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They impounded the bike until all of the documents had been verified by the Portuguese Police. This was pre email attachments and neither force were in a rush so it took months.
He also got charged with every minor offence they could dream up.(a traffic officer once bragged to me he could find a fault on any vehicle even a brand new one, I pointed out to him his own number plate didn’t have the manufacturer’s postcode on it)
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This loophole would work if you're questioned at Dover
This isn’t guaranteed you are expected to take it to the nearest Center that can do an IVA as a friend of mine found out with an imported motorbike.
I worked with a Portuguese motorbike courier in about 1999 who rode a black BMW on Portuguese plates so ignored parking tickets etc.
he got pulled over by the police who noticed the mph speedo so looked a bit deeper, it was an ex/Northumbria Police bike he had bought here and re registered.
He ended up in loads of trouble -
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Psychopath drivers and open drains. By that stage you are knackered.
(Would still ride it though it just doesn’t seem the same to do 1.75 Dynamo)