I’ve posted elsewhere about dealing with matters after the very recent death of my father, but may get more help in this section with this issue. A few years ago he sold something and accepted an old Kawasaki GPZ 550 (from about 1981 or 1982)as payment, with a view to tinkering with it and getting it on the road. Well the blimming thing is sitting in his garage, I know he did do a lot of work on it and think it’s possibly nearly good to go however I have no idea what to do with it.
Ownership wise I can find a certificate of export into France and I don’t think anythings ever been done with it since, I’m not sure if it’s even registered to him (I’m assuming he would have needed to do that).
If anyone has any idea of the absolute easiest way that I could deal with this I’d be grateful, as it is going to need to be removed from the property fairly soon before it goes on the market. He did do lots of bits to it with receipts kept etc although I’m going to assume there isn’t an enormous value to it.
Sorry for your loss. I lost both of my parents last year so have an idea about what you’re going through with the admin.
They’re interesting bikes to people of a certain age but they don’t have any great value.
When you say certificate of export into France, do you mean the quitté fiscale ? If you have that then only the named importer can complete the registration so there’s a challenge there.
If you don’t have that then any buyer would need to go to the Douanes to have it formally imported and pay vat and duty.
Once the import is regularised then registration is actually fairly straightforward as it’s old enough to be registered as a classic through the FFVE process, rather than having to go through DREAL.
Hi, thank you for your reply - the only thing that’s here is a certificate of permanent export from the UK in 2018. Nothing French, I think he was probably planning on dealing with all that once he’d got it road ready. It’s still got it’s UK number plate on it. In theory I guess we could take it back to the UK although it’s a bit of a pain.
To be frank, unless you have a buyer to hand, it’s either that or scrap it.
If you’re on Facebook, you could try the group Registering Vehicles in France, where Mark Rimmer knows everything there is to know about import and registration.
I think you’re right. We have got a horse trailer that we could bring over to take it back home, it would be a shame to scrap it after Dad spent so many hours tinkering with it and putting new parts on it! I expect the process would be easier if we could re-import it to the UK and register it from there even without any documents!
His email is dukwman@gmail.com but I’ve been trying to contact him for several days with no luck. He was going to service my car. Perhaps he’s away at the moment.
It took our council nearly 3 years to eventually get a Brit car scrapped.. the car had been simply abandoned/dumped in a rural parking area and the Owner could not be identified/located.
You use a V62 in the UK - treat it like a barn find. Last registered owner gets a letter and you get a log book in a couple of months if the previous registered owner doesn’t object.
Hi, I would sell it via the bon coin as a parts bike. Equipment de Moto section. The thing unsellable would be the frame. The most valuable would be exhaust/ silencers, forks,wheels ,tank and seat.Ancillary stuff worth a few sous. Shocks, headlight,rear light,plastics,CDI unit etc etc. The engine as a whole could quite valuable to someone fettling a bike. If you have the time to sell stuff bit by bit. As a whole bike for parts invite offers. Or sell on eBay with a reserve at say 500.
I am assuming it’s in good nick for it’s age and complete.
That’s useful to know… if another Brit car gets dumped in our commune, our council might be able to have it dealt with a little bit quicker…
Does one need a UK address to use the V62???
Could I do that with no registration documents? There’s lots of new bits on it that my dad put on parts wise, although I’m not expecting any great value i’d really like it gone rather than having to cart it back to the UK!
I expect your Dad will have kept the bills for whatever bits he bought… that’s what most buffs do.
Then at least you will know which bits are legally yours (as his heir?) if you decide to sell 'em.
