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JTHSPACE · 05-15-2015, 05:03 AM

Thanks, hopefully the insurance will be sorted today. Here, before you can get the vehicle registered with the Government and get the vehicle excise licence (annual road tax £38/USD60) you have to produce an insurance certificate.

To get insurance, you need a vehicle registration number and to get that . . . .

You get the idea!

Then we have to attach the registration plate on the bike that measures a whopping 9" x 7" so as to be clearly seen by the ANPR camera system used in the UK to check your tax and insurance are all up-to-date (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) as well as speed cameras etc. I agree the system is useful and necessary but the 'plate is the size of a small advertising hoarding!!!

A lot of people have "show" plates made which can be smaller, but are illegal to use on the road - and can lead to a £60 fine and penalty points on your licence which can increase your insurance costs when you renew as you have to declare any points received.

Ah, for the care-free days of getting on a bike, tying down the flaps of your cloth cap and "thumping" along the country lanes for a ride-out (possibly with your man-servant following along in the Bentley with a buffet lunch). I wish.

Jeff (who has been riding motorcycles for 45 years without the luxury of a man-servant)

05-15-2015, 05:03 AM	#8
JTHSPACE Join Date: May 2015 Location: Cambridge, England Posts: 140	Thanks, hopefully the insurance will be sorted today. Here, before you can get the vehicle registered with the Government and get the vehicle excise licence (annual road tax £38/USD60) you have to produce an insurance certificate. To get insurance, you need a vehicle registration number and to get that . . . . You get the idea! Then we have to attach the registration plate on the bike that measures a whopping 9" x 7" so as to be clearly seen by the ANPR camera system used in the UK to check your tax and insurance are all up-to-date (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) as well as speed cameras etc. I agree the system is useful and necessary but the 'plate is the size of a small advertising hoarding!!! A lot of people have "show" plates made which can be smaller, but are illegal to use on the road - and can lead to a £60 fine and penalty points on your licence which can increase your insurance costs when you renew as you have to declare any points received. Ah, for the care-free days of getting on a bike, tying down the flaps of your cloth cap and "thumping" along the country lanes for a ride-out (possibly with your man-servant following along in the Bentley with a buffet lunch). I wish. Jeff (who has been riding motorcycles for 45 years without the luxury of a man-servant)
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