Who to tell??

Can someone please tell me who i need to inform (apart from Insurance) about my bike when i move house?

Also, my road tax needs replacing at the end of Feb. Do i get it at the post office, & what do i need to take?

Cheers,

Jordyal.

The DVLA, your registration docs will need to be changed, also for your driving licence.

You need to take certificate of insurance, registration docs. (and MOT cert if bike older than 3). to the post office.

If your Bike is datatagged then will need to tell them.

Originally Posted by Mogs

You need to take certificate of insurance, registration docs. (and MOT cert if bike older than 3). to the post office.

Not all POs act as licencing offices, so best check first.

Also, you can renew your Road Fund Licence (another tax ) on-line these days.

Mogs is right about your other stuff - DVLA for V5 and licence (both are legal "musts") and your insurance company.

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by Jabba-the-Hutt

Also, you can renew your Road Fund Licence (another tax ) on-line these days.

I wouldn't bet on it. I've tried three times to tax my bikes and van online, apparently the DVLA thinks I have no insurance on any of them, (not the case BTW), as a possibility the website suggested that I must have very recently re-insured before attempting to get the tax, therefore the info wasn't available to them, this is also not the case, none of the policies were less than three months old.

It's apparent that there are gaping holes in the DVLA database, it may be early days, but three times? So far it just plain doesn't work.

[BillyC]

Ian,

do you insure them all through the same company? Perhaps write a letter to them asking why they appear not to be part of the DVLA's database, and part of a prominent fraud reduction scheme?

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

I wouldn't bet on it. I've tried three times to tax my bikes and van online, apparently the DVLA thinks I have no insurance on any of them, (not the case BTW), as a possibility the website suggested that I must have very recently re-insured before attempting to get the tax, therefore the info wasn't available to them, this is also not the case, none of the policies were less than three months old.

It's apparent that there are gaping holes in the DVLA database, it may be early days, but three times? So far it just plain doesn't work.

Yes, bit odd that. I managed to renew my bike fine online, couldn't renew my car there though

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by BillyC

Ian,

do you insure them all through the same company? Perhaps write a letter to them asking why they appear not to be part of the DVLA's database, and part of a prominent fraud reduction scheme?

Well I did wonder about this myself, but no they're not insured with the same firm, or even the same underwriter.

Unsurprisingly, when I have mentioned this to two of the three insurance companies, they don't know why either.

What happens if you are insured to drive any bike and you go to tax your second bike that's not on your insr policy?

Originally Posted by andrewcharnley

What happens if you are insured to drive any bike and you go to tax your second bike that's not on your insr policy?

They tell you to sod off.
The bike has to be specifically shown to be insured in it's own right to get taxed.

[timwilky]

i have a copy of my companies insurance certificate that states cover is "limited to any vehicle owned, leased or hired by the policyholder or his agents"

I have used it to tax my company car without problem, So I would assume if you have a multi bike policy it will either name the bikes or state something like the above, ie

Owned, hired or leased by the policyholder.