Can i Ride it ?

[kevotore75]

I might be picking a bike up on Monday that has no tax on it, with it being a bank holiday i can't tax it, so could i legally ride it home if it has insurance and a M.O.T?

[swampy]

[fatpies]

You could always tax it online.

That said a lot of posties are now Indian blokes (or 1st generation sons and daughters of Indian blokes) and therefore bank holidays and UK Christian holidays mean absolutely nothing to them.

The post office about 200 yard from me was open on Christmas day and they do road tax IIRC.
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[swampy]

[kevotore75]

I'd go to a post office but i wouldn't have an insurance document in time, looks like i'm gonna have to delay picking it up but not sure when i'll get time though.....

[swampy]

[Pete.]

Insured and MOT'd I would just take a punt and ride it home. If you are carrying all your docs and the receipt it would have to be a very miserable sod of a copper not to just let you on your way.

The biggest risk is that it might get impounded, but it's a very small one in the circumstances.
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[herulach]

FFS Don't but it online. They only send it to the address on the V5, so unless they're a mate you aint getting the disk.

I'd just ride it, chances of being pulled are slim, just stick to back roads if you're really worried.
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[kevotore75]

[HD]

Probably not as you still don't have tax. If you buy it online then you print the email receipt.
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[Alex_B]

A Cheque? No, not really

I would just ride it.
In fact, I did that for 35 miles after I bought my bike.

I had it insured, which is (imfo) the main thing and if you do get pulled well, you just argue the toss and say you can't buy it as there is no where open.

Sounds fair to me but probably not to the Police though

As above, you probably will not get a pull and can buy it as soon as it's open or whatever.

I didn't see it as a big deal but then, I never got stopped.
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[Walloper]

If it's not taxed it will be recorded by APNR if the cunts are out and about or parked up and bullying non-criminals.

Tax it on-line if you have the documents.
It may be less hassle and it will start 01 Jan
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[janner_10]

Dont ride like a tit on the way home - you should be fine
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[Walloper]

[janner_10]

[anthony_r6]

It can take a good couple of days for the insurance to show up on the system. So you would probably not be able to tax it online until it does. If it's not on that system, then you may get pulled over for not showing as insured, which they'll then no doubt look at your tax disc?

Ride at your own peril I guess.
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[boundy]

[weasley]

[h00dwink]

i dont bother putting in a tax disk, too much of a pain to unscrew all the little bolts. it's not an endorse-able offence not displaying one, but it's bad not to have it.
a few years back when i got pulled over (small number plate), policeman was starting to look over the bike and i said to him before he got to it. he wasn't bothered as it showed as taxed on the camera. think my disk is still september 08 thats on the bike.
and so on
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[Vincent]

This "5 days grace", is that 5 working days
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[Walloper]

[J4mes]

How far is it, and can you keep off main routes which may have static ANPR cameras fitted?

[kevotore75]

[MarJay]

[swampy]