What exactly does one need

To register a bike that's been written off on a Cat D?

We (the boy-chic and me) have owned Cat D's before, but neither of us have
ever needed to re-register one, so what do we need to do?

This is for a bike btw, not that that should make much difference. Bandit
1200 that was written off through cosmetic damage a couple of years ago.
It's the one I've been getting back into running order (wonderfully as it
happens) and now that it's a runner and a stopper again, we need to sort out
the legalities and get at least a V5.

TIA

 

The full info is buried somewhere in the DVLA site, but, from what I
remember, get the bike MOT'd - they'll put the chassis/frame number in
place of the Reg. Number on the form.
Fill the relevant DVLA form in, send it with your cheque to DVLA, who
will then either send a new V5 to you, or arrange to visit the bike to
see if it is genuine, or a clone.

Pretty simple really, took around 3 days for mine to come through,
though I did take the bike to them to inspect - they said there was no
record at all of it on their comp., so it will need checking. All he did
was check the frame and engine numbers.
Alan.

 

Cheers Alan, just wot I needed.