FAQ: ULEZ charge and how it effects you!

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FAQ: ULEZ charge and how it effects you!

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13-05-18, 01:46 PM (This post was last modified: 10-06-21, 04:03 PM by b1k3rdude.)

[size=1.35em]Summary[/size]

Like many others I have been aware of this Bull$hit for a while now, but as the new ULEZ (Ultra low emission zone) is coming into force by 8th April 2019 I thought I'd better check the status of both my bikes, a 2006 Bandit 1200 & 2005 Fazer 1000. Both bikes were were 'according to TFL" NO LONGER Euro 3 exempt. I found all the relevant sites where you can put in your reg and it will tell you if your bike is exempt -

ULEZ site & check - https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-l...ssion-zone
T-charge site & check- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/emissio...ce-checker
Congestion Zone - (bikes are and have always been exempt) https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/congest...his-page-1

[size=1.35em]Getting your bike exempt/compliant[/size]

If you know your bike is Euro3 compliant but -

The date of registration is before 01st July 2007, TFL will consider it non-compliant.
The date is as above but the Exhaust Emission section is populated, then all you need to do is send a copy of the V5C to the ULEZ dept at TFL and they will then update the website to show it as compliant.(may not require having to create a TFL account so good).
But if the date is before 01/01/07 and the Exhaust Emission section is not-populated, then you can either request a letter of homologation from Yamaha stating the Euro3 status (I believe there is no charge for this, which is the route I am going down).
Or you can just pay the £75 to Yamaha to get a CoC if the bike is older than 2002 (Euro3 came in for motorcycles in 2002)
Honda don't charge for the CoC, while all the others do - Yamaha(£70), Kawasaki (TBC), Suzuki (£90).
An alternative (albeit scam) option, if you can't get a Euro3 status letter or a CoC, is to get it emissions (NOx) tested (see below)

[size=1.35em]Only testing center in London/Uk.
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The owner has a family member who works inside TFL. This may or may not explain why -
- [li]This shop (Riverbank m/c) is only place with the ability to do the emissions test for ULEZ compliance.
- The charge is £175 and is what most people would consider a scam.
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If your bike fails the emissions test, RB m/c charge £75 to jam a catalytic convertor into the exhaust (link pipe) of carburetted vehicle.
- [li]As understand it, fitting a cat to a carburetted vehicle will at best last few months before the cat is useless, therefor fitting it would appear to be fraudulent?
- The owner has been quoted as saying 'it doesn't matter, once the bike has passed the test you can just remove it'. I will leave the obvious conclusion to you the motorcyclist.
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Here is a report of a Yamaha RD350 & TDR250 passing the above test, which shows ULEZ is basically a scam.