Borrowed from the Sebring Sprite web-site:
The DFT have finally announced in making 40 year old vehicles exempt form MOT testing. This is unless they are substantially modified or on a Q Plate. https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-registration/radically-altered-vehicles
https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-registration/radically-altered-vehicles
Stuart Brown of 3D Engineers Ltd says on LinkedIn: "The DVLA has today published draft guidance re Vehicles of Historical Interest (VHI) that have undergone “Substantial Change”. Proposed implementation is 20th May 2018 and it must be remembered that the consultation period came and went in 2016. This is happening. Only changes to detail remain.
The draft guidance builds on the existing eight point rule system, the variation of which is not known, but does appear to lean towards being more onerous. Substantially changed classics are broadly classed as:
* Having a "power to weight ratio of more than 15% in excess of its original design, unless such a modification took place before 1988".
* Have been issued with a Q plate or a kit car, reconstructed classic or kit conversion.
DVLA today urged owners of cars that may fit in the above categories to "seek professional advice".
More worrying is DVLA proposing that "where the vehicle keeper is re-licensing their vehicle on-line it is intended that an additional question be asked whether the vehicle has a current MOT and the vehicle keeper will be required to declare that their vehicle has NOT been substantially changed since 1988. Appropriate safeguards will be in place that will prevent a vehicle keeper from declaring the vehicle is over 40 years of age and progressing to the next stage of the licensing process before first declaring or not as to whether their vehicle has been substantially changed."
The above means that if you have a modified car / bike, or modify a car / bike, every year you will be asked to confirm if the vehicle has been "substantially changed" since 1988. Ominously the Department for Transport stated that "safeguards will be in place" to ensure compliance".
So, how does all this affect those of us who have modified their bike since 1988? If asked the question when re-licencing your bike can you truthfully say it has not been radically altered since 1988?
The DFT have finally announced in making 40 year old vehicles exempt form MOT testing. This is unless they are substantially modified or on a Q Plate. https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-registration/radically-altered-vehicles
https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-registration/radically-altered-vehicles
Stuart Brown of 3D Engineers Ltd says on LinkedIn: "The DVLA has today published draft guidance re Vehicles of Historical Interest (VHI) that have undergone “Substantial Change”. Proposed implementation is 20th May 2018 and it must be remembered that the consultation period came and went in 2016. This is happening. Only changes to detail remain.
The draft guidance builds on the existing eight point rule system, the variation of which is not known, but does appear to lean towards being more onerous. Substantially changed classics are broadly classed as:
* Having a "power to weight ratio of more than 15% in excess of its original design, unless such a modification took place before 1988".
* Have been issued with a Q plate or a kit car, reconstructed classic or kit conversion.
DVLA today urged owners of cars that may fit in the above categories to "seek professional advice".
More worrying is DVLA proposing that "where the vehicle keeper is re-licensing their vehicle on-line it is intended that an additional question be asked whether the vehicle has a current MOT and the vehicle keeper will be required to declare that their vehicle has NOT been substantially changed since 1988. Appropriate safeguards will be in place that will prevent a vehicle keeper from declaring the vehicle is over 40 years of age and progressing to the next stage of the licensing process before first declaring or not as to whether their vehicle has been substantially changed."
The above means that if you have a modified car / bike, or modify a car / bike, every year you will be asked to confirm if the vehicle has been "substantially changed" since 1988. Ominously the Department for Transport stated that "safeguards will be in place" to ensure compliance".
So, how does all this affect those of us who have modified their bike since 1988? If asked the question when re-licencing your bike can you truthfully say it has not been radically altered since 1988?