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Overseas bike buyer Posted by Dave on April 6, 2018, 10:28 am 81.155.177.67 I have been approached by a buyer from abroad who is interested in buying my bike for a European tour, however he says he will need a British address to register the bike to ?, and has asked if he could use my address for this purpose. I have never come across this before, and means basically that only the owners name would change on the log book? but any parking /speeding tickets etc would come to my address even though in a different name. Anyone come across this before when either selling or maybe buying for a trip in another country?. He does say he has done this before when buying from a bike shop, and has used their address with no problem. I wonder how people with no fixed address register a vehicle here. Dave

Re: Overseas bike buyer Posted by Martin G on April 6, 2018, 10:34 am, in reply to "Overseas bike buyer" 109.145.26.201 If parking tickets / speeding tickets come to your house with the right address but a different name, you can ignore them and the subsequent court summonses, debt recovery company letters, etc, etc. Don't ask me how I know.... He might want a UK address for the bike to be able to get UK insurance, particularly if he's coming from outside Europe. But... Sounds a bit dodgy to me.

Re: Overseas bike buyer Posted by geoff the bonnie on April 6, 2018, 10:52 am, in reply to "Re: Overseas bike buyer" 86.145.0.139 No way, is the answer. Imagine the hassle when the man has a legal issue.

Re: Overseas bike buyer Posted by Dave on April 6, 2018, 10:55 am, in reply to "Re: Overseas bike buyer" 81.155.177.67 He is coming from Australia, so i can see he may need an address to get insurance and a new logbook, but using an address where you do not live as you say sounds dodgy,but how do the travellers who come over and tour for months in camper vans they buy get insurance etc I wonder.

Re: Overseas bike buyer Posted by MadMike on April 6, 2018, 11:00 am, in reply to "Re: Overseas bike buyer" 176.248.62.253 Ha ha. Perhaps they don't bother with insurance. Other opinions may be available but this one is always correct.

Re: Overseas bike buyer Posted by JERRY on April 6, 2018, 12:01 pm, in reply to "Re: Overseas bike buyer" 81.98.49.26 No you can't ignore them MartI have had loads of warning letters about someone that does not live at my address neither do I know her.I still send them back marked not known at this address and I have even had the enforcement agents around my house and all this is still going on after 6 months. It's a complete pain in the arse and just goes to show the complete incompetence of people running these departments today! The oldest rocker in town!

Re: Overseas bike buyer Posted by Martin G on April 6, 2018, 12:22 pm, in reply to "Re: Overseas bike buyer" 109.145.26.201 I started getting letters with my address but a different name (not a previous occupier, etc. I tried returning them as "not at this address" for ages, and then I intercepted the postman with one and asked what else I could do. He told me he wasn't allowed to not deliver them even if he knew the address was wrong, but said he recognised the return postcode as the council's parking ticket office so I contacted them; made no difference. The letters kept coming and I kept returning them. And then the return address changed, and they were from (thank you Google) a debt collection agency. I kept on returning them as "not at this address" until the agency phoned, at which point I was able to point out that no one with that name had lived at this house for more than thirty years. The agency didn't seem that surprised - I suspect it's common thing - but the parking tickets kept coming for a few more months. CCJs are a worry, but they only relate to a specific person at a specific address*, not to everyone at the address, and provided the debt collection agency have been informed of their mistake you should be ok. So keep returning them, and if they ask "Does Mr J Criminal live here?" tell them no. *I checked with my solicitor while selling my house, just to be sure. Ironically, the woman whose house I bought had about six CCJs against her, at several different addresses....

Re: Overseas bike buyer Posted by JERRY on April 6, 2018, 4:52 pm, in reply to "Re: Overseas bike buyer" 81.98.49.26 Looks like you have been through the same problem as me Mart. I just can't work out why I am now waiting for another visit from the collection agency having convinced the last one that came to my house that the woman in question has never lived here. Must be costing ten times the original fine just with all the people involved chasing it. I now starting to treat it as a game. The oldest rocker in town!

Re: Overseas bike buyer Posted by CrazyFrog on April 6, 2018, 10:47 am, in reply to "Overseas bike buyer" 217.33.147.218 I'd rather find another buyer personally, even if it meant taking a bit of a hit on the selling price. I wouldn't countenance this suggestion at all. You don't have to be crazy to post here, but it helps....

Re: Overseas bike buyer Posted by geoff the bonnie on April 6, 2018, 10:58 am, in reply to "Re: Overseas bike buyer" 86.145.0.139 It is also fraudulent to give a false address.

Re: Overseas bike buyer Posted by MadMike on April 6, 2018, 10:58 am, in reply to "Overseas bike buyer" 176.248.62.253 He doesn't need a UK address in order to tour Europe. He can have an address which might be his home address in any country in which he lives. Where is he from? Nigeria? Why doesn't he just register in Nigeria if that's where he lives. Whilst any fines he incurs would come addressed to him, at your address, non-payment would probably result in a CCJ or two being registered at your address, and that would play hell with your credit rating, and you becoming involved with debt collecting agencies. Other opinions may be available but this one is always correct.

Re: Overseas bike buyer Posted by GreasyOnions on April 6, 2018, 12:23 pm, in reply to "Re: Overseas bike buyer" 194.81.125.225 If hes an Aussie then he must have Aussie mates here surely? London is full of them! They would know how to make this work, they have been coming to Europe, buying a vehicle and touring Europe for at least forty years... 1965 RE Interceptor https://reinterceptor.wordpress.com/ 1973 Triumph TR7RV https://tiger750.wordpress.com/

Re: Overseas bike buyer Posted by A65Bill on April 6, 2018, 5:10 pm, in reply to "Overseas bike buyer" 109.147.92.155 Assuming he wants to arrange insurance: 1. The bike will need to be and remain UK registered 2. S/He will need a UK contact/temporary residence address. This can be a base B&B that will hold mail for them 3. age restrictions will apply 4. prior convictions or pending cases will be a bar There are specialist insurers. I've no experience of these people, but I did find them via industry contacts, others may be found through the Antipodean Meeting place off Trafalgar Square, London: https://www.skyinsurance.co.uk/ I have a contact for a broker in Cheshire who helped someone else from on here, but again I have no personal knowledge: https://www.temporarycarinsurance.ws/quotes.html

Re: Overseas bike buyer Posted by Beezabryan on April 6, 2018, 7:36 pm, in reply to "Re: Overseas bike buyer" 84.93.33.213 Was not Earls Court Road also known as Kangaroo Valley? Being in some of the pubs was an education https://www.gentlemansride.com/rider/beezabryan Bryan aka Abo

Re: Overseas bike buyer Posted by Pete on April 6, 2018, 6:24 pm, in reply to "Overseas bike buyer" 213.210.4.192 As an Aussie, he'll have problems registering a bike with an Australian address. My Guzzi is out there now and there is a lot of admin for a bike under 30 yr old. OK, he's not importing it, but he's registering it so I think I can see the problem. I think the answer is he has to have mates over here who can do it or register it at a poste-restante address.

Re: Overseas bike buyer Posted by a10 newbie on April 6, 2018, 9:20 pm, in reply to "Overseas bike buyer" 94.13.162.164 I’d suggest he jog on, Dave. Atg Paul Hard pounding, this, gentlemen, let's see who pounds the longest Follow my witter on Twitter! @classicrider

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