Atv register

[Rehan rusiru]

How to rigister the atv bike 

125cc egl bike

[Kavvz]

2 hours ago, Rehan rusiru said:

How to rigister the atv bike 

125cc egl bike

You have to register those? I thought they don't need to be registered as they are not road legal (as they are only for private, off-road use). I guess you could register it as a 'Special Purpose Vehicle' with the dept. of motor vehicles, but you still won't be able to use on public roads etc...

[john cooper]

A few years back I was in the hunt to import a one for our land. We have checked with SL customs for import duties and for some reason they wanted to charge under motor car category ?? 

Later I found plenty of Jap import 50cc - 125cc's available in Kurunegala but they weren't fit to our purpose which we need 4WD due to the soft sand in the land.

I have seen a few 4WD ATV's at some off-road events, I wondered they paid the full custom duties or landed differently.

RMV got no issues with the registrations as you can't use them to go to Handiye Kade, I mean you can just to show off but it's a no brainier thing.

What they should have done, class them as land vehicles and let people import them not for fun but real use.

We ended up buying a 4WD Kubota small tractor, it is slower but can't complain. :-) 

regards,

JC

[Kavvz]

16 minutes ago, john cooper said:

A few years back I was in the hunt to import a one for our land. We have checked with SL customs for import duties and for some reason they wanted to charge under motor car category ?? 

Later I found plenty of Jap import 50cc - 125cc's available in Kurunegala but they weren't fit to our purpose which we need 4WD due to the soft sand in the land.

I have seen a few 4WD ATV's at some off-road events, I wondered they paid the full custom duties or landed differently.

RMV got no issues with the registrations as you can't use them to go to Handiye Kade, I mean you can just to show off but it's a no brainier thing.

What they should have done, class them as land vehicles and let people import them not for fun but real use.

We ended up buying a 4WD Kubota small tractor, it is slower but can't complain. ?

regards,

JC

What? That doesn't make any sense at all! Especially when you can import and use 2-wheel tractors (hand tractors) and the like with minimal fuss...ATV's should logically should fall into the same category shouldn't they? 

But I guess that would be the 'sensible' approach and therefore null and void by default  

[john cooper]

On 6/19/2020 at 10:06 AM, Kavvz said:

What? That doesn't make any sense at all! Especially when you can import and use 2-wheel tractors (hand tractors) and the like with minimal fuss...ATV's should logically should fall into the same category shouldn't they? 

But I guess that would be the 'sensible' approach and therefore null and void by default  

Sorry for the late reply.

Yes doesn't make any sense but that's how it's works if you try use the correct process to import a quad bike.

[Kavvz]

40 minutes ago, john cooper said:

Sorry for the late reply.

Yes doesn't make any sense but that's how it's works if you try use the correct process to import a quad bike.

No worries at all... But sad state of affairs really on how ATV's are registered- But to be expected I suppose. Sri Lankan bureaucracy at its finest! ? !!