SORN- how does it work?

[Tinkz]

Bike is due for an MOT on the 10th, was thinking about SORNing it and getting the Mot Done in the Spring.
So how does it work as ive never SORNed before,
Does it effect my insurance/ no claims etc

Go easy I'm new to this
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[Fisty]

Sorn it, keep it insured.

Re MOT in the spring, Tax it, ride it.

Simple as that.
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[monkeybiker]

You can sorn it and keep it insured.

But you can not tax it without insurance. Once insurance expires/gets cancelled you must either re-insure or sorn it. I think that is were people get confused.

[MCN]

SORN was to stop people dodging road tax.

But it now means DVLArsehole gets moar funds as silly fuckers like me gets caught out (too often to be serioous) .

You cannot have/own/be the registered keeper of an un-taxed vehicle.
A 'registered' vehicle MUST be SORNed if not taxed.

It doesn't need to be insured to be SORNed but if you value the vehicle then insure for relevant reasons.

You will need insurance to get tax when tax is due or you want to use it on the road again.

A vehicle is considered permanently SORNed until it is TAXed again.
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[conker]

If you are not bothered about the tax refund, you can let the MOT expire and not SORN. When you are ready to use it again, book the MOT and off you go.

[weasley]

[MCN]

[Wonko The Sane]

It's worth double checking your insurance covers vehicles not on the road.

A friend insured his old landy with Footman James who somehow found out it was on SORN while he was doing some work on it (couple of months) around the time the MOT expired and cancelled his insurance without him knowing.

Went to MOT and tax it etc to find half a years policy had disappeared because "we don't cover vehicles that aren't roadworthy" or similar explanation.
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[Tinkz]

So let me get this right then!

I can let the MOT expire, leave the bike in the garage and keep it insured (if the insurance company let me), its got valid road tax till June 2016.

Wait till March ish, drive it to MOT station (PASS Cert) and all's good.

So DVLA will only pull me if the Tax runs out and I don't renew it, yeah.

NO need to SORN then?
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[Rogerborg]

Correct, you need an MOT to buy VED, but the MOT expiring doesn't to the best of my current knowledge cancel the VED.

However, there's little benefit to keeping the VED running if it's off the road, since you don't need VED when riding to or from an MOT.

There's the caveat that (sort of as above) your insurer might indeed have some horrid clause about not covering the bike unless it's got an extant MOT.

Which does raise the question of how you get it to the MOT station, to which I'd shrug and say "M'dunno."
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[MCN]

[Mr Hammers]

Never had any problems 're-taxing, and I've had about 4 on 3 different vehicles.
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