Registration plate value

External Since: Jul 09, 2007 Posts: 17

Wondered about bothering to get a V5 for the donor bike Sl1225 I
bought recently. The number is out there on the DVLA system, so it
should be straightforward.

The £25 charge was putting me off, and I was thinking about just
breaking it. The CG125 engine[1] in it is worth a bit, as it's a sweet
runner. Anyway, I dug out the plate to remind me of the number, and
blinked. It's a suffix 'M' plate and a very short number.

So I trawled a few cherished number sites and found a match for the
three-letter prefix, but ending 25S instead of 12M, as mine does,
asking price £1700.

Blimey. I'll get the V5 now, and try and flog the plate, though I
*think* you need a valid MoT on the donor vehicle[1]. Can anyone
confirm?

[1] Makes Sign of Holy Pushrods
[2] And that will be difficult unless I swap everything[3] over from
one of my other Honda 125s.
[3] Wheels, brakes, tyres, lights, wiring loom, forks, shocks.....

External Since: Jul 09, 2007 Posts: 17

On 4 Sep, 14:26, "Krusty" wrote:
> TOG@Toil,chateau.mur...@btinternet.com, wrote:
> > Blimey. I'll get the V5 now, and try and flog the plate, though I
> > *think* you need a valid MoT on the donor vehicle[1]. Can anyone
> > confirm?
>
> From kjregistrations.com:
>
> Does the Donor vehicle need to be in existence?
> Most definitely the donor vehicle has to be in existence and:-
> a) Have a current MOT and road tax
> or
> b) MOT expired but still have current road tax
> or
> c) MOT expired and road tax expired but the road tax expired within
> the last six months.
> From 1 May 2002 donor vehicles which are less than 3 years old (or
> less than 1 year old in the case of a HGV) will no longer have to have
> road tax in order to participate in the transfer arrangements. From
> that date registration numbers can be transferred from vehicles without
> road tax which have not yet reached MOT testable age, provided all
> other requirements of the number transfer facility are met.
> Recipient vehicles will still need current road tax in order to
> participate.
>

Ta. That complicates matters a bit as the bike is definitely in 'field
bike' trim. However, I reckon I could get a daytime MoT without too
much effort. Depends what I'm offered for the plate, really.