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Laverda Dave:
Exactly how long did it take to register Johnny?
I'm just about to start the process with the BIL's Z400 that was bought new in Guernsey in 1981 with a Guernsey registration and brought back to the UK two weeks later to sit in a shed for 39 years never to be used or registered in the UK!
I have a feeling the process is going to become very painful with the tax and customs people asking why it sat in a shed without the import tax being paid at the time of importation. Truth is nobody knew it was there until two years ago when the house and shed were cleared, it was under a tarp with a load of hoarded junk piled on top. Henry Cole never visited that particular shed!

heli_madken:
Trying to make sense of the same process now but as my bike is only 38 years old it needs an MOT first. Is it even possible to get an MOT on a bike that isn't registered? and I am faced with having to get it transported too and from a test station 50 miles away.

Reading the .gov website is totally confusing going on about vehicle approval and every link spawns another link to another confusing page.

I think if the bike is over 40 years old it is relatively straight forward especially if you have an existing title - V55/5, V112, NOVA, Invoice, Driving licence. £55 and Bob's your long waiting uncle but  less then 40 sounds like a different ball game.

Reading some interesting threads on the legality of getting insurance via the VIN number through specialist insurance brokers, booking an MOT and riding to the station without a registration plate. Cant say I have ever seen it happening and can you imagine the number of people shouting 'your number plates fallen off mate!'

I think I am going to wait another two years

Bryanj:
 ;)you can insure a bike on frame number but they only give you a month to sort it all the way, you also mot on frame number and can legaly ride it there if you have insurance

Johnny4428:
I think it was about 7 weeks ish, I was just glad that I wasn’t sitting with bike idling away in garage waiting for it’s first run.😂😂  The most daunting was the application form which I had never filled in before. There seemed to be an awful lot of questions that I felt I should be putting something in the box if only I understood what they were asking.😂 The vat and import duties was initially dealt with by the shipping company, the company that brought the goods into the country I suppose. So before the bikes were unloaded buyers were contacted and billed which seemed straight forward enough, they then provided Nova document via email. Yes heli, not to mention the “old bill” having a double take before the “blues & twos” activated. I agree that certain things on website have been simplified but not everything is straight forward, I must admit I wasn’t looking forward to the whole process but wouldn’t be daunted to go through it again. One step at a time to gather the necessary paperwork then send and wait patiently. I’m fortunate now that I have registration but I won’t be riding CB750 this year, hopefully ready to go all being well 2022, after all this is my lockdown project (how long am I going to have to make it last?)😡

JamesH:
Johnny - word of warning, remove the pic or change the pic so the document number isn't showing.

At the moment, anyone could go online and register the bike in their name with the photo provided....

Not trying to be a smart arse - just genuinely pointing out the risk.

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