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alfiembra:
Have tried to find information but not had any luck so far.

I have a bike that is currently taxed and insured until next June but the MoT has run out. It needs work and won’t get used until next spring so I won’t be renewing nor would it pass an mot at this time. Do I have to declare it Sorned because it has no MOT? If I do then I presume the road tax becomes null and void but I guess that because it’s only £20 I doubt there would be any refund. However if I got the bike back on the road early next year and I didn’t declare it sorned then the road tax would still be valid. It’s only a few quid I know but seems a waste to have to retax it next year.

Johnwebley:
What year is the bike?

If it over 40 years. Change taxation class to historic.

No MOT required for it.

Otherwise suggest surrendering the tax and SORN it.

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JonnyB:
If a vehicle IS taxed it MUST be insured under the continuous insurance rule, for example if you cancel your insurance but don't SORN it you will get a letter from the DVLA and possible a fine attached to it. (Been there £80).

If you do SORN it DVLA will return any full months of TAX back to you.

You don't have to SORN it "because" because it has no MOT, you just HAVE to have all three to use it. (not withstanding classic declarations of course)

If you SORN a vehicle and the MOT expires, you won't be able to tax it again until you get an MOT and you can't tax a vehicle with less that 30 days MOT on it.

DVLA are getting more clever as they begin to ramp up the computer automation, I've Taxed a vehicle within minutes of getting insurances' and MOTs

Me, I'd leave the TAX it, keep the insurance going and get it MOTd at my leisure.

Nurse Julie:
If its registered as Historic, you obviously don't need an MOT. If the bike has had its 40th Birthday but not yet 41 years old and therefore not entitled to Historic status, you still don't need an MOT. But, as you say the bike isn't road worthy , it can't be ridden regardless of its age and status. If you SORN it now, and get a refund of unused road fund licence, if it is eligible for no MOT status when it's road worthy and you want to put it back on the road, you just have to tax it (either FOC if registered as Historic, or pay if its not. It will not require an MOT. SORN covers insurance and road tax, not MOT on its own.

MrDavo:
I sent the logbook for my 1974 Z1 back to Swansea with the form to change it to the Historic Class, via my local Post Office.

DVLA sent me the unprocessed paperwork back, with a letter telling me to complete the enclosed application to tax it (at zero rate). I've sent it back completed but not heard anything else yet. I am concerned that they won't actually tax it as it won't be insured until it is a complete motorcycle. Its currently SORN and not historic so its all a bit chicken and egg. Obviously there's no MOT as it's (a) exempt once they process the paperwork and (b) in bits.

Bureaucracy at its best, if it all comes back again I'll just leave it SORN and taxable until I have a finished motorcycle to worry about.

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