OK, I seem to have hit a stumbling block...

I thought that when I brought my US registered and titled XR650 into the UK, I could just add it to my existing UK insurance policy, using the Chassis (VIN) number...

However, it seems that in 'Brown's Big Brother Britain', for me to insure a bike here in the UK, it now has to be actually registered in the UK too - not least so that the insurance company can inform the National Numberplate Recognition Database or whatever it's called - and my every movememt can be recorded etc. (don't even get me started on whatever happened to freedom to go about one'sbusiness and the presumption of innocence until proven guilty - Minority Report was not so Sci-Fi afterall huh?)...

However, I don't want to register the machine here in the UK as I wish to retain the US title and registration for when I take the bike back to the States, to make re-import and insurance straightforward there...

You'd think in this modern day and age of global travel, that as long as the bike is titled and registered to me, it shouldn't matter where the original ownership paperwork was done? Or is that too simple for the bloody UK these days...

So, the basic question is, has anyone with a US registered machine arrived in the UK with it, and got it insured for use during an onward trip though Europe? I can't believe this is not a simple enough proceedure - so can anyone recommend a broker/underwriter who will insure a foreign machine in the EU?

Many thanks in advance!

JennyMo xxx

ps. I can't simply use my original US insurance policy, as it was only valid within the 49 states...