I can look into buying the bike in Italy, I can also bring it back to UK and store at my mothers, its just I had found a place in I think Milan that the storage for a year wouldn't be much more than the petrol and ferry fare to get back to England.
Why not buy, register and insure a bike in Italy, rather than follow ever more convoluted ways to get around the problem in the UK.
Can you buy the bike in a friend's name in the UK, they insure it with you as a named rider?
Doesn't solve the storage abroad issue but you can get a bike courier to bring it back to the UK or just ride it back, its only a couple of long days
I have one last shot at this, I think. That is if my Mother can buy the bike and register and insure it in her name.
I don't know if this is possible because she does not have a motorbike license.
OK so I want to make this easy and not defraud the insurance company.
So lets forget leaving the bike in Italy I will plan a round trip visit starting and ending in England and keep the bike in the garage at my mams house.
From the insurance companies I have spoken to including RH they will not insure me because I am not a resident. I am not going to lie, with the high probability, the bike could get stolen and then I don't get payed out because I lied about residency which can easily be proved that I do not live in England.
I have one last shot at this, I think. That is if my Mother can buy the bike and register and insure it in her name.
I don't know if this is possible because she does not have a motorbike license.
If she can do this, then the question would be can I be a named rider with an international drivers license and USA address.
I am sorry this has been more lengthy than I imagined, a lot of advise here has been to do things that maybe a little bit in the gray area, which I am uncomfortable to do, I have a family here and if I lie at all and the insurance is void, then A) I will not get paid out for cost of bike and B) Worst case if I end up a pavement pizza, my life insurance will most likely not pay out because I was doing something illegally or fraudulently.
The insurance companies at least here are full of slimy adjusters who will look for anything not to pay out.
The day I bought my first bike a CBR600 I understood the risks of riding and have lost several friends over the years as I am sure we all have. But that day I took out life insurance to make sure my family is taken care of if anything happens to me.
So if I can't do this trip 100% above board, then I won't do it.
I will do a managed trip with Celtic Rider around Ireland or last night I was looking at some tour companies in Morocco that look amazing for 10day trips.
Again I thank you all for the input I have read all your links and traced down all the recommendations.