stolen or not

[phat tony]

hi just dropped off my son at uni and had a realy bad talk with him where he informed me his mum (my ex) has sold my triumph boneville 750 that i have kept in the shed for 12 - 18 years (my project) to a so called friend who is now half way to re-building it ... he has re-registered it in his name ... i still have the original logbook and keys and was wondering about the legal status of the purchase and do i have any legal claim over it .. re-built or not ... he said he purchased it for £500 and has spent £1500 so far not incl. engine re-build .... do i wait till he finishes it then inform dvla and the police to get it back or do i pay him for it and work done ... or do i feed him and her to the fishes ... i left it there for years nowing as long as my kids lived there it would be safe as a future project ... just borrowed the money to get it done this week and thats why i was told .... lost a kawazaki ninja 600 8 years ago outside house to gypos who stole it ... told by police ... forget it lol nothing sacred any more

[Itchy]

The person who sold it did not have the right to hand over title therefore it is still yours.

[G]

As far as the DVLA goes, the registered keeper is the person that has the bike - even if that person has just knowingly stolen it when they broke in to your garage and bear you up with a stick.
However of course in that situation the police should have a good idea who to go after.

Note that title and registered keeper are different.

In this situation I think it's going to get very muddy and you're going to be getting your ex in to some bother. If you're going to do anything, i expect you'd have to do it as soon as possible.
If someone waited until I had done a load of work then tried to take the bike back off me without recompense - I'd probably take everything I had replaced off it and give back the husk.

Seems like your beef is with your ex - offering money to the current keeper seems to be an 'honourable' solution.

[Keir]

Your ex has stolen it plain and simple.
The guy that bought it has either 1) been had over by your ex or 2) willingly bought it with a disregard for whoever the registered keeper was.
Personally i would report it to the police and have her nicked for theft - its your bike and you want it back, i know i would! Yes its unlucky on the guy that bought it but thats his problem for buying a bike from someone thats not the legal owner nor named on the log book.
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[Wilson1234]

Smash her fucking kneecaps with a baseball bat the stupid bitch
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[Wilson1234]

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[ian789]

If you tell the police your ex will get into big trouble. Theft and possibly fraud.

If push came to shove you would be still have a claim to the title of the bike.

How much do you think it was worth? You should ask your ex to pay you this and forget about it.

[Itchy]

[ian789]

[warped one]

Surely it fallsinto the same group as a ringer. And the police can just go round and take it back.

Not sure on this so I would go to the local cop shop and talk to them.
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[chris-red]

If she owns the house she could argue the storage charges for those years are more than the value of the bike.


TBF if you left something in my garage for 12-18 years I would have shifted it too.
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[Kris]

[Walloper]

It is has to be listed in a 'Declaration Matrimonial Property'

https://www.gov.ns.ca/legislature/legc/statutes/matrimon.htm

or it is fair game and will be fought for in court. May not be worth the cost of soliciters so the Ex. has won.

Baseball Ball option would now be top of my list.

Why not take her car and sell it?

Pay for an Ad on gumtree and or autotrader that you are selling the bike cheap. She will be plagued by twats at all hours of the day asking about the bike.
It is not breaking the law if you try to sell your OWN bike is it???
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[multijoy]

[ttr]

I reckon the police wont do anything about it. I'd probably speak to her, and ask for the £500 she sold it for, and the balance between that and its real value (unless that is fair).

Actually that's a lie, I'd definitely try and land her in as much shit as I could, but you mentioned kids so treading carefully is probably wise.
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[Welshd1k]

[ttr]

Which in itself is pretty fair to be honest. I'd be amazed if the Police didn't side with her.
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[Itchy]

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