I can't get my bike certified

[popelli]

try carol nash insurance I insure all my bikes thru her no problems at all

DVLA is easy to deal with, if you have insurance document, mot, customs clearance form and paperwork from country bike was sourced from there is no probleml

none of my bikes are standard and have had no problems with DVLA

[marty]

duh....read the thread - he doesn't have any of those things. that's the problem. it's not the insurance he's having trouble with - it's getting it registered/certified/vinned

[crazybigal]

i take its the zzr? anyway if all else fails buy a heap of crap and stick a plate from it on it.
Or strip it and build another with a write off frame and get it certed.
cost you about 400 bucks to do that.
your going to be jumping through govt hoops for ever!!

sounds like it was smuggled in his container, didnt want to pay the tax! and it came back to bite him so he sold it to you!

I have a bike that was brought into the country 6 years ago, I have the ownership papers and a letter from the previous owner selling me the bike, I have also had it viewed by VINZ to verify that the Chassis number has not been tampered with, what I am missing according to Land Transport are the MAF or Customs documents stating how and when the bike entered the country. I've been told that without these I cannot get the bike certified/registered in New Zealand.
The previous owner moved over here and brought the bike over in a container along with all of his possesions, the bike has been in storage for 6 years and has never been registered.
He has since moved back overseas and has told me over the phone that all he was told was that he was not allowed to sell the bike within two years, so after three years he threw all the documents away, as far as he was aware selling me the bike and giving me the ownership papers was all he needed to do to allow me to register the bike on our roads.
As you can imagine I'm gutted, I have a bike that I paid for and have just had serviced and has only done 13000k's sitting in my garage.
Any ideas what I can do? is my only option to sell it off as parts?

[popelli]

duh....read the thread - he doesn't have any of those things. that's the problem. it's not the insurance he's having trouble with - it's getting it registered/certified/vinned

duh in the uk No Insurance = no registration you can not register a bike until it is insured

you can insure a bike on the frame number alone without any registration documents

[DEMONICST8]

Well guys I'm still trying, I got another contact for land transport and have just posted all the documents off, fingers crossed it works this time.

[bluninja]

Well it all got registered (for me) last week. Popelli, tried Carole Nash but they were 500 pounds more expensive!! went with Bennetts. I just put my original reg number down and added a covering letter as though I expected to have the same reg.

Demonicst8, hope it works for you this time.

[DEMONICST8]

Nope, got knocked back again

[Qkchk:Me]

Nope, got knocked back again

Slutted man!

Last resort as previously said........ by a wrecked/dereg bike and swap vin plates. Bada bing........

[DEMONICST8]

I'm really gutted, I think I will go try and find a wrecked/dereg bike.
Anyone know where I can get a 1996 ZZR600 frame?

[gav]

Have you talked to Frosty? Was he able to help? You might be able to find an import ZZR400 cheaper too.

[DEMONICST8]

Whoo Hoo
It's taking a long time but I tracked down the freight company he used in Switzerland to bring the container over, they have emailed me the Bill of Lading Now I just have to get customs to give me the documents to prove that the bike was in the container.
Wont be long now till im

[The Pastor]

Hope it all goes well, and you come along to some kB rides soon!

[Animal]

Whoo Hoo
It's taking a long time but I tracked down the freight company he used in Switzerland to bring the container over, they have emailed me the Bill of Lading Now I just have to get customs to give me the documents to prove that the bike was in the container.
Wont be long now till im

You poor bugger! The shit you've been through!
I hope it all works out well for you.
Keep us informed, huh?

[DEMONICST8]

Well I'm screwed. as previously stated I got the bill of lading from Switzerland and sent a copy off to customs, they came back to me saying they have no record of that container ever coming into New Zealand even though as stated above I had the bill of lading it appears customs has "lost" the paperwork.
Anyway....... someone told me I might be alright if I can prove that the bike is not stolen from Switzerland so off I go to the police station all paperwork in hand, they start a case file for me and send it off to central and interpol which brings me to today.
I have just received a call from Central saying they are not going to help me and they will not put anything on paper saying that the Police are not interested in my bike (i.e. not stolen) because it would be a waste of their time going through interpol to check, I do understand, it is a big ask.
I have also phoned and gone into a few wreckers but they hang up on me or ignore me saying they dont deal in stolen bikes and wont even let me explain that the bike is NOT!!! stolen.
So unless someone out there knows of a 1996 Kawasaki ZZR600 deregistered/wrecked bike I could get the frame from it looks like I might be selling off the bike as parts which is a waste because its mint and has only done 13000 kms

[Paul in NZ]

I'm really sorry to hear that but.... Its pretty common and i take no pleasure in saying - I told you this was not going to be easy!

You can blame the theives for this, 'cos it's the same everywhere. You have to have the documents and an unbroken trail.

You could try emailing the cops / authorities in switzerland if you know the old rego. There must be a record there but unfortunately, the swiss are notoriously - 'difficult' about some things and have little sense of humour.

The Port it entered may have a record of the container? (blimmin should do)

Cheers