F*ck right off ...

1 in 4 motorbikes not taxed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3101060.stm

Talk about a loaded report.

Bastards.

P.

 

Heartening to read that they're still managing to scrape together £4.6bn a
year. No wonder our roads are so good.

 

Well, 2 of my 3 bikes aren't taxed...

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Paul.

Ooh look, bikes and numbers and stuff!
CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird
VTR1000 Firestorm
RGV 250
BOTAFOT #4
BOTAFOF #30
MRO #24

 

The SORN swoop makes sense now.

 

What appears loaded about it? The DVLA know how many bikes are
registered for use on the road and they also know how many are taxed.
If it's off the road it should have a SORN on it so the maths isn't
too difficult. Am I missing something?

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Loaded. "One in five" becomes "almost a quarter", see?

 

Wonder how many of those bikes are off the road without a SORN

 

One of mine isn't, but that's cos they're too disorganised to send me the
letter and I've only just had a look on their website to see that I only
need a V5 to get the new one when I thought I needed more and I REALLY need
to take a breath or use some punctuation soon <*gasp*>

Seems a bit unfair to me anyway - I can only ride one at a time!

 

As an example,
http://www.sweller.co.uk/sob/fleet.htm
only 2 machines in that lot (there's another 5 in the workshop) have
valid tax or a SORN. I'm not including the pile of logbooks for bikes in
boxes.

So in our sample of Sussex based bikes only 15% are taxed..SHOCK!

 

The registered bikes not taxed and SORN declarations won't tally as many
bikes have been broken or are 'projects', predating the "if it exists
SORN it" rule of recent times. So distorts the figures.

It would be interesting to compare non-sorn non-taxed cars -v- bikes as
percentages. I know I've still got a stack of log books, mostly Triumph
2000's and Cortinas, from when I raced bangers. These would show as
non-taxed, non-sorn.

 

Its only fractionally out.

 

I bought my RGV without a log book. I haven't got a clue who's name it's
in, so I don't know if it's SORNd or not. I don't even know what the
registration number was.

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Paul.

Ooh look, bikes and numbers and stuff!
CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird
VTR1000 Firestorm
RGV 250
BOTAFOT #4
BOTAFOF #30
MRO #24

 

On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 11:54:17 +0100, Paul Carmichael

If it's up this way give us a shout, I fancy another trackday before
the end of the year.

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Daz
GSXR1000K2 - Fun
CB250 - Purpose
Fazer600 - Bit of both
CBR600 - Racer
MRO#26 | FOT#115 | FOF#48 | two#41
http://www.highsideuk.com
ukrm at btopenworld dot com

 

Daz wrote

Questions regarding honesty and completeness in news reporting?

 

It said 1 - 5 in the piccy

I have 3 taxed and 1 sorned, does that help the stats ?


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On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 16:50:35 +0100, Paul Carmichael

Prefer Mallory or Snetterton. I've done Rockingham and don't fancy it
again. Certainly not for £149 anyway.

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Daz
GSXR1000K2 - Fun
CB250 - Purpose
Fazer600 - Bit of both
CBR600 - Racer
MRO#26 | FOT#115 | FOF#48 | two#41
http://www.highsideuk.com
ukrm at btopenworld dot com

 

H'mm, it appears London is a hive of tax dodging gypo's.

Poor show an all that.

 

That seems too low. 2 out of 4 of mine aren't taxed.

 

Absofuckinglutely

Oh

Er

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sweller wrote:

<snip>
Christ, what would be the most appropriate collective noun for that little
lot?

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