If you build a motor trike in the UK what do you need to do to get it road legal?
I have always wanted to build my own road legal vehicle. I have thought of building a motor trike from motorcycle and car parts and building my own chassis. I have also considered converting a 1980s Honda 125 into a trike.
I know all about making sure its road worthy etc, sound chassis, brakes, suspension etc.
But once built how do you get it registered and get a vehicle identification number as the chassis is newly built? Is the process expensive? What order do the legal things need to be done in, such as VOSA, DVLA etc?
Is insurance considerably more expensive in a home built vehicle?
https://www.gov.uk/...d-vehicles
Insurance will probably be more expensive. A grey import of a bike not sold in the UK (so not on the insurance company lists) is more expensive to insure than a UK bike of the same capacity and make.
DVLA and VOSA have now merged- DVSA being the result.
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