Write Off Engine?

[E944]

Hello,

Just a quick question, may seem daft but here goes.

If an engine from a bike which had been written off and was a cat b. if you was to put the engine out of the cat b frame and into a cat c frame and match it up with the dvla, would it therefore be classed a cat c on papers?

Confusing a little, but sure someone can answer this.

Thanks.

[Pete.]

The category would be C, since vehicles are registered according to their vin which is stamped on the frame.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[P.addy]

You can swap the engine with no real issues, although if the cat B wasn't "that" bad I'd chuck it on the road.

[E944]

Thanks for the replies guys. I was sold a frame by someone and they didn't tell me it was a cat c and yes I should of checked!

So an engine cannot contain a category of any sort?

I'm not the sort to trick someone, so should I tell them it was in a bike which was written off? Or not needed as there is no damage and runs fine.

Thanks.

[G]

A write off category purely applies to the frame number.
Ok, the DVLA do record engine numbers, but they don't record anything against them - it's the same as putting a seat from a written off bike on your unrecorded bike.

A significant amount of engines for sale will be from written off bikes