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Keeping an eye on this thread Ash as I will probably have to go down the same route with my Bomber....... What are the bikes you are trying to get through, are they in an MOT condition?....... The reason I ask is that a mate has been in the same position. In the end he took it for an MOT and about 2 weeks later it magically appeared on the DVLA website, then they accepted his V5 without question........ It appears to be something to do with lost bikes details being used to sell stolen bikes (if that makes sense). Once its MOTed they appear to accept that its the correct bike as its been inspected................ No proof that any of this is actually true as we only have the opinion of the MOT tester, but it worked a treat for my mates 1969 bike so who knows. The DVLA appear to make up the rules as they go along.
Hi Ash/Roy,That's exactly what I did recently - but I had not checked with anyone at DVLA, I avoid that whenever possible.I had a bike, and an old single sheet V5 in my name. Got an MOT, took the docs to the Post office, they quickly perused them, taxed it (free) and sent the V5 away and I got a red V5c within a week. This can not work with an old buff or green logbook obviously but an old V5 is already computerised - unless they have changed the system very recently,Confused of Orkney
Ash why not go to your friendl mot man with the reg and ask him if his system will accept the reg
Well a phone call to the DVLA certainly muddied the waters for me. I wanted to clarify EXACTLY what I needed to send and the list has increased dramatically since the last time I checked. I now need a V55/5, a V765, a photo, my old V5, dating certificate and it needs inspecting. However the real fly in the ointment is that the bike needs to be complete, it's not and I don't really have any intentions of completing it any time soon. I got into a discussion about the HOC looking at it as well, who gave them powers to decide if I can still use my registration number? the old V5 is DVLA issued and yet they won't seem to accept the information on there, they claim to have a partial record of my bike but said that at the time the records were computerised there wasn't enough information to record my bike so they didn't bother, what other information did they need? it had the correct name and address, the correct reg No and the correct engine/frame number, what else did they need? insurance and MOT details weren't computerised the time they did this so can't be those. Seems because it wasn't taxed the presumed it was scrapped but who's fault is that presumption? and who's paying the price for that now?
Just reading the post and beginning to worry! My CR750 build is based on a 72 K2 frame from DK with a NOVA Cert. Just read previous post that says bike must be standard - am I stuffed!Sorry - don't want to highjack the postPhil