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Motorcycle Discussions => British Bikes => Topic started by: Bomber on October 16, 2011, 03:05:57 PM
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Yesterday a friend called to see me, he has just got a barn find Raleigh Runabout without any paperwork. The bike carries its original registration number (FWW 33C) and comes originally from the Dewsbury area in West Yorkshire and is, so he informs me, an RM9 model.
His problem is that to get a new logbook for the bike he needs to fill in the frame number on the relevent DVLA forms and when he has looked for the said number he can only find 3 digits and he believes it should have more.
Does anyone have any advice or experience of this (other than weigh it in for scrap, which was my first suggestion).
Frank
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Hi there
I have just reclaimed the original registration on a BSA A65. To claim the original number you have to have evidence that ties that number to the bike, having the number plate on it's own does not count, the DVLA will accept the original log book, old MOT's, old Tax discs or if you can get it from the authority that first registered it a copy of the original registration paper but you will find that most authorities destroyed them when everything was transferred to Swansea. You also have to have a dating certificate from an owners club. Failing the above you can apply for an age related plate but you will still need a dating certificate from the owners club and that is where your problem starts, because everything hinges on the frame number. I do not have any experience with Raleighs but am sure that there will be an owners club and if you contact them they may be able to advise you on the best course of action.
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The Vintage Motorcycle club may be able to help http://www.vmcc.net/ All the best with it.
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NACC would be better