UnSORNing?

[Suntan Sid]

Do I need to unSORN my bike if I'm riding it to an MOT?

The Gov website is not particularly clear on the matter, however, on the SORN page this statement pops up, randomly:-

[N cee thirty]

in the past i have ridden to mot and then got it taxed straight after
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[Ste]

You unSORN a vehicle by buying VED and you can't do that without an MOT.

[Suntan Sid]

How can I tax it if it doesn't have an MOT?

Do I need to unSORN it to ride it to the MOT?
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[Ste]

[Pete.]

I don't think there's any such thing as un-sorn'ing. You declare that it is off road by making a SORN declaration. You can't un-declare that because keeping a vehicle without SORN or tax and insurance is an offence in itself. A taxed and insured vehicle needs no SORN.

As for MOT - you can ride to a MOT on a SORN'ed bike so long as it's pre-booked (and you're insured). You can take it away again regardless if it's a pass or fail so long as it's to a place of repair (if it fails). This can be your home.
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[Islander]

[mauzo]

[Islander]

[Ste]

You're wrong.

SORN was originally for letting them know you hadn't bought a tax disc, continuous insurance enforcement wasn't introduced until 2011.

[Chuffin Nora]

Of course, you don't actually need to tax a vehicle.
Just so long as you make sure that it keeps failing every pre-booked MOT!

So you can keep it simultaneously off and on the road indefinitely.
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[Michelle L]

Few members on here have said it is ok to ride to the testing station pre booked and you may be right ,, I am not saying you are wrong before you all jump on me.

I was interested in a bike that was new ish that had no tax or mot on , so I called the police to see where I stood about taking it to the MOT station..
They told me I had to transport it in a van as it had no tax on...
I take it they was wrong then..
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[Pete.]

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

Sid - phone and book an MOT appointment. That way if you get stopped for no tax - and try to justify it by saying you're on the way to get an MOT - plod can't say oh yeah how many times have we heard that one before. You just say but I really am - ring Smith's Garage and they will confirm that Mr. Suntan has an MOT appointment booked for an hour hence.
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[Rogerborg]

There is no offence of using/driving a SORNed vehicle.

If you're on the way to or from a pre-booked MOT, a re-test, or to have remedial work done after failing[*], then the vehicle has to be:

1) Roadworthy.
2) Insured.

That's it. SORN is neither here nor there. If Dibble or anyone else tells you otherwise then, as always, invite them to cite the Statute and section.

Do watch out for a clause in your insurance that says that the vehicle has to have a current MOT. That's a genuine Catch-22. I have ignored it in the past and will likely do so again as I don't believe that it's reasonable if the vehicle is roadworthy and on the way to the MOT station.

[*] https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/schedule/2/crossheading/vehicle-testing-etc

[Pete.]

[Suntan Sid]

[Rogerborg]