Alan H wrote:You can do it the same day. I did the mate's Gold Wing last month. Sorn on line and straight to the post office to tax it free and declare MOT exempt within 30 mins without problem.
Hmmmm ! Clever Do you need the reminder at the post office Alan
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Alan H wrote:You can do it the same day. I did the mate's Gold Wing last month. Sorn on line and straight to the post office to tax it free and declare MOT exempt within 30 mins without problem.
Hmmmm ! Clever Do you need the reminder at the post office Alan
No, you have to take your V5 and the MOT exemption form
The major drawback that I see with not putting the bike through an MOT is that you lose the ' history '.
Checking old MOT's correlates the mileage and shows that the bike has been used on the road instead of festering in a shed.
My kettles booked in for its mot tomorrow , just to keep the history & paper trail going , I get it at trade price so its not a major payout cheers Mick.
Just so you know it works. The bike is already on historic tax from last year. MOT ran out late July so I SORNED the bike last week. Re taxed the bike today on line (you have to wait 5 days from date of SORN). There is a section during the taxing process which identifies that the bike is over 40 years old. You have to tick a box to declare that the bike hasn't been substantially modified. That's it, bike is now taxed and MOT exempt.
My Thanks to Slosher as he has also confirmed he done it this way also.
Surely keeping receipts and a photographed & written history of ownership are a far better way of retaining the "history" of a bike. Forking out £25 for what is now a worthless piece of paper to a Historic bike proves nothing more than someone has squeezed the front brake lever & tooted the horn. I really can't get my head round the idea myself
Do you need the reminder at the post office Alan
(since having the Bonnie)
cheers Mick.
