Polish vehicle bought by UK resident

[LeftmostAardvark]

In a moment of eBay madness (that has I think paid off...), I bought a 1978 Dnepr MT-12 motorcycle sidecar combo.

I've filled out a NOVA application, but I've since sorted through the paperwork and found what I think is full polish MOT. I've got it insured on the frame number. Question: am I legally allowed to ride it on the road with the polish plates and MOT and frame number insurance? If so, is this until NOVA paperwork is sent to me, until 6 months is up or until end of MOT?

Thanks.

[LeftmostAardvark]

wolf1 said:

Make sure you have proof of it's age as any combination post 1981 has to have the chair on the left.

Thanks - that bit covered very well by documentation. 1978 registration, clearly stated on many bits of paler

[LeftmostAardvark]

So the consensus is that I don't get to play until I get the MOT booked in, and then not again until MoT passed and registration returned

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Smokehead said:

Lovely machine, all it needs is a machine gun.

Plans are most decidedly afoot...

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Crocodile110 said:

Op apologies for going slightly off topic but recently I was looking at purchasing a polish vehicle that was in the Uk myself, my concern at the time was that I obviously wouldn't be able to hpi check the car and to check whether it wasn't a stolen vehicle, my instinct was that surely it is very easy for someone in Poland to drive a car over here and sell it on autotrader for 10k cash but then claim the car was stolen in Poland and claim on insurance or the car wasn't there's to sell in the first place, what process did you go through to make sure the bike was legitimate.

On the topic of registering the bike in the Uk, what steps did you have to go through or what are you currently going through to make it Uk road legal?

Thanks for your help

Edited by Crocodile110 on Sunday 26th June 23:00

With the nature of this vehicle (38 years old, paperwork handwritten in Cyrillic etc.), it was a case of cross-referencing engine and frame numbers as best as possible, following the audit trail of what was paid where and when and almost doing a 'manual' hpi, and then doing some substantial due diligence on the seller. I was satisfied (through some digging), that the person selling was both legitimate and easily traceable, so should anything have gone wrong I could trace them fairly easily.

The registration process is: http://www.cossackownersclub.co.uk/dating.html