Ok, so I’ve been somewhat planning this since the end of 2024 and beginning of 2025. I started researching BSA clubs in my area and joined several on FaceBook. I was trying to get more details about shipping as well as how to register the bike or assure paperwork is in order for when it arrives in Canada.
I contacted the BSA Owners Club and with the help of Phil I was able to determine what the process for registration would be. I needed to provide him the Frame No. and Engine No. with the original registration so that the Owners club could work with the DVLA to get a modern registration V5C.
The story of the paperwork prep is long and convoluted, but essentially there was some risk as the Frame and Engine number were recorded backwards, but the club was able to confirm the ones in the photo matched with the factory records and so the process through the DVLA did go smoothly.
The story of the paperwork prep is long and convoluted, but essentially there was some risk as the Frame and Engine number were recorded backwards, but the club was able to confirm the ones in the photo matched with the factory records and so the process through the DVLA did go smoothly.
In the end we received a modern V5C registration from the DVLA in Eleanor’s mum’s name to use for shipping paperwork. It was never going back on the road in the UK, but this would make shipping lower risk and then we can look to transfer the ownership and registration with “Service Ontario” when it’s landed.
Goal will be to get it registered as an “unfit” vehicle of historical nature.
Then at some point a safety will be required * This is a big unknown as the laws and process for safety has changed since April 1, 2025 and so a bit up in the air how easy this process might be for such an old historic vehicle.
With registration and safety the last piece would be insurance.
We want it to be road worthy of course, but will never be planned to be used for any long rides.
Fast forward to today July 7, 2025 and we are getting ready to start the paperwork process, but the paperwork is being mailed from the UK as it did not travel with the bike.