s.staffordsman Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Hi there, I own a 1944 James ML 125 cc Motorbike. It still retains i'ts original registration since 1948. It is not classified as non-transferrable. I want to flog the registration number (ends with 100) so I can bring it back to, and register it in holland, but I understand i need to have it MOT'd first before I can transfer the registration onto another (MOT'd) vehicle. Is this true? and do I need to get a whole MOT just like on a modern bike, or are there exceptions? Can anyone help me out? In Holland it would only need a simple type-approval (lights, brakes, tyres). Best wishes, Maarten van Vugt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 The bike will be tested as manufactured. The exact exenptions for a bike I don't know. If any modern things such as indicators have been fitted, they must work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford 369 Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 the vehicle must be mot ed but can have a daylight mot so no lights except a brake light are required but it will also need to be taxed and insured and have a valid v5 document Nigel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s.staffordsman Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 Brake light? they were never fitted with a brake light? Does this mean I have to make one myself? and taxed and insured shouldn't be a problem, what's a v5 document? P.s. Nigel, I am the Dutch englishman from Bussum.. Best wishes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford 369 Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I think a brakelight is a must even though one was not originally fitted but is quite simple to fit ,universal brake light switch on the rear brake rod and a small after market light of some sort mounted on a rear mud guard bolt,probably the best place to ask these questions would be the bsa wdm20 forum which despite its name covers all ww2 British bikes and you should be ok as it is run by a country man of yours.A v5 document is simply the british registration paper hope this helps ,Nigel ps the brakelight only needs to work on the rear brake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefano Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Maarten, You will certainly need an operative brakelight for a MOT unless you strip out all the lights and declare it as daytime use only (hand signals then apply). In any case it really would only take half an hour to rig up a working stop lamp - A switch working on the rear brake rod connected up to a battery hidden in the toolbox and problem solved. However I think that you may also have to rig up a speedometer as well, seeing as it became compulsory on all motorcycles built from January 1st 1939. There might have been a dispensation for smaller engined bikes but I doubt it seeing as Bantam D1's had speedometers from the word go. I would think that one of those cheapo bicycle speedometers would do the trick though By the way, congratulations on your purchase. and let us see some photographs please!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford 369 Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 thinking about it you will also need a horn or audible warning device so you can probably get away with a manual bulb horn Nigel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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