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Registering a bike that hasn't been known to DVLA before ??

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mick:
Hi Amos i have been through the same thing as you i bought a cb750 off ebay in 2005 with no documents or reg number,

i asked on here and got excellent advice off Bryan,

write to honda uk and ask for year of manufacture letter, once you have that as bryan says it can take a while and did cost me £30,

insure and mot on frame number, go to local dvla office with all documents and proof of your identity and dosh to pay fees,

if all goes ok walk out of dvla with age related reg number and tax and log book in post,  8) cheers Mick.

Bryanj:
Unless the rules have changed the MOT man does not need the dating letter , all he needs is an APROXIMATE year of build

Oldbuthopeful:

My experience when registering my US Import 350Four was much the same as others have related except I went along the VJMC dating route for the age related plate.  The VJMC letter cost me nothing as I'd joined the club but it was interesting to read a comment on here suggesting that with a club letter you may be asked to present the bike for inspection whereas with a Honda Motor Co. letter you may not.  Dead right !  Having gone through the Local DVLA Office procedure, produced all the forms and paid my hard earned, I was asked to bring the bike in for the Examiner to inspect.  (When I built a Norton 650SS in the 70's the Examiner came to the house, but all that seems to have changed).

When I got the bike to the DVLA Office (in a hired van with driver - I needed the muscle to get it in and out of the van!) the actual inspection took a mere 2 minutes.  But here's the point.  What most interested the Examiner was the frame number and, because I'd had the frame powder coated, it had been all but obliterated.  Fortunately, I'd refixed the manufacturers plate on the headstock and the stamped numbers on the frame were just about visible (but not readable). I was told that they'd accept it only because the bike had obviously been restored to a high standard but it was touch and go.

So, the message is  -  if you're having your frame powder coated I suggest you ask the guy doing the job to cover over the stamped frame numbers before applying the powder coating.  Alternatively, carefully scrape off the finished coating to reveal the numbers - you can re-coat the bare metal with a dab of paint on a small brush.  It might just save some 'job's-worth'
Examiner from giving you a 'fail' instead of a 'pass' .

 

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