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Post by julie on Sept 17, 2006 15:00:44 GMT
have just bought one of these for my sons 16th birthday, I need to register the bike but have been told may have to take bike to local dvla for them to check it. As anyone else had to do this? Also is registering fairly straight forward as its all totally new to me. Im one of those silly woman that knows nothing about bikes. Ha Ha Please can someone help!!!!
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Post by jialing on Sept 17, 2006 15:40:22 GMT
depends on if the bike has been registered before or not Julie. If it has then you should of been given a green slip from the V5 owners document when the sale took place. You use this, once you have insurance to tax your bike and have it transfered into your name.
However if its brand new then you will need a cerficate of conforminty that ensures the bike was made to EU specs. When a new bike is sold these documents usually come with the bike. You will need this to register it. Did the person who sold you the bike give you one of these documents? If you haven't got one then maybe someone else can help you regarding getting one or how to overcome it. Sorry if I cant help anymore I would if I could :-)
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Post by BillyGreen1973 on Sept 17, 2006 15:41:23 GMT
Hi, Julie
Welcome aboard!
A few other members have had to take their bike to the DVLA, you shouldn't have anything to worry about. In fact if you have a 'Certificate of Conformity' (Small green card) that comes with these bikes you shouldn't need to take the bike to them, that certificate should be good enough.
As far as registering goes, it is pretty straight forward but can take a week or so. First you need to get insureance for the bike, most insurance companies will insure a new bike just using the Chassis Number (since it doesn't have a registration number yet!). I used Bennets insurance, I found them to be the cheapest, but SHOP AROUND!
Take the insurance certificate, when it comes, to the DVLA. They will also need the registration fee (£38) and 12 months tax money (£15). Be warned they don't take switch, delta or credit cards! You'll need to fill in a registration form, all the info you need for this form is on the Certificate of Conformity card that came with the bike. They may also ask for the customs certificate, this proves the import duty has been paid. The person who sold you the bike should have passed this on to you. They may also ask for your 'Bill of Sale' or receipt, but not always. Oh, I forgot, you will also need some form of ID, I took my passport and a Phone bill to prove my address.
If all goes well (it usually does), they will keep your forms etc. and give you a receipt for your money. 2 or 3 days later you should get a letter from them with a certificate of registration and a V5C (log book), and a tax disc for 12 months.
This all sounds a bit confusing, but it's not really. Hope this helps.
Good luck!
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Post by enu06 on Sept 17, 2006 15:46:54 GMT
If you have all of th required paper work from your seller, including CERTIFICATE OF CONFORMATY, and your own insurance certificate you should have no problems. You will not need to take the bike to DVLA, and no further tests are required. If you hav'nt allready done so you can get the insurance on the VIN/CHASSIS (frame) number, you may find some companies cant do this, MCE, Bennets and others will. Only problem can be sometimes DVLA can take more than 2 weeks to proccess it and it can be hard work explaining this to some insurers, and they may cancell so for the time being it may be better if you take out 3rd party fire & theft, and pay by installments, that way if you get cut off by the insrance it wont cost you too much. It wont matter to the DVLA application as they will have the original insurance papers logged for the registration. Hope this makes sence to you, good luck
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Post by julie on Sept 17, 2006 16:14:08 GMT
Thanks for your help the bike has never been resgistered but I do have all the paper work including the certificate of conformaty so fingers crossed it should all go through smoothly. Thanks again will let you know how it goes
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Post by Simar on Sept 17, 2006 16:36:18 GMT
You also need a Customs certificate of newness stating the import value etc.
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Post by julie on Sept 17, 2006 20:12:35 GMT
Have just read on this forum about people struggling to get bikes resgistered, I was going to post the documents do you think I would be wise to take them myself also the bike is being registered in my sons name but he isnt 16 until the end of september will this cause problems in the sense that he isnt old enough
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Post by jialing on Sept 17, 2006 23:30:49 GMT
I am positive you dont have to produce a driving license just to register a bike in your name Julie or in whoevers name.. When my son was over here I once registered a BMW in his name without his knowledge. hope that helps.
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Post by Scootin on Sept 18, 2006 13:05:54 GMT
Hello & Welcome
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