Motor tax and insurance
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Motor tax and insurance
In 2004 I started my Thai life in Phuket; owned a Kawasaki Boss motorbike. When we shipped up in 2008; bought an Isuzu truck so Kawasaki was 'surplus to requirements'; and (genuinely) put in mothballs. When recently I inquired of the lady in the licensing office in Phen; how could I re-register the bike to make it legal. Her response was 'take the bike and yourself back to Phuket; and do it there'. Have any of our well informed Udonmap colleagues got a less drastic (and legal!!); solution?
Motor tax and insurance
take the bike, greenbook and your translator to a motor vehicle inspection center, they typically have a yellow gear logo on their sign.
might be easy to just pay them to do the service for you, they inspect the bike, take it to a transport office then handle all the paperwork
5 years of back tax and the bike being from another province may cost you a lot (just see if you can pay the road tax and keep the phuket plates)
in thailand, always best to keep a bike current on road tax even if you dont use it
might be easy to just pay them to do the service for you, they inspect the bike, take it to a transport office then handle all the paperwork
5 years of back tax and the bike being from another province may cost you a lot (just see if you can pay the road tax and keep the phuket plates)
in thailand, always best to keep a bike current on road tax even if you dont use it
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Motor tax and insurance
Thanks for that ting_tong; I'll give it a whirl; appreciate your tip about the Phuket plates; but in the current political situation in Thailand; it might be prudent to get Udon Plates!!
Appreciate your final point; it was easy in Phuket; got a neighbour to do it!!! Up here, in the village; no neighbors tax their bikes anyway; so no help to me. One positive though; I've always found the official staff at Phen most helpful. I got both motorbike and car licenses purely by showing my current UK/EU driving license, and a letter from immigration; no test, no tea money!!
Appreciate your final point; it was easy in Phuket; got a neighbour to do it!!! Up here, in the village; no neighbors tax their bikes anyway; so no help to me. One positive though; I've always found the official staff at Phen most helpful. I got both motorbike and car licenses purely by showing my current UK/EU driving license, and a letter from immigration; no test, no tea money!!
Motor tax and insurance
If I were you I would go and ask in the small office under AEK hospital always very helpful in my experience.
Motor tax and insurance
he has to get the bike inspected (older than 5 years), they will tell him to go get an inspection, then go to the transport office............easier to have a service provided for a small fee.kubotatim wrote:If I were you I would go and ask in the small office under AEK hospital always very helpful in my experience.
good luck on the bike, dont worry about phuket plates........changing plates will take up to 2 months from my experience. it will be costly too.