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SteveW:
I’ve registered my 74 CB550 and 80 CB650 with the DVLA with no issues at all and both within 3 weeks.
I decided to finish my Lambretta that I’ve been doing on and off for 9 years.
Sent all the paperwork to DVLA exactly as I did for the 2 Hondas. Month later get a rejection letter saying they didn’t like the dating certificate as it didn’t have the date it was issued on.
Got a new dating certificate with the issue date on and sent all the paperwork off.
Last week get a letter saying they want to inspect the Lambretta, they are coming tomorrow.

Just wondered if I should be worried, can’t see any reason why they need to inspect it, photos show it fully built, frame and engine numbers perfectly visible.

Do they just pick vehicles at random to check, or is it because I’ve registered other vehicles before?

This has now been going on since early June.

Laverda Dave:
I had to get the Triton inspected when I first built it Steve, in those days you had to take it to them in a van (that was £70 daily van hire straight away)!

They will check it over to make sure it is not a bitsa and so as long as the engine and frame numbers are visible (and the correct(ish)) engine for the frame and it has the original wheels and brakes for the period and model you should be fine. I know you get points for originality and points make prizes as they say. I don’t see you having a problem as long as the bike isn't a hybrid. I managed to register the Triton as a Norton despite it having a Triumph engine in a Norton frame with alloy rims, alloy fuel and oil tanks and a single seat :). I got points for the original frame, forks and brake hubs and I borrowed a pair of Norton mudguards and silencers to make it look a bit more authentic and until I got home and they were removed! I was given a non-transferable ex Scottish registration number.

Good luck, make sure you give the inspector a cuppa and a hob nob :)

Bryanj:
I think its random

kevski:
Years ago my old z1000 got pulled in because the reg number had been issued to 2 bikes in 1978, it took until 2006 for them to realise,  I had to take to the police inspection centre at Maidstone,  that was a long couple of hours, it worked out fine though.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Back in the late 1970s Police often did DVLA inspections this was before the advent of the now closed regional LVLOs & VOSA sites. It was a random selection of old vehicles that had not been taxed, write offs that had been put back on the road and some Q plate home built vehicles. One  was a motorcycle that had a  stainless steel frame with a pair of 998 Hilman Imp engines Siamesed to form a V8 unit. The rear panniers contained a radiator plus electric fans on each side. It was under the weight limit for motorcycle (8 cwt?) He called it after his name something like a Betsson.

We were told the checks were generally randomly selected. The V8 bike was featured in a magazine a few years later Circa 1982/3. The bike  builder worked for British Rail Works at Derby before de-nationalization.

I saw him a few times on his monster - he never  fixed the clutch slip issue when I last spoke to him over 30 yrs ago.

Bettson V8  made in Mickleover by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=bettson+V8+motorcycle+pictures&atb=v329-1&iax=images&ia=images&iai=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-dGpTtAxvcyk%2FTk06fy47vOI%2FAAAAAAAAZOU%2F56fbXLdsRwI%2Fw1200-h630-p-k-no-nu%2FTckgsFqybM.jpg

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