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Help please, my 1959 350 Bullet was given a new number in 2004 (period number) but the log book says 1st registered in 2004 does this mean that come November my bike will still need MOT'd even though i have documentation agreeing on original age?.
Thanks

"Vehicles manufactured before 1960 will no longer have to have to pass an MoT from 18 November, Roads Minister Mike Penning said"....quote from the BBC...Note the word "manufactured"....not to be mixed up with re registered....The MOT understands that many old vehicles use re-registered details so I don't think you have any worries at all about not having an MOT test done, as long as you could prove the age with the frame number....engine numbers, as far as I know don't have much importance with the MOT data base.

I would agree Les. It is the date of manufacture that qualifies the machine for Historic (free) tax, I see no reason why MOT should differ.

Thanks very much for the replies lads, that clears things up for me. just hope the local post office is as understanding!!
thanks again.

Ah yes Pete, I can see now why you were asking now, hmmmm very good point indeed, I hadn't thought of the road tax side of things and it's true, they will see the bike as a 2004 machine. I reckon you might well have to phone the DVLA (I called it the M.O.T. previously by mistake) It is possible to get through nowadays on the phone, I had to ring them a couple of months ago.....maybe they can set the date up on their computer system which will allow you to renew it on-line. I reckon the same problem is going to hit thousands of Classic car and bike owners....getting a tax without an MOT certificate. I reckon the DVLA might not have thought this one through.....interesting!

hi just a thought on a nother angle veichles with out mot can not transfer private plates or is it veichle mot excempt when i asked at local dvla the did not know are alot of us about to loose the option to sell valuable reg numbers i dont want to get into the argument of number plating but some bike values bought recently will have taken numbers into account
regards mike

NEW CAN OF WORMS... If the machine or bike is now mot exempt but plate transfer IS allowed, then all the tractors with hellish plates can now have their plates transfered !!!

Although the V5 for our Flash shows First Registered 30.03.2000 the important bit is on the front of the V5 - section 3 - Was registered and used. Declared manufactured 1952..........So Pete, check your V5 again

hi pete,mot the bike anyway,even if its not necessary it may be a crutch you need to lean on a some point,i can,t understand the mentality of this ,if you have an accident how are you going to prove your vehicle was roadworthy?i know the test applies to the date of test but i,m sure that if after a few years no one has officially inspected the bike even if your in the right it will be up to you to proove its roadworthy ness ,hot potatoe this ,and remember the mot at my local garage is £20 and its money well spent imho paul.

I'm not sure if they will be allowed to issue an MOT test certificate for exempt vehicles... however my MOT chap told me he would be quite happy to test my bike independently, I would just get a letter confirming the test results, rather than an MOT certificate. Of course this is only proof that the machine was roadworthy at the time of the test as is an MOT certificate.