so to tomorrow I'm picking up my 1st 899. happy days it comes with a private plate I have a private plate that ill be putting on. can and HOW do I sell the plate that's on? is it worth it for the few hundred its probably worth? I thinking ill have to put it on retention then put my private plate onto the bike once the original plate is on? any help much appreciated.
What’s the plate? I think you can put on retention and get the original one back then put yours on the bike and sell the new private one I think
Easy to sell, just transfers from one owner to another, cost about £80. What you’ll get depends on what it is.
As Bradders mentioned, i took my plate of one of my bikes last week and cost £80 for a retention certificate which if I'm correct is like a log book for the plate for when you sell it on or transfer, (but don't advertise for sale on here as in your post you might get a load of bullocks from people messing up your post which is very unusual on this forum
Currently, the retention max period is 10 years for a £80 cost and again currently, you can extend that for free at the end of those 10 years. I was going to use this route to get my 7 year old grandaughters first car number plate, cheaper when you have plenty of time
If your motorbike number plate registration was with this plate i would keep it as it's part of the history/DNA.
Just worth mentioning on a bit of a side note regarding private plates. If your bike or car is written off or stolen and your insurance company is going to pay out for total loss its important to make sure the plate is removed and put onto retention or transferred to another vehicle beforehand, as once the insurance company pays out they then become the owners of the vehicle with the reg no. that's registered to it. My sister is an insurance broker and she tells horror stories of insurance companies acquiring plates from unwitting customers that were worth more than the car they were on!
Mine went bike - van - bike and the ones I bought this year didnt seem to restrict what I put them on
You can't put a plate from a tractor on your bike or car, but you can put a plate from a bike or car onto a tractor. Not really a dilemma that'll bother most people.
