Tax question

[kenloen]

found out yesterday that the Tax and MOT on my motorbike had ran out. So today I MOT the bike. go looking for the V5 so I can tax but cannot find. hmmm.

so I call DVLA who say the bike is not registered to me, the last owner must have not sent off the registration forms and that I need to complete a V62 and a V10.

I'd completely forgot about the registration documents... I only use the bike a few days a month and it just never occurred to me..

Here is the question, I have been using the bike, the tax ran out quite a while ago.. when I send off the forms to be transferred to me will I get fined for riding around untaxed?

[kenloen]

+ 18months. And I ride through central London regularly - do the cameras pick up untaxed vehicles?

Funny thing is I was riding to work around a month ago and a traffic cop flash his blues, I pulled over and he stopped just to mention my rear tyre was low, then pulled away...

[kenloen]

Update: As I couldn't remember the exact purchase date I used a family birthday and backdated the transfer date (more than 6 months). I also applied for the Tax to start the beginning of that month - not the full ownership term but better than nothing. Anyway this morning the V5 arrived and a letter to say the bike is now Taxed, they have started the Tax disc from the beginning of October, so just a few weeks..