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AshimotoK0:

--- Quote from: Oddjob on July 29, 2015, 04:16:48 PM ---Probably sat at Honda UK in a crate for years.

I remember when the CX500 came out, a year or so later the CX500A came out and that got a little flyscreen and metallic paint, the the CX500B came out with the reversed comstars and then you couldn't really sell the earlier version as everyone wanted the A or B model.

Queens Park Motors where I was working at the time paired up with Bill Smiths of Chester and bought hundreds of the earlier CX500 which had been sat in a warehouse at Honda for ages, when they turned up the crates were in pretty poor condition, full of dust and general crap and starting to come apart, the bikes inside were fine however.

Queenies sold them at hundreds of pounds less than the CX500A/B and they went like hot cakes, date of manufacture and date of registration on those bikes must have been quite a few years apart I'd imagine.

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Cracking bit of history there Oddjob and it all makes sense, the way you explained it.

Don't want hijack thread but when will my August 1975 (1st date of registration) become tax exempt?

Cheers  ... Ash

Johnwebley:
Ash,

  the wording is "year of manufacture"

so,is there a possibility its made in '74 ??

  ask Honda.

Chris400F:

--- Quote from: Johnwebley on July 29, 2015, 06:57:26 PM --- the wording is "year of manufacture"

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Start by looking to see what DVLA have recorded for it: https://www.vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/.
(The DVLA service is free, the Honda route will cost you £30).
They hold the information and hopefully will use it when you submit a request to change the taxation class.

clive:

--- Quote from: Johnwebley on April 14, 2015, 01:54:55 PM ---
--- Quote from: florence on April 14, 2015, 12:59:23 PM ---Very pleased to discover that my bike now qualifies.  I need to renew the MOT then I can apply for a refund.

Just getting a puncture repaired and thinking about starting up after a winter rest.  Nervous.

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 I sent my details to DVLA just before easter,,not heard from them yet ,

mine is registered march '74,manufactured late '73.,age verified by Honda,certificate enclosed

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  give'em a ring to gee'em up i did, it worked for me.

billy192:
I was told that it had to be 40 years from first reg date. also i sent in to Swansea my MOT insurance only to get it sent back a month later with a letter to say i should change the taxation class at the counter of a crown PO. i did this and the lady was great. no need for docs, she did it on screen and took my log book and said i would receive a new one in two weeks. and to keep the counter receipt  in-case it was lost. i have since received the new log book with Classic in the taxation class. ;D
Billy

PS i will be doing the same for my 250 on the 2nd of Aug this year.

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