Frame(d)

You might remember that we bought a job lot of bike bits which included one bike which was part disassembled (the blue bike) and one that was completely in bits (the green bike). Well, the guy selling the bikes didn't have any V5's for the bikes because he was breaking them. We want to put at least one of the bikes back on the road which means that we need to apply for the v5 document.

In order to do that we need to fill in some forms and send off a cheque for £25. However, we need to provide a VIN for the bike that we require the v5 for.

Problem number one: No frame plate on the blue bike
Problem number two: The VIN number stamp has been removed from the frame by an angle grinder or similar

Looks like the blue bike is running a frame that doesn't belong to the registered number plate. This is bad. It probably indicates that the frame and maybe more of the bike is stolen or has previously been written off and apart from making it difficult to obtain a v5 it also makes it very difficult to get an MOT because they will check for the VIN plate / stamp.

Turns out that the green bike does have the original frame plate still attached and that the stamp on the frame matches it. Even better than that, a quick check determines that the VIN  number is correct for the registration. Phew!

v62 application and SORN declaration have both been sent off for the green bike, the blue bike will be used for mocking up stuff and spare parts. Looks like it's definitely a single bike project now!