Buying a bike with no tax.

right to get this straight, will be taking bike in on monday or fri, when im at garage i shall phone insurance to get them to change over, so will be insured on bike, bike doesnt need mot till april yet, but as the v5 wont be in my name i cant get the tax disc. so if i ask dealer to get tax for me this should be ok yeah? then i can ride home and post v5 bit off?

sorry for sounding like a newbie

Surely you'll have the V5C new keepers supplement from the dealer? Or potentially and VE103? Either of which should be more than acceptable for the post office to tax the bike

[TEC]

Originally Posted by sv650nutter149

...when im at garage i shall phone insurance to get them to change over, so will be insured on bike ....

Assuming the insurance will swap over without any problems, thats not what you're asking about but it may influence the following

Originally Posted by sv650nutter149

....so if i ask dealer to get tax for me this should be ok yeah?

No cause it wont be insured unless the dealer takes it on as owned by them (they rarely do) and not the shop, their own insurance is normally only there for the mechanics when they take bikes out on test runs etc. Chances are you will need to supply them with a cover note or tax it yourself when you pick it up. But do talk to them and see if they are willing to do it but would also talk to insurance company as well just in case

The garage will not tax it if it's used because they have to register themselves as an owner and insure it to tax it, so you should negoiate a lower price and get the insurance company to email you the certificate.

they can e-mail now?

Failure to display is a £60 fine, however if you ride garage to home without stopping this will be hard to prove. If you have purchased online and print out the receipt at the end of the process then this will be enough to show said copper that you do have tax just that it is in the post. We have just had guidance to be lenient on tax discs as they are slow coming through the post due to strikes.

Do not ride without tax as you WILL lose the bike if caught and that will be pricey.

Originally Posted by sv650nutter149

they can e-mail now?

Mine did because I was in the same situation and bikesure emailed me the docs failing that get them to fax it to the dealer or wait to pick the bike up.

ah ok kl cheers guys, not picking bike up untill 2 weeks friday now as having op on feet next week so wont be able to ride and it gives time for all docs to be sent off etc

I picked my bike up with no tax.
The insurance company emailed me the certificate (as already mentioned).
The bike had an MOT and I had the keepers slip from the V5.
Thats all you will need.
I found out via the .Org that I could tax via the new keepers slip as I didnt realise I could do it that way.
Dead simple.

[Drew Carey]

As you can get insurance sorted prior to the day, can I suggest when you get to the garage, ask them where the nearest post office is. Pop in quickly with the V5, MOT and your insurance cert, grab a tax disc, pop back to garage and bobs your uncle. You are on your way all legal and safe.