Taxing a bike online Q

[boro matt]

If i taxed my bike online is it all legal to ride before I get my disc or do I legally have to wait?

I'm waiting on my cover note from insurance that's why if it's all legal its easier to tax it online than at post office so I can ride straight away lol

cheers
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[Whosthedaddy]

It'll be on the data base as taxed, just ride it.

[salty21]

i had exactly the same thing happen to me when i first got my cbr.

bought the bike with no tax, insured it straight away but unfortunatly it takes around two weeks for the insurance database to be updated so you cant do it online . i had to wait for my covernote to arrive which took a record 4 days(4 days of agony) then leg it down to the post office as it shut at 12 and our postman is a lazy twat and didn't get to me till 11.30.

so im afraid you will have to do it the old fashioned way
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[prawny1]

I taxed mine on line recently, because i lost all my documents, technicaly failing to display a tax disc is an offence so might be a problem if you get pulled over, But if your reg is checked whilst your going along it will be down as having tax on the computer.

Its up to you if you want to risk it, but there is also the fact you cannot park an untaxed vehicle on the public highway and if no one bothers checking the computers you could be in trouble.

It only took two days for my tax disc to arrive anyway, so it could turn up before your cover note but then again it could take longer.

[Drew]

[Whosthedaddy]

[boro matt]

could put the one from my other bike in until my new one gets here but sure mr policeman would give me alot worse for fraud than none at all

waiting for the cover note it is then
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97 Black 600 Bandit

[Whosthedaddy]

You will get nabbed for putting another disc in for your new bike, thats not worth the hassle.

[boro matt]

yeah i'll just leave it and wait till I get paper work through
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97 Black 600 Bandit

[prawny1]

[boro matt]

are tax disc thefts common in biking I take it then?
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97 Black 600 Bandit

[prawny1]

Its easier to nick a tax disc of a bike because you don't need to break any windows to get at them,

Its not as common as it used to be since the police can just check your reg to see if you have tax so displaying a stolen "valid" tax disc is pretty much pointless.

[t121anf]

if its taxed just ride it, when was the last time you were pulled?

[Old man]

You will not be able to tax it online until your insurance is registered on the database.

Is the bike a new purchase, if so you will not be able tax online until the bike is on the DVLA database as yours.
Wait for the cover note then use the post office.

It is an offence not to display a tax disc, it's ok listening to other people saying when were you last pulled etc, you don't even need to be on it, it could be parked up somewhere and you could get a ticket.

And it's no good saying the tax disc was nicked, the computer to police and VOSA use knows when the tax expired. It's not worth getting a £60 ticket for.
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[NicM]

If you tax it then ride it....

However DONT park it anywher that traffic wardens go ast they are over zelous cvnts who will check and will issue you with a ticket for not displaying a valid tax disc and there is nothing you can do about it but pay up.... I speak from experience as i got done for not displaying despite having bought online, more hacked off when i got home to find the new disc had finally arrived
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