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Cossack Owners Club |
Written by: Peter Ballard
This applies if the imported vehicle being re-registered in GB is more than 10
years old.
Vehicles less than 10 years old need to meet European Type Approval Standards
and UK
Construction and Use Regs; this is not covered here.
Before you buy, check:
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Has it got a VIN (Vehicle Identification Number)
still attached? With no VIN plate it will be far more difficult to
convince the DVLA what the bike is and that it is legitimate. |
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2. |
Is the bike all of a year, and not a collection of
parts from many years? Even if the bike is a collection of parts from
the same year and assembled into a bike of a specification that was made
in that year, then it can go through the DVLA process of registration as
a ‘Reconstructed Classic’, as long as it is over 25 years. In truth it
is impossible to tell if the parts came from the same bike or many, even
with a registration document, how can you or I tell? The models changed
so little over the decades that it is easy to be confused over
originality. |
| 3. |
Is the bike all from the same manufacture, there
are so many Ural/Dnepr ‘bitsas’ about. If it is a collection of major
parts from different manufacturers then it will not get an age related
registration number, but a ‘Q’. |
| Where ever the motorcycle is purchased
get: |
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| 1. |
Receipt. Besides the usual contractual stuff
including make, model, frame number, engine number and any registration
number, get the year of manufacture recorded. Year is important, for an
age related registration! |
| 2. |
Registration document; this can be the current one
or any previous one. Does it still match the frame (essential) and
engine (preferably). |
| Prepare for the MoT, all the usual stuff.
You can take the bike to the MoT station on a trailer, or you can insure
it on the frame number and ride it there, but only for a prebooked test.
The MoT tester will check the frame and engine numbers and enter these
on the VOSA (Vehicle Operators Standards Agency) online computer system,
along with other details. |
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| Note that although the MoT will cover a
sidecar if fitted, if you change the sidecar, or fit one later to a solo
you do need to have a new MoT; not a lot of people know this! |
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| You will then most probably need a Date
Certificate from the Cossack Owners Club to ease the process; this will
define the make, model, originality and YEAR of the motorcycle. Any date
of manufacture evidence the owner has is very useful, since I can refer
to this. I send two signed paper copies to the owner; one for the owner
and one for the DVLA. |
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| Find your local Drivers and Vehicle
Licensing Office
http://www.dft.gov.uk/dvla/contactus/localoffices/findnear.aspx |
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| To get the age related registration
number you will need: |
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| 1. |
Form V55/5 |
| 2. |
£55 registration fee, as of this date |
| 3. |
The required fee for the vehicle tax (cheques or
postal orders made payable to DVLA Swansea) |
| 4. |
Current British certificate of insurance |
| 5. |
Foreign registration document and any other papers
relating to the vehicle evidence showing the date the vehicle was
collected (normally the invoice from the supplier or receipt for the
purchase.) |
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Customs and Excise form can be filled in there and
then if you imported the vehicle from outside the EU. |
| ALSO most usually to ease the
process: |
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| 6. |
Date Certificate from the owners, club, this we
supply at £15 for non-members, free to members. |
| The DVLA will then pick up the MoT
information from the VOSA system, but the paper MoT computer printout
will be good to have with you. You should then get issued with an age
related registration number for the area where you are registering the
vehicle and the new form V5C. Then you can go and buy a number plate and
enjoy the bike! |
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| I can usually issue a Date Certificate
within a few days; so around the time of the MoT get the photos of the
bike and photo copies of any documents ready to send to me. I have had a
100% success rate so far in that ALL my certificates have been accepted
by the DVLA, they even telephone me occasionally to check some detail or
other. |
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| ~~~ This page can be circulated to non-members to help them before they commit themselves ~~~ | |