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I have a year 2000 Yamaha 400 Kodiak quad. It works, but life would be easier I could take it onto the road for journeys of 5 miles or so . It isn't road registered, if I sell it I can get about £1000 for it but a newer one which is road registered would cost quite a lot more and might not be as reliable as mine. I cant afford new.

 

I was wondering what to do, should I risk selling old reliable and buy something I don't know the history of? Or should I spend some money on getting this one road registered?

 

Not sure where to start on that, reading the DOT government advice, seems I get an MOT and take it from there. Local garage said to got to be a bike place not car testing station.....anyone done the Quad MOT thing?

 

Next insurance, how much is that? No online sites offering it, so its a phone call, whats your experience?

 

Tyres, mine are those VVVVVV mud types a bit like tractor tyres.

 

This quad is a workhorse around my place, pulling trailers about, fetching stuff from the lane end. The travelling on the road would mean its a useful spare vehicle for other errands.

 

Head says sell, heart says keep, that boyish tonic toy thing some of us have!

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register it as agricultural use like a tractor only going between fields and very little on road no test req.also can be tested as LIGHT UNBODIED MOTOR VEHICLE class 4 check mot classes on line .Hope this helps. Also tyres would have to be changed if not using as agricultural

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Dunno how u'll get on but the quad dealership says its an absolute nightmare to register older quads for the road.

They told us when we 1st looked at buying a 2nd hand bike it was next to impossible, but possibly they were just wanting to sell a new bike.

 

I've only registered new bikes and even that can be a pain (esp the first time as insurers want a number plate and need ins to get a number plate) Not so bad when u change bikes thou

 

Also lots of grey areas, sometime insist on indicators sometimes not (even from same dealership?? within 6 months of each other??)

 

Depends on the roads ur travelling and how busy they are and how often u'd do it, quad ins can be quite dear and very few insurers will do it, Adrain flux used to be 1 of the few that did.

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Sounds positive flyeruk. So far, in common with a lot of other owners of older Yamaha Quadbikes, I'm struggling to find an engine number or vin number, some didn't have an engine number and the vin is in a silly place next to the front wheel in the firing line for mud gravel and all the rest that 17 years of use on the hill has thrown at it.

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Bit of an update on this..I've got the DVLA form to register it and the agricultural route seems to circumnavigate any need for type approval documents, certificates of compliance etc.....found an engine number and former keeper is getting in touch with the vin...been in touch with the NFU who will insure it on a serial number for £150 TPFT, I need that in place to proceed with the registering and tax, so watch this space.

 

A farmer told me its ok to go into town to fill up with petrol!

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I'm pretty sure,to get it agri registered,you will still need a certificate of conformity.These are available from Yamaha for £40 . Might be wrong about needing one but don't think I am.

 

I think its a bit of a blur in DVLA land. Apparently non conformity is ok for Agri vehicles according to farming forums. Guys on the Racing quad forums are getting Agri/PLG tickets by default and I'm taking heart from posts on the Stalking forums who agree with the farmers, but time will tell!

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Little update, The NFU insured it on the engine number and I just got the policy back......"Any Driver"!!! Unusual that, I assumed t would just me the policyholder. Theres lots of legitimate countryside based activities listed that mean I'm covered for most uses. I've sent a V55 form to DVLA with a £55 cheque so we will see what happens at their end!

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Another update, DVLA sent back my form with a letter stating that they had allocated the quad a vin number which I have to stamp on the frame and then have a garage check it and fill in a form, and stamp it, which confirms to DVLA that it's been done, the number begins with the letters DVLA, Its a delay but a step in the right direction as no other issues have been raised.

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OK so I got my frame stamped with the serial number that DVLA sent me because mine had worn off whilst the original owner gave it a hard life in the peat bogs and rocky terrain of the Yorkshire moors. The garage signed a letter and rubber stamped it as requested by DVLA.

 

DVLA had returned my paperwork with the instruction to stamp the frame with their number and had amended the forms, so in Taxation class they put "Agriculture" and in the type approval boxes they wrote "Exempt-Agricultural vehicle", so in fact they need very little info to proceed.

 

Hopefully thats it, just need to await the registration document and then I can get a plate made up.

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Various theories on this, nothing concrete so far....My NFU Insurance allows business or pleasure use in connection with agricultural/country activities, including shows, fencing, forestry, farming, fencing, road use 5 miles radius from land on which you have a reason to be on.

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I've got a second hand grey import compact tractor that I'd like to register for road use. I've got insurance for it, including road use.

 

However, I got a huge form from the DVLA to fill in to register it. It asks for lots of info I don't have or am not sure of - type approval, weight, power, taxation class etc. (Don't have the form to hand, but some things it asked for were really obscure). Did you have to fill out all this info, or can you skip it and just put the basics?

 

Cheers.

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