possibly why many sports bikes had a hump to fit over the pillion seat as many riders just did not like the rear footrests. All depends if the MOT tester knows all the rules and applies them. Many times when i had MOTs on the old bikes they would say there is no front brake light. Thats because they didn't have a brake light. One was even asking where the electric start button was so i told hm to jump on the metal kickstart and just hope it doesnt kick back and break his ankle so he decided against starting