Can you be penalised for riding a motorcycle not in your name?

sulley001

I bought a second hand scooter about 6 weeks ago from a small shop/garage in Walkinstown, but the guy 'didnt have the logbook with him' and said come back next day as he had left it at home...
I should not have paid him the full amount until I got the logbook because 6 weeks later he still hasnt found it (it probably never existed) and the only way to get the bike transferred into my name was by getting a declaration form signed by a solicitor and stamped by a main dealer. This has gone in the post and I'm waiting for a new logbook.
In the mean time is there any danger of being penalised for no tax?
Do the guards bother to stop motorcycles when they are doing their spot checks on tax/insurance discs?
I am insured on the bike, but just not taxed...its technically not even in my name but a previous owner who has left the country!

Sids Not

Reckon if you were stopped..just quote the above....he'll probably ask you to produce the cert (when you get it) and your docs anyway...

Paparazzo

Well, technically you should never take any vehicle out on the road without tax. I reckon I've gone through about 20 tax checkpoints in my time driving (all in dublin city) and the garda have never looked, just waved me through.

Keith186

The odd time I've went through a checkpoint where they were only stopping bikes. I was grand but seen 5 or 6 bikes parked up on the side of the road I presume for no tax.

If you explain your situation they will give you 10 days to produce your stuff at a station.

Run_to_da_hills

Park it in the middle of a busy footpath in the city centre until it accumulates a heap of parking tickets, The previous owner will soon be on to the shop.

KamiKazi

IME you've about a 50/50 chance of being stopped on a bike compared to a car.

Get a copy of the forms you sent off to Shannon and carry them with you so you can explain to the Garda you're waiting on the logbook bla bla bla.

cantdecide

+1 to Kami. Make sure they know it's you're only form of transport etc

Pataman

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Park it in the middle of a busy footpath in the city centre until it accumulates a heap of parking tickets, The previous owner will soon be on to the shop.

Has anybody ever got a parking ticket on a bike? I havent.

AgileMyth

Pataman wrote: »

Has anybody ever got a parking ticket on a bike? I havent.

Nope, and I abandon it in some strange places.

Del2005

Pataman wrote: »

Has anybody ever got a parking ticket on a bike? I havent.

Stick it in a Dublin pay and display bay and you'll get one.

Motor cycles and pedal cycles prohibited from parking in pay and display ticket parking places

A motor cycle, with or without a sidecar, or a pedal cycle shall not be parked during operational hours in a ticket parking place.

sulley001

Ha I never thought of that, in fact it could be used in a robbery and the woman who owned it will simply point to the garage!
The garage owner has been refusing to pay the small fees for the declaration, so I told him I'd be putting people wide to him, and he has threatened to put me in hospital if I do...
I wont mention the name on the web but I'm putting the word out!

Anyway thanks for all replies!

Stainless_Steel

Feic that man I'd be bringing the bike back and not leaving till he refunded you.