registering Irish bike in England

[colin.carter]

Hi.
anyone give avice on buying an Eire bike then registering it the Uk on an age related plate. I think the actual bike was imported into ireland from the USA some years ago and wears an age related Eire plate.
Is it simple, quick in-expensive to do and is there any vat duty etc to cough up?

Any advice gratefully received

Many thanks
colin

 

[colm_c]

The UK don't have VRT, and if it's not new and being imported from the EU there should be no VAT.

I'd check with inland revenue in the UK though.

 

[the civil one]

Its Very straight forward.
There is a £40 registration fee .
Basically thats it , you should however make sure the Lights are
Rhd amd not Lhd for the USA.
There is no Vehicle test in Ireland , so it wouldnt have been an issue
unlike the UK

 

[colin.carter]

thanks Guys,
just got to try and strike a deal now!!

 

[Deak]

Just be careful it doesn't need an EU type approval cert to register here. If it's over 10 years old it's not a problem because it'll be exempt. Less than 10 years and it will need to be SVA'd, particularly if it originated in the US.