I 've been looking at insurance companies and quotes etc. as I’m trying to buy a bike here in London.
The thing is, I have an EU licence and it seems that the insurance is way more expensive for EU holders.
How should I go about changing my licence to a full-UK licence?
I didn’t have to pay to swap my license, but that was a few years ago now
Still, it was relatively straight forward; fill in the forms, provide the info/documents required and you get your shiny new UK license in the post in no time
as an EU licence holder you do not need to change your licence until a certain event occurs, either you turning 70 or staying here for more than 3 years, whichever is the longer option applies
Yes… What he was implying was to keep the vehicle of foreign plates. There was a post on here a couple of month back about someone’s bike getting seized because it wasn’t on UK plates and it had been here for years. It still had tax and insurance.
Ok but isn’t insurance much more expensive for EU holders? That is my main problem… Would rather get my licence swapped for 50 pounds than pay much more on insurance… I’m only saying because all the quotes were 2000+ for an '04 1000cc!!! Am I doing something wrong??
Insurance is a lot cheaper anywhere lol. Do a few quotes with different variables. Shouldn’t be a lot more expensive because your an EU licence holder.
My friend registered his car in Bulgaria for £90 a year. Cheapest quote he got here was £2400. My car to insure in Portugal is about 120€ or something silly like that here cheapest I found was £999 with a sh!t load of excess. Don’t know about bikes as it has always been reasonable so I’ve never bothered.
So I just need to look more into insurance companies… Could you pm me some advice on which companies are the best? This is all very helpful guys, thanks a lot! :Wow:
Not really no, I pay £140-ish a year for tpft on a fazer 600, the difference with being on a UK licence was only a few pounds hence why I haven’t bothered. Your quote could be down to numerous things age, location, no claims etc… having an eu licence will make very little difference