Road registering a motocrosser?

[OldGermanHeaps]

Whats involved in road registering a motocrosser these days?
I can add a lighting stator and all the associated bits to get it through an MOT no problem but what is the paperwork process, whats involved, what does it cost and how long does it take? Thinking about a late 2000s crf450

[vindaloo79]

https://youtu.be/q5ObJkZzP-A?si=Cm6ItE-FPZ-M8tdl

These guys channel may help as he did for ebike

https://youtu.be/wNQH2H5tgVM?si=Lj6Xd073c3Mb5Bda

[poo at Paul's]

it's really easy, and most of my racing pals now register their crossers from new. Why, well, A, you can insure them for buttons, and b, they make more money when you sell them.
Dont need lights, just a certificate of conformity and or letter from manufacturer.

[Dog Star]

poo at Paul's said:

it's really easy, and most of my racing pals now register their crossers from new. Why, well, A, you can insure them for buttons, and b, they make more money when you sell them.
Dont need lights, just a certificate of conformity and or letter from manufacturer.

Yep. The amount of stuff that you don’t need is actually pretty surprising - especially in this day and age. I think road legal tyres, horn and a rear reflector just about covers it, from memory.

[RizzoTheRat]

A mate used to have a road legal CR500. I think the only think you really need is a horn and a number plate. Anything else, like lights and indicators, has to work if it's fitted, but if they're not fitted it won't fail the MoT* Not sure about brake lights though.

* I once had a road bike fail because I took it for an MoT without the faring fitted, and the parking light was attached to the faring. No legal requirement to have a parking light, and I knew someone who had a US spec model of the same bike, which doesn't have a parking light, but because mine had the switch it had to work.

[BlackG7R]

The rules may have changed, but I road legalised a CR250 late '90's, it was an absolute pain in the butt to do, and the bike was absolutely horrible on the road.

Back then, it needed a rear brake light, a chainguard, a continuous note horn, and a speedo. Needed a letter from Honda to verify year of manufacture, and an MOT inspection. Was a bugger to insure because the insurance companies had no idea what a CR250 was.

All in all, just not worth the hassle in my experience.

[J__Wood]

BlackG7R said:

The rules may have changed, but I road legalised a CR250 late '90's, it was an absolute pain in the butt to do, and the bike was absolutely horrible on the road.

Back then, it needed a rear brake light, a chainguard, a continuous note horn, and a speedo. Needed a letter from Honda to verify year of manufacture, and an MOT inspection. Was a bugger to insure because the insurance companies had no idea what a CR250 was.

All in all, just not worth the hassle in my experience.

I did a YZ465 in 1984, one of those push bike speedos that ran off the side wall of the front tyre - maxed out at 40 mph (if the front wheel was on the ground).
Canister Air horn.
Total loss lighting system (dip/tail/brake) off a small 12v battery - wasn't aware you could have daytime MOT. Gary the MOTer insisted on road testing it for 'something'.
Insurance already had unlimited any bike for my CBX1000 (fab days).

Q189UGL - I see my mate who bought it off me when I got bored kick starting the bd never bothered to tax it...

[OldGermanHeaps]

Never mind, just bought a crf450 someone already road registered.
Thing is a beast, what a laugh to ride. Cant wait to get rid of my bmw now and do some mods to this.
Stroker crank, big bore kit, flywheel weight and a rekluse clutch as soon as budget allows.