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number of 961 reg in the uk
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The results are not what I expected either.
No counts for SF models? Why?
600+ total?
OK it's UK registered Nortons - got it.
Some owners may buy a 961 to add to their collections, and never register or ride them so these will not appear in the count.
Also, Norton began selling the 961 in 2010 - but no counts for 2010. Why?
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No counts for SF models? Why?
600+ total?
OK it's UK registered Nortons - got it.
Some owners may buy a 961 to add to their collections, and never register or ride them so these will not appear in the count.
Also, Norton began selling the 961 in 2010 - but no counts for 2010. Why?
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The DVLA normally recorded motorcycles only by 'Make' and not 'Make and Type' before 1986, so the vast majority of Commandos will be hidden amongst the 8729 + 5939 (2017) 'Norton missing' section as they'd be recorded (and on the V5C) as a 'Norton', and not 'Norton 750/850 Commando'.
https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/vehicle/norton_missing
If you look on the details you can see there is about a third on SORN which I understand is their registration is on hold / they are off the road. This also seems to fluctuate quarter to quarter so I dont know if you can SORN a vehicle for the winter? (statutory off road notification)
I agree though, where are they all? and its understandable that no one want to make spares or accessories for them.
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I agree though, where are they all? and its understandable that no one want to make spares or accessories for them.
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In the UK you pay road tax for 12 months or 6 months, even if it's nil payment you have to tax or declare sorn so before I got my road tax to be nil based on the over 40 years old rule I would tax the bikes for 6 months each year. It's not been called road tax for years but the label fits.
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Road tax. Is that what we here in the States call a registration fee? I love that annual inspection is only 6 bucks. This is a very cheap bike to own. I'm only paying 260.00 per year for 110k-300k life and property damamge, full damage and theft, towing. Super bikes would be 3 to 4 times that amount.
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Not exactly the same.
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Here in the US some states are playing with the idea of a Road Use Tax that would be assessed against a vehicle's annual mileage.
Environmentalists like it because it would be a disincentive to use your vehicle.
Government likes it because, well because it's more money out of the taxpayers pocket for politicians to piss away as they see fit.
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