Is my 40 year old bike....not 40 for the MOT excemption?

[MarkL73]

My bike was manufactured in 1984 - but the registration date (on the Gov website) is 1997 with a made date of 1984. I assume because it was wreck and got completely rebuilt back to standard spec by a restorer. I assume if it had no reg docs they needed to rereg it?

Anyway - does that mean it does NOT turn 40 this year for the purpose of £0 tax and no MOT need? The rules seem to be registration date not built?

[podman]

A quick google gives your answer..

https://www.gov.uk/historic-vehicles/vehicles-exem...

Reads to me you can from next April(2025)

[catso]

AS above, will often need to be 41 years to get it depending on the actual date of registration.

My Guzzi was registered the day after the cut off date so I had to wait another year to get it.

But, if the registration date is newer you will need to prove that it is really 40 years. I could have done this with mine by getting a dating certificate from Moto Guzzi but it would likely have cost more than the tax that I would have saved and, as it happened during covid lockdown, I got a 6 month MOT extension anyway that took me through the year so it wasn't worth the bother.

Might be in your case though...

Edited by catso on Monday 19th February 17:40