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Japanese Bikes / Re: Registering a bike as a classic
« on: August 20, 2023, 10:45:25 AM »I have got to the bottom of it.
Yes the bike has to be 40 years old but it can't be classified as a classic until the first January after the bikes 40th birthday. In my case the bike will 40 years and 4 month old.
You have to wait until April to register it as Historic tax class.
https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/maintenance-and-gear/how-to-apply-for-road-tax-and-mot-exemption-for-a-historic-classic-car/
"Road Tax exemption
Unlike the MOT exemption, getting an exemption from paying road tax doesn’t happen straight after your vehicle turns 40. Instead, you have to wait for the first day of April, and then as long as your car was registered 40 years before the first of January you can apply for road tax exemption from April."
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1163655/inf34-taxing-historic-vehicles.pdf
It can't be done online but just take you insurance, log book, pictures to show that it. has not been drastically altered to the Post Office and they do it there and then.
Proof of insurance is now only required in Northen Ireland. You will however need to fill out form V112 unless you continue to have the vehicle MOT'd.
"This requires a change to the V5 registration document, so you will need to take the V5 and proof of MOT or exemption (the V112 form) along to a Post Office and request the vehicle class to be changed [.........] to Historic. In Northern Ireland you will also need to present proof of insurance to make the change."
And you shouldn't need to show photos as PO counter staff aren't going to know what they are looking at, plus some changes may not be visible in pictures.
I've done this three times and never needed to show any pictures.