On the subjecy of no car insurance I like the idea that have in Fire where cars display an insurance disc as well as a tax disc. After all the insurance can expire a few days after the tax disc is issued

Is there anywhere that we can buy them on line from I.O.M.?

ordered it from malplates on monday afternoon and was through my letterbox this morning, thats what i call service

looks quite cool too

The biggest problem with insurance is that some people dont have any. So why not include third party insurance in with the road tax? Then if you want more like fully comp you are free to pay extra if you want. On the tax disk on the screen you have an expiry date so its obvious to anyone that you've got insurance.

Good idea except that the Tax and Insurance don't always run out at the same time which is why as I said I like the method that they use in Eire (even if I did mistype it in my previous post) where they display an insurance disc along with the tax disc

Not sure I will try and find out.
My mate Adrian who has raced my bikes at the TT the last few years always gets his plates there when his girlfriend returns home to visit her parents as she's a Manx lass. I will ask her.

Thanks I would appreciate that

What i meant was that the road fund licence also includes third party only insurance as part of the yearly fee. If you want fully comp then you buy that yourself. That way there would be no chance of being crashed into by an uninsured driver.

Its a system they have in operation in Australia, you get a new sticker for the windscreen each year, and no need to buy insurance unless you want to. The vehicle is insured rather than the driver.

Would that mean if I sold my bike after say 6 months the new owner would get 6 months insurance that I have paid for?

Yes it would but i guess you could claim it back like you can do for road tax now.