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<blockquote data-quote="Hugo Myatt" data-source="post: 94238" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>This is a minefield. Over the 50 years of ownership of my Rapide I have had sidecars fitted on and off many times. The rule was that each time a sidecar was fitted the registration document had to be changed from solo motorcycle to motorcycle combination. On removing the sidcar the registration document had to be changed back to solo motorcycle. However about ten years ago when I fitted the sidecar on a permanent basis I sent off the registration book to have it altered to sidecar combination as I had always done before. This opened up a can of worms. The DVLA did not recognise this cataegory and assumed that I had created a trike and demanded a full engineers report on the modifications. It took a great deal of persuading them that I had not re-engineered the bike and had merely fitted a sidecar. (I was never quite sure they actually comprehended the concept of a sidecar). It appears that a sidecar is considered as an accessory and does not require re-registering as such so the registration book can remain as simply 'motorcycle'. Insurance companies, of course, are a different matter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hugo Myatt, post: 94238, member: 99"] This is a minefield. Over the 50 years of ownership of my Rapide I have had sidecars fitted on and off many times. The rule was that each time a sidecar was fitted the registration document had to be changed from solo motorcycle to motorcycle combination. On removing the sidcar the registration document had to be changed back to solo motorcycle. However about ten years ago when I fitted the sidecar on a permanent basis I sent off the registration book to have it altered to sidecar combination as I had always done before. This opened up a can of worms. The DVLA did not recognise this cataegory and assumed that I had created a trike and demanded a full engineers report on the modifications. It took a great deal of persuading them that I had not re-engineered the bike and had merely fitted a sidecar. (I was never quite sure they actually comprehended the concept of a sidecar). It appears that a sidecar is considered as an accessory and does not require re-registering as such so the registration book can remain as simply 'motorcycle'. Insurance companies, of course, are a different matter. [/QUOTE]
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