Bought a bike but have no tax or v5 please help.

[zeano182]

Hi guys.

me and my dad went and bought a cbf125 on sunday. The guy seemed tottally genuine but stated that his v5 and new tax disc which he had got was in his mums car and she would not be back for 2 hours. We had drove an hour to view the bike and did not want to leave without it. The bike is insured and everything like that. He wrote a reciept and gave me the new keepers slip which he did have on him....however, stupidly this seems to have fallen out my pocket on the ride home.

it is now friday and not a sign of anything through the post he said he would send me but he has kept in contact and says he is going to ring the dvla on monday and say hes sold it but ita got lost in the post. My main issue is now im currenttly riding a bike that had no tax disc and no way if taxing it? He says it is definatly taxed....will this show on the police database? Any ideas how I can get it taxed?

any help would be great as I am having to use the bike to commute to work and worried

Thanks zeano183

[Tamsin]

https://www.taxdisc.direct.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/app/home/intro?skin=directgov

Click on Vehicle Enquiry and enter the reg no & make to check that its taxed

[Rogerborg]

[Biker101]

Did you HPI the bike?
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[zeano182]

I dont mind paying the 25 pound to get it swapped over. Ive checked the details amd it says liability due on 5/3/2014 and its un licensed. He is adament its taxed tho and ive heard it can take a while to update there systems? Ive kept in contact with him but he sent one back saying he is 100% trustworthy and would not scam someone and unfortunatly shit happens. Hes also gave me a story saying his best frind died on his motorbike yeaterday and will sort it on monday as he has other things now going on. Im so stuck what to do. I just want to pay 17 for it to be taxed grrrrr. I have to use the bikw othwrwise cant get to work.

[zeano182]

Yeh the bike came back clear on everything :/

[zeano182]

Yeh the bike came back clear on everything :/

[zeano182]

Yeh the bike came back clear on everything :/

[Tamsin]

[zeano182]

So where do I go from here then?

Thanks

[kerr]

As i said in your other thread

Why would he have the new keeper slip but not the rest of the v5?

Sounds as dodgy as fuck to me.
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[zeano182]

I know the more I think about the dodgier it all sounds. But what do I do? Its not registerd as stolen. If I ring the dvla do they have anyway they can change keeper iver the phone and maybe tax it too if I explain the situation?

[Tamsin]

I'd be getting an application for a V5 in as soon as possible and be taking the bus to work until it arrives and you can tax it....

[kerr]

[zeano182]

ok and the craziest question (please dont hate me).....what would be the worst that could happen if i decided to just risk it while waiting for the v5? or the most common scenario?

[Tamsin]

£80 fine, and being done for logbook irregularities

and/or

the bike could be impounded resulting in a £200 release fee and £21 a day storage charges.

And you will have to buy tax to cover the period from when the tax/sorn expired.

[zeano182]

willi also get points? a total of £97 is not that bad if it means i canactually et to work. i do understand they could impound the bike but feel this uld be quite unlikely/?

thanks forall the info uys, i really apprecate.....whys i soo hard to try and be legal (

[Tamsin]

If you are using it untaxed they will impound it

[Biker101]

How were you getting to work before? I'd suggest going back to that.
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Past: 06 Runner SP50 >>> 01 Varadero XL125 >>> 08 Kwak ER-6f >>> 05 CBR600rr
Present: 99 FZS600 Fazer

[Rogerborg]

[zeano182]

i had a car. but it got sod alot quicker than expected, so needed a 125 bike quite quickly, infact the same day. So went out saw the one i got. it was a hours drive ay and my grandma is in hospital so we did not have time to wait for his mum to come back with v5 document, enough he said this would e fine. we had get back to see my gra in hosital and everything seemed legit. so now this is my only form of transpot and no buses ~

I really am just wantng to do everything right, bu ecause of the no v5 im beng stoppd at every corner .

[zeano182]

looks like in some cases i can actually tax my bike with a v62? quite a few cases where people over the counter have accepted them and even on the gov website it says you can on a part i was reading :/

[Rogerborg]

Eh, Long term, it'll probably work out all right, and you'll have learned a valuable lesson about trust.

Just checking: you do have either a motorcycle license, or provisional motorcycle entitlement validated by completing a CBT course in the past 2 years, right?
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[Commuter_Tim]

My god, this thread has more stories that smell of bullshit than a tramp begging for change.
Good read
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The above post is most likely nonsensical.

I ride a Bandit 600... badly.

[zeano182]

i have the CBT course which i took last week . im a lorry driver by profession with a clean license.....so this is all quite a big deal to me