SORN

[Gnasher]

Gnasher-appreciate what you say. Wouldn't it be easier to insure your bike A for say 1 month-if your insurance company is willing to do this?

Mate thats what I thought and I've been up two avenues: -

1. Bike A was insured bike B accquired add bike B to bike A exisisting insurance  .  The bikes are classed in two different classes bike A a modern classic (bike more than 10yrs old) bike B normal can't add bike B to bike A they wont allow it,    have to open new policy and add bike A to bike B the cost more than doubles the price  :eek  even though you can't ride two bikes at the same time normal insurance rip off!  :wall 

2. Insure bike B for a limited period, the cost even for a week is almost the price of the tax  :eek

As you can see it's just not worth it the tax on the bike is £47 all I want to do is keep it taxed to help sell it doesn't need insurance where its kept is about as safe as it can get and there is no intention of riding it.       

presume you are putting bike up for sale ASAP so although it would involve paying out for ins cover short term, your advert will pull in more potential buyers if taxed & MOT than if SORNed? and it saves you the hassle of surrendering tax for refund

Thats it.   

they will only reimburse you for complete months unexpired-only to have to retax soon after. Keep it Simple! Lifes complex enough as it is :rolleyes 

Yep 

OR............ Why not phone DVLA & see if theres a way round this?

The next step just thought someone may have already had this and knows what the score is.

Basiclly it appears the DVLA/law whatever have turned a simple thing like choosing not to insure a bike/car on grounds of cost keeping off the road i.e. garaged or similar so you can sell it with tax into a real pain!  Now it's possible it can be done hopefully that will be confirmed when I can get hold of someone at the DVLA but, to me this is a classic case of punishing the mases for the few who take the piss >: