Registration. how difficult

[dazzibhoy]

Hiya i was wondering how difficult it is to register my BAOTIAN 125 myself i have finally got insurance today

[BillyGreen1973]

It's not too difficult.
You will need, your insurance certificate, your driving license/CBT Cert., the import papers, the cert. of conformity, possibly your invoice/receipt, and £53 cash.

Take this lot to your local DVLA office, tell them you want to register a new scooter, and give them your paper work etc. You may be asked if it is a 'Grey' import or a 'Parallel' import, your bike will be a 'Grey' import, this means it's from outside the EU. A parallel import is from within the EU.

They may say you need to have the bike tested, this is incorrect, your Certificate of Conformity states it passes all European guidelines, this is all they will be testing for anyway. I would insist to speak to a manager if they ask for a test.

All in all, it took me around 20 Min's in the DVLA office.

[stellabird]

billygreen1973 said:

All in all, it took me around 20 Min's in the DVLA office.

Me too, but I didn't realise that they didn't do it there and then and that I had to wait for the registration to arrive in the post. Having said that, I went to the DVLA office on the Wednesday and the documents arrived in Friday mornings post!

You can pay by cheque as well, payable to DVLA Swansea.

[Ginger Phil]

It's very difficult to register a Chinese scoot.

Have a read of this topic:

taishanowners.proboards41.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1119982380

[dazzibhoy]

Well cheers for that I got it from internetbike shop i think i will get them to do it for me. im a busy man

[Ginger Phil]

I don't blame you!!

[ianf6512]

dazzibhoy,

I just had mine from the internet bike shop, for the price that included registeration. All I have had to do is send them a photocopy of my sons driving licence along with a recent utility bill and arrange for the insurance company to send the documents direct to the internetbikeshop.

They then register in bulk along with all the others and send everything back to me.

They did tell me to start the insurance ten days after I rang the insurance company to allow everything to be processed through the system, so in my case I rang on Monday and the insurance starts next Wednesday.

Here's hoping that everything else runs smoothly.

Ian.

[dazzibhoy]

Thanks for that info

[dazzibhoy]

Hello everyone just to let you know that the dvla in Ipswich is good! took my documents in on tuesday got my reg number on the thurs. no problems it was a Baotian 125. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[baotian]

is that the same for a 50cc, do you need you insurance certificate, and your driving license etc)

i thought you could just do it if you have a the certificate of the bike and the import papers.

am i wrong?

[Ginger Phil]

I wish I'd have gone to Ipswich instead of Norwich.

[Gavin]

baotian said:

is that the same for a 50cc, do you need you insurance certificate, and your driving license etc)

i thought you could just do it if you have a the certificate of the bike and the import papers.

am i wrong?

You need the insurance certificate for the road tax, I think I took my driving license as well, plus 2 forms of identification to prove I lived at the address given, like utility bills etc. It's better to take more and be sure, than take less and have to go back again.

Here is a list of other items required:-

C&E 389, signed with the importers details and address, including port of importation, and Customs declaration number.

V267 Declaration of Newness

Sales Invoice from dealer

EC Certificate of conformity

The form V55/4 - Application for a first licence for a new motor vehicle and declaration for registration, is available at the DVLA office when you register the vehicle.

I insured my Baotian through Ebike Insurance, (£126 fully comp.) and was able to print out a cover note from their website to use for registration, but this was refused by the DVLA, and I had to take in the cover note that I later received by post.

[dazzibhoy]

i got my bike from internetbike shop asked them to fill in the forms and send them 2 me and all i did was fill in my details. they sent me the C.O.C all the forms i then took my insurance doc with the chasis number and the forms and my driving license and got them back within 2 days

[baotian]

so do did you take all the forms to the dvla office to sort the registration out or did you send all the forms away by post?

[Gavin]

baotian said:

so do did you take all the forms to the dvla office to sort the registration out or did you send all the forms away by post?

I took all the forms, and £53.00, into the Nottingham DVLA, and walked out about 20 mins later with the scooter registered, the tax disc, and the form to get the number plate made up.

[dazzibhoy]

I took them along all completed to yhe dvla in Ipswich got them to check them over and went home i couldn't wait. they sent my reg number certificate and tax disk back in 2 days.

[baotian]

cant you send of the documents then by post?

[Ginger Phil]

baotian said:

cant you send of the documents then by post?

Yes you can but obviously it'll take longer. When I went to Norwich DVLA they said they wouldn't have been able to register the bike over the counter so I don't know if it's different depending on which office you go to?