Can you put private reg. plate on bikes?

[m1spw]

I know this might sound like a stupid question, but I've never seen a private regisration on a bike and a couple of people have said that you can't put private plates that have been on a car onto a bike/scooter. Is this true? I can't find anything on the DVLA website so I emailed them, who told me to email the vehicle something or other, who never replied, so I don't have a clue!

[stig]

Yes you can. But once you've transferred a car plate to a bike, it can't come off again IIRC.

[thesnot]

If you buy direct from the DVLA rather than the brokers, their prices include all the transfer fees too (usually £80)..... K 80GEY is mine for my flying BOGEY Kwak Zx6R

[Rawwr]

stig said:

Yes you can. But once you've transferred a car plate to a bike, it can't come off again IIRC.

I spoke to DVLA about this as I'm about to put my R4WWR plate on the bike and it appears this isn't the case anymore and you can transfer back to a car.

[m1spw]

Rawwr said:

stig said: Yes you can. But once you've transferred a car plate to a bike, it can't come off again IIRC. I spoke to DVLA about this as I'm about to put my R4WWR plate on the bike and it appears this isn't the case anymore and you can transfer back to a car.

Ah, great! Did you just phone your local DVLA office or did you call the DVLA at Swansea?

[2 Smokin Barrels]

stig said:

Yes you can. But once you've transferred a car plate to a bike, it can't come off again IIRC.

Not sure about that. Why?

[2 Smokin Barrels]

Will Valentino move 46 from Yam to Ferrari then?

[Mad_Dave]

I have M19DDD on my Bandit12 (looks better on the bike though)

[YamR1,V64motion]

i wonder how much R1 YZF is worth, i head it went for something stupid like £10k a few years back but dont know if that was true or just a rumour.

[v15ben]

You can't have R1 YZF due to the Z in the final 3 letters (sorry but it is worth nothing )

You can transfer from car to bike and back perfectly fine at the moment!
O/T but I saw a quality plate on an R1 recently:

G3 TLO - Made into GET LO!!

[BIIOAB]

Just to confirm you definitely can transfer both ways - I did it this year car to bike, then back to car again! ( pain in the a**e shelling out dosh every time though...)

[YamR1,V64motion]

v15ben said:

You can't have R1 YZF due to the Z in the final 3 letters (sorry but it is worth nothing ) You can transfer from car to bike and back perfectly fine at the moment! O/T but I saw a quality plate on an R1 recently: G3 TLO - Made into GET LO!!

sorry about that,friend must have been talking bollox then, shame would be a cool plate, R7 YZF would look beter on the appropiate bike though

[veetwin]

Got my plate on the Blade ***CJP

[v15ben]

The plate on my dad's bike is very cool:

*** UM with the *s being numbers.
It would be worth several pounds on the open market but it is the original plate that came with the bike in 1961 so it ain't going anywhere!

[Davel]

Moved mine from a car to the bike and no one told me that you couldn't move it back to a car next time.

[ifc63]

v15ben said:

You can't have R1 YZF due to the Z in the final 3 letters (sorry but it is worth nothing ) You can transfer from car to bike and back perfectly fine at the moment! O/T but I saw a quality plate on an R1 recently: G3 TLO - Made into GET LO!!

I've seen a far few numbers on dealers sites beginning R1 or R6, but the best I've seen lately is FA51 YAM, which obviously is going to look like FAST YAM. I can dig out the dealer name if anyone is interested, about £600 if I remember. No good to me, I've got a SLOW HONDA