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stinkwheel
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PostPosted: 09:46 - 12 Nov 2026    Post subject: DVLA in SORN incompetance shocker Reply with quote

So I got a new bike. It's a rebuild project so I immediately registered it and put it on sorn. Confirmation by email.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczOQnS-CAoq_fjGzifFy2LkyzptP3K-QQK4Yq1WxVYqLKxWbVNdqaVxCPzDOMc_yKnqQ-K50e19DgaGli_B1yQSPaVjxiSCKb5gmV5zoKDTKt1w4sHoJkILdsZSxIAYsP8mFqH7JKBcNpTVbramxFLWL0Q=w1319-h939-s-no

All good yeah? Got this through the post (note the dates).

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczP9Y4HdCZjq3ZsI3Ujsfp893tb0lJKqt5t5B39fGDN0bclw8DaQFBDYfBYSdk9Prsh3fvku-NOeBtOz6FVecFAA-gZQBKCSK61BNe8NSvCzp-ObenPZHvZCsR2iNlKjKxj2nNh0sTDA1JZigyr8ayV5Ig=w1244-h939-s-no

So I think I'll just sit on this and see how much of a fool they make of themselves.

Mainly posting because I know some other members have an interest in fighting SORN "fines" and showing the DVLA system is riddled with errors can be important in that kind of thing.

I do actually have an even better one with original documents on file which can conclusively prove I made a (written) SORN declaration which they received then returned (it has the DVLA received rubber stamp on it) along with a letter saying I didn't need to SORN that vehicle. A SORN enforcement letter came two weeks later. That vehicle was actually put on the road shortly after anyway so nothing further came of it.
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PostPosted: 10:11 - 12 Nov 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote

'New' bike eh? dvla sez its a 64 RE nice. Clipper? Continental? Trails? Bitza?
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stinkwheel
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PostPosted: 13:11 - 12 Nov 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote

WD Forte wrote:
'New' bike eh? dvla sez its a 64 RE nice. Clipper? Continental? Trails? Bitza?


It's all very vague about what it actually is. Logbook says it's a "Royal Enfield Motorcycle".

It identifies as a pre '65 trials bullet with any work which may or may not have been done to it clearly being historic and period correct. I'm just doing a cosmetic refresh because the paint on the rear engine mounting lugs and top-tube cross brace seems to have all come off back to bare metal all round where they're welded on. Looks like someone wire-brushed the areas around them to inspect it for cracks or similar.

It's well known that back in the 60s they liked to fit bullet engines to continental GT frames for trials use because they are ligher, have more ground clearance and a tighter rake angle. I have an incredibly strong suspicion that's what this is.
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