London ULEZ charge

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morini_tom
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London ULEZ charge

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See press release from MAG (to whom the Morini riders club is affiliated) below. Is anyone’s Morini already exempt from the ULEZ charge?


New MAG offer helps protect bikers from expanding ULEZ charge

The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) announces a new offer to help protect bikers facing the expanding ULEZ charge. MAG deal offers members a risk-free method to check if their older bike is compliant. MAG urges riders not to scrap serviceable bikes without first checking whether they are actually compliant.

MAG fiercely opposed the ULEZ charge for motorcycles from the day it was first suggested. Motorcycles help reduce overall emissions by reducing congestion. MAG proved that the majority of pre-Euro 3 motorcycles are compliant with the actual emissions standard for exemption from the charge. Sadiq Khan relented and agreed to a system to allow individual vehicles to be tested for their actual emissions level and registered as exempt if they meet the standard.

Pre-2007 motorcycles can meet the emissions criteria. If a bike produces less than the 0.15 g/km NOx limit Transport for London (TfL) has set, older bikes are exempt - as long as owners can prove their low NOx emissions.

Many riders have since proven that their pre-Euro 3 motorcycle is compliant and registered for exemption from the charge. The individual testing of bikes could originally only be carried out at a single registered testing station. Now there are three, all charging £175 for the test with a £75 re-test fee.

Situated close to Greenwich in South London, The Test Centre is run by Ian Wills. He has invested in a dyno and sourced a new exhaust gas measuring device. Bikes are placed on the dyno, run through the test of various drive cycles (which involves idling, acceleration and deceleration), and an average is then taken. Much like an MOT, the result is a straight pass or fail.

Ian Wills (Director of The Test Centre) says:

“Well-maintained, properly set-up and cared-for bikes stand a much better chance of meeting the standard and passing the test. If a bike passes the test, we upload the results straight to the TfL database and your bike is registered by TfL as exempt the next working day. We are finding most bikes are passing without any work.”

Ian Wills is making a “no pass, no fee” offer to all MAG members. This means that there is no financial risk involved in checking if your bike is compliant. The £175 fee will only be chargeable if the bike passes, and there will be no re-test charge should a little work be needed to get the bike through.

For more information, or to book a test for your bike, go to
www.ulezbiketest.co.uk

Not already a MAG member? – join here; it costs less than three days of ULEZ charges! The compliance test equates to 14 days of ULEZ charges and only applies if your bike passes the test.


Details for all three registered test centres can be found here: https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra- ... s-and-more
mbmm350s
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Re: London ULEZ charge

Post by mbmm350s »

Hi Tom,

Thanks for posting.

Historic vehicles registered with TFl can be exempt.
https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra- ... exemptions

Note this isn't automatic and you have to register for the exemption.

https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/low-em ... o-register

Its no wonder that 70s bikes are so popular with the London Cafe racer scene, pass me that exhaust tape someone.


I have a Euro-4 1200 Morini so all good there too, for the moment. ULEZ creeping outwards towards me...

Mark
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And to think we used to tear-arse along the M4 from Wiltshire to the Earls Court bike show lead by a chap on a species of A10, so loud you could hear it ten bikes away.
They have just extended residents parking to include motorcycles. In my area there is only me. I hardly ever see another.
That’s if I should deign to park in the road, a dodgy business with scavengers coming up from Plymouth, allegedly.
I objected of course.
Vitesse
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mbmm350s wrote: 24 Feb 2023 09:19
Historic vehicles registered with TFl can be exempt.
https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra- ... exemptions

Note this isn't automatic and you have to register for the exemption.

https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/low-em ... o-register
Odd. I've been in twice on my 3 1/2 without problems and didn't register first. I did email them first to confirm that it was exempt and got a reply so I wonder if that counted. It wouldn't have been my first choice for 120 miles down the M1 in February but an extra £25 for a weekend trip was unacceptable.
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Coming to a town near you soon! But I see most cities are singling out diesel vans, buses and lorries, so we might be OK.

X-Cape is Euro5.
mbmm350s
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For information on where the clean air zones are for England and to what category of vehicle applies to:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/driving-in-a-clean-air-zone

Historic vehicles are exempt under the national exemption scheme for all England's Clean Air zones (at the moment)

Motorcycles need to be Euro-3 or better, if not otherwise exempt, at the moment

Most zones are aimed at diesel emissions at the moment.

Also local authorities and national governments (eg Wales) are also allowed to impose speed limits on all vehicles for environmental reasons.

And why is that owners of large electric cars are even more entitled than their diesel brethren. Audi etron idiot on the phone this morning....

MRC make sizable contributions to MAG and BMF and receive plenty of communications - check with our BMF/MAG rep or club secretary if interested.
Mark

Any Scotland members could update with the situation there? Edinburgh?
mbmm350s
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You can check exemption (except London) here:

https://vehiclecheck.drive-clean-air-zo ... /exemption

and London here:

https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/check-your-vehicle/

My historic vehicles are not automatically exempt, my Euro-4 bike is.
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