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Robster
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PostPosted: 15:09 - 03 Jan 2016    Post subject: Can you use trade plates on a motorcycle? Reply with quote
Bought a bike through work on behalf of a friend, struggling with insurance quotes due to me only passing my test last January, not tried using any day-insure type places yet but gonna ring for some quotes this afternoon.

Work use car trade plates for moving pre-sale cars between our main compound and overflow area a mile down the road. Could I bungee one to the back of this bike and ride it home?

Maybe my Google-Fu is weak but can't find anything obvious saying yes or no
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PostPosted: 15:13 - 03 Jan 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
I test rode a super duke 990 on a trade plate. Legal or not, I wasn't stopped Laughing
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monkeybiker
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PostPosted: 15:26 - 03 Jan 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
What would you do in the event of an accident? Would your job be at risk?

You could try calling a man and van service but I would advise you don't pick the cheapest.
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PostPosted: 15:28 - 03 Jan 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Trade plates are tax not insurance, also you can't use them if you own the bike personally.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/471740/VTL301G_141015.pdf
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Robster
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PostPosted: 15:36 - 03 Jan 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Paddy. wrote:
I test rode a super duke 990 on a trade plate. Legal or not, I wasn't stopped Laughing


Were these car-sized plates? or ones for bikes. I'm on about rectangular car plates.

Monkeywrenched; if that's the case then he'll have to sort out a man and a van then, or just insure, tax and reg the bike in his name and I can ride it on my policy.

Thanks for the advice
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PostPosted: 16:09 - 03 Jan 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nah bike sized. Just grab a Romania plate Wink
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waffles
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PostPosted: 16:09 - 03 Jan 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
You cannot use car trade plates on bikes or vice versa.

Car trade plates = rectangular plate front and rear with a rectangular licence holder on the front plate.

Bike trade plates = one square plate with diamond shaped licence holder in the centre of the plate.

There is a difference in cost between the different types of trade plate so they are not transferrable across vehicle types.
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PostPosted: 17:04 - 03 Jan 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Robster wrote:
insure, tax and reg the bike in his name

Why wouldn't he do so immediately if it's going to be owned by him? I'm not sure why you'd over-complicate it.
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Robster
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PostPosted: 18:11 - 03 Jan 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rogerborg wrote:
Robster wrote:
insure, tax and reg the bike in his name

Why wouldn't he do so immediately if it's going to be owned by him? I'm not sure why you'd over-complicate it.


Bike's currently at my place of work - a car auction and he lives in central London. I have agreed to store the bike at my house for the time being until he can come get it.

This is what i'd like him to do, hopefully he will do this tomorrow;

If he bails on the purchase (he's sometimes not the most reliable of people) I plan to buy the bike myself and sell it on - as I got the bike at a considerable discount.
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PostPosted: 18:18 - 03 Jan 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
It still amazes me how many people think that trade plates are a get out of everything.
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PostPosted: 20:47 - 03 Jan 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Robster wrote:
If he bails on the purchase

Pass the popcorn

The seller is going to tell the DVLA that someone is the keeper. Would that be Matey Mate, or you?
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SQL
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PostPosted: 02:53 - 04 Jan 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
stick your plate on it ride it home get someone else to ride it
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talkToTheHat
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PostPosted: 05:30 - 04 Jan 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've ridden bikes on trade plates, so it seems that yes I can. Particularly with the insurance cover letter in my pocket. </pedantic>

Whether or not any if your particular circumstances are covered, i dont know. Looks like popcorn time.
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davebike
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PostPosted: 09:34 - 04 Jan 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
You Need
A motorcycle trade plate
motorcycle motor Trade insurance ££££

It would be cheaper to hire a van !!
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PostPosted: 18:15 - 04 Jan 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
When I last bought a bike when one was off the road it just used the plate from my tax mot and insured bike for a little while

A short ride won't be an issue
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PostPosted: 00:59 - 05 Jan 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Kai.Wilson wrote:

A short ride won't be an issue


Unless you get caught or are involved in an accident, I suppose how far you need to go and how busy the road is will inform your decision on whether it's risky
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