Also there is no road tax in france for cars or bikes http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/ubb/smile.gif

wish there was an edit function here http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/ubb/frown.gif

I pay 86 euros a year for my 1985 bmw R80RT third party only, plus medical cover for self and passenger. ( MAF insurance co. )

with the depriciation etc, I would have thought it best to get shot of it...

There is: above your crying smilie the 3rd icon from the left.

Dunno why your Beemer is so cheap to insure. My DR650 is insured in France and @ 54% I'm paying 300€/year, TP only. Mutuelle des Motards, but on the Riviera, where all drivers are crazy...

France sounds good to me also, given no MOT or road tax or any other annual check other than insurance. I'm also fortunate enough to be able to register a vehicle in France and I'm thinking of transferring my BMW to French registration since it's been sat in our house over there since last September and it's sorn in the UK. However I guess it's rather difficult to register a vehicle in France unless you've got an address over there.
As regards insurance, we pay around 90 euros a year for our 2cv van.

As a UK citizen you have the right to live in France, so no problem. We rented a room in a tourist hotel for a month and reception did us a paper stating we lived there.

In the Departement Alpes Maritimes at least you don't even need proof of residence. When you fill in the rego form you are at the same time signing an affidavit as to your address. It doesn't say anywhere how long you have to live there. For the insurance, however, you need an address where you can receive mail.

You can even register a vehicle by mail. I have done it.

I don't know whether it is the same in other departements...

reply to beddist
thanks for teh edit info.
no idea re the price was quoted about £100 in uk tpft (for Cornwall) the bike is old.. 1985 and not a sport bike... i do live in a rural area Deux Sevres...

I returned to the UK with my uk registered bike after being away for a year - the tax was 7 months overdue...the post office didnt bat an eyelid when I applied for a new license, I told them why it was absent from tax and they were happy.

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How long ago was that?