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From: Andy Bonwick on 28 Jun 2010 16:54 On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:14:40 +0000 (UTC), "Krusty" <dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote: >The Older Gentleman wrote: > >> So what to do? He's had the bike maybe 18 months. Possibly a bit >> longer. I think it was an eBay purchase. >> >> Sell it now, fast, and move on was my (probably unethical) advice. I >> doubt that 99% of purchasers would spot anything amiss and it will >> continue to circulate on the roads until it gets scrapped. >> >> But what would you do? Anyone? > >Tell the police. Selling it would put him in the same pond as the scum >who stole it in the first place, as he'd potentially be knowingly >stealing whatever he sells it for from the buyer if it gets seized >later. What are your views on people who sell frames that are totally fucked but because they've got the correct documentation they're worth decent money? I've sold a frame that was so badly twisted that you couldn't get the tank to sit straight and I cut the engine out of it but I needed the money to buy another bike after smashing that one up so ignored the fact that the reg number would be on a stolen bike within weeks. I'm not the only poster here who's taken the cash and ignored reality btw.
From: Steve on 28 Jun 2010 17:12 On 28 June, 21:54, Andy Bonwick <nos...(a)bonwick.me.uk> wrote: > I'm not the only poster here who's taken the cash and ignored reality > btw. As have most people who've bought a bargain part on Ebay really....
From: Pip Luscher on 28 Jun 2010 17:17 On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:23:45 -0700 (PDT), "TOG(a)Toil" <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >On 28 June, 11:30, "Hog" <sm911S...(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: > ><snip> > >Hm. Well, he's going to hang onto the bike for the foreseeable, he >says. Hypothetically. > >I'm still surprised how few people check, really check, engine and >chassis numbers when they buy used vehicles. > >Show of hands time - who does it, each and every time, carefully? Or >am I the only one? Lozzo, I'll bet you do. I certainly do; it's the last check I make before handing over the cash. There have been a couple of bikes where the /engine/ number was hidden (I think a jellymould CBR600 was one) and I didn't check it. I've only once seen a restamped number and that was on a replacement engine I bought for my FZR when I blew it up. In that case the engine number was bleeding obviously not original. Unfortunately I only spotted it a day or so after I got it home. It would have been a four hour round trip to return the damn thing even if the seller had accepted it. I usually HPI check bikes, too, but often I only remember to after I've paid a deposit, so I don't usually get the HPI warranty. My main reason for checking is in case there is any record of ownership issues; having to splash out more than expected to fix wear or crash damage is annoying, but having a vehicle repossessed or impounded would be devastating. -- -Pip
From: steve robinson on 28 Jun 2010 19:21 frag wrote: > Hear Yea! Hear Yea! > On 27 Jun 2010 22:54:57 GMT, Lozzo writ... > > > > frag wrote: > > > > > Seriously, isn't there someone on here who can check the police > > > computers to see if it has been nicked or if it's legit? > > > > But... the numbers it has now will check out fine, it's the > > unknown numbers it had previously that won't. How do you find > > those out and keep possession of the bike? > > The numbers it has now are on two bikes, right? > > So I'm guessing that as far as the owner of the legit bike (with > those numbers) is concerned, to them it'll seem like someone has > re-registered their bike, a new owner, as if they've sold it. > > So they won't now get any tax reminders will they? > > I imagine they will have queried this by now, and so DVLA will have > flagged that bikes details as cloned, reverted the V5 back to the > legit owner, and when the cloned bike goes for its next MOT it'll > set alarms off somewhere. > > But, yes, you are right in that it's the original numbers that are > needed to establish which nicked bike it is. > > Actually, if the police cannot establish the bikes true identity, > they can't return it to it's legal owner (the ins. co.), so don't > they let the new owner keep it in those cases? ISTR hearing that > somewhere. (probably on here so a load of crock :) When a freind of my wife had a similar situation with a car the police allowed her to keep it (registered keeper) but she was not allowed to sell it , she also had to notify the insurance company that she wasnt the legal owner , come next renewal they hiked the premuims up so high she couldnt afford to keep it on the road
From: SIRPip on 29 Jun 2010 03:51
Pip Luscher wrote: > VIN number <slap> -- SIRPip : B12 |