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Road Tax- 1978 registered bike-400/4
Bryanj:
Insurance is checked on the database automatically even at post office so no paper proof needed
Nurse Julie:
--- Quote from: Bryanj on January 01, 2020, 03:53:40 PM ---Insurance is checked on the database automatically even at post office so no paper proof needed
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Yes Bryan, they check for insurance or SORN but it's not checked for quite a few weeks. You can tax it (FOC) without it being insured on that day. One of ours that I changed to historic was not insured as off the road for a few months and I forgot to SORN it when the insurance expired. 6 weeks after changing it to Historic and being taxed automatically in the process (FOC) I received a very nasty letter from the Motor Industry Bureau threatening me with a £1000 fine. I learnt my lesson then, if its not insured, it has to be SORN and if its not SORN it has to be insured.
cooleronthecoast:
So forgive me for being a bit slow on the uptake, but if I understand correctly in my bikes case, I could tax it today, but it would not be free until after 1st April but I don't need to worry about getting it MOT'd anymore?
Nurse Julie:
--- Quote from: cooleronthecoast on January 01, 2020, 04:24:39 PM ---So forgive me for being a bit slow on the uptake, but if I understand correctly in my bikes case, I could tax it today, but it would not be free until after 1st April but I don't need to worry about getting it MOT'd anymore?
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If it's not registered as historic, some interpret the regs that that means it still needs an MOT. Other people interpret it that it doesn't need an MOT. I personally see it that the regs imply that as soon as it hits its 40th birthday, it is now MOT exempt. If DVLA and DVSA had communicated when all these changes were being discussed, it would have made life easier. If you do tax it today, you will get a refund of any unused tax when you register it as historic on 1st April.
cooleronthecoast:
Thanks Julie, Being a tight Yorkshire git, I'll probably leave it until April before I bother taxing it.
I doubt I'd have ridden it much between now and then anyway unless we have a heatwave in March. Its insured and currently SORNed. I still haven't got around to riding the Triumph Thruxton I bought last month due to the crap weather and shit on the roads.
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