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HISTORIC TAX
royhall:
Oddjob. Same route as importing a bike. Get a dating certificate from Honda and apply on the form requested from dvla on their website. Think it's a V55 from memory.
Bryanj:
Yes mate, mot cert, insurance on frame number and dating letter. OR as you have the V5 go to a post office with the docks and try taxing it!!!
Trigger:
Go to your local MOT man/woman and ask them to put the reg number in there system and see what it comes up with. If it is on there system then, mot and tax, as you have the V5.
kettle738:
--- Quote ---The problem I have is that one of my bikes hasn't been taxed since the early 80s. I thought I'd lost the V5 but have since found it again, however an enquiry to the DVLA some years ago resulted in them saying I'd have to apply for my own registration as they have no record of the bike at all, even though the V5 is computer generated.
I have no idea on how to apply for my own registration number.
--- End quote ---
I have just done this for a CB400f that had been off the road since 1978 (never had an MOT).....I have the original old style 1970s V5. In short you apply for a registration document (Form V62)....with a cheque for £25..I also enclosed photos of the vehicle and the engine and chassis numbers although I don't think they were asked for.
I included a letter outlining the circumstances of purchasing the bike along with a clear colour photocopy of the original V5. They ask for the original, but I just said I was scared of losing it in the post (true) as it was my only proof of entitlement to the registration, offering to forward it if they insisted.... and they accepted that.
I had insured the bike but it did not have an MOT at the time; I received a letter saying that as it had been off their books for so long they wanted it to be inspected. When I received that I realised they either had my bike in a dormant record (it doesn't show up when you do an on line DVLA vehicle check) or they accepted the validity of the original V5.
An appointment was made with a company called SGS who carry out vehicle examinations for the DVLA.....that took about three weeks, a guy who knew little or nothing about bikes turned up, took photos of the engine and frame number and recorded them using a formatted system on a tablet....he also took front, rear and side photos presumably to ensure that it looks like whatever you claim it to be....the whole thing took about fifteen minutes, done at my house and no charge to me.
A couple of weeks later (yesterday) I called the DVLA vehicle inspections team as I had heard nothing and spoke to a very helpful bloke who told me my application was all in order and he would be finalising it and issuing a V5C shortly....so hopefully I might get it next week, then it's MOT time.
I did a bit of interweb research when I realised I was going to have to put up with this examination to see what it was all about and as far as I could work it out it seems some people have been playing a bit fast and loose with the definition of an historic vehicle and some glorified kit cars etc had been granted historic status and age related numbers where perhaps they should not have....so, as usual in these circumstances the rules get tightened and we all have to put up with it.
Mick.
Chris400F:
Oddjob, I presume that if the DVLA really have lost the information then a Vehicle Enquiry will give no result, as happened to Kettle.
Have you checked anyway? At https://vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/.
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