Registering an Imported Bike
Note: The new S.V.A.
rules that came into force on June 17th 2003 for the registration of newly
Imported bikes & cars only apply to bikes under 10 years old.
To register a bike brought in from the U.S.A. you
will need:
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A completed V55/5
form “Application for a first license for a motor vehicle and declaration
for registration”.
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A current M.O.T. certificate.
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A current Insurance
policy in your name.
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Either the original American logbook or a
certificate of proof of age (available from RB’s: £20.00 Non-Club members / £18.00 Club members, plus V.A.T.
/ P&P). If you
present the U.S. title as proof of age the DVLA will keep it and send it
back to the U.S.A. (you may want to keep it yourself so think about having a
certificate instead).
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The £50.00 initial
registration fee
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The cost of a tax
disc if applicable
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Most vitally – the
CE386 (or the equivalent) that states that the Import duty has been paid
on the bike.
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You now need to prove who you are when registering a bike,
so you will also need a passport or driving licence and a domestic
utility bill with your name and address on it.
You will need to take this information along to your
local DVLA office: they will want to inspect the bike if there is no
foreign title (as from Jan 2002) and could either
call to see it or you can take it to them.
If the bike has been purchased from RB’s it will
have already been inspected at Nottingham and you may wish to consider
sending all the paperwork to us and for the princely sum of £30.00 (plus
the other applicable charges) we will go and stand in the queue at the
local D.V.L.A. on your behalf (up to 3 hours) – your bike will come back with an age related plate.
Once
your paperwork has been processed, the DVLA will check the bike with
Interpol and approximately three days later you will be issued with a
registration number and the paperwork needed to get a registration plate.
