Mileage discrepancy on MOT check.

[Hefty]

On my way to view a bike, ran a quick MOT check on .gov website, & theres a years gap in between tests in which the recorded mileage drops from 32k to 22k. Is there a legit reason for this? Cause for concern?

[Amber Phoenix]

Clocks been swapped?
If so, why? Been crashed and trashed old ones? Were old clocks in Km and were swapped for UK ones in Miles? Does the buyer still have the old clocks?

I'd definitely be questioning this either way.
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[tom_e]

Mistype.

32k could quite easily become 22k.

[DJP]

[0l0dom0l0]

Sounds questionable. Especially if it was off the road for a period of time and came back onto the road with a lower mileage.

Sounds like it's been binned and rebuilt over a couple of years.

Trad carefully.
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[Hefty]

Cheers for the quick respons Arfa.
Would all the old test reports show Km readings in miles then? i.e do the testers just punch in the no. & the report will state miles regardless. If clocked were swapped out due to crash damage what other telltale signs should I look for?

[CaNsA]

Could be an engine swap...

whats the reg, so we can have a look at the mots

[0l0dom0l0]

[Hefty]

[Hefty]

[Monkeypony]

The MOT mileage history of my bike is a mile out due to a "typo"

Basically, instead of reading the total mileage, the read the trip mileage and added and extra zero to it. I noticed it at the time and they reprinted the cert with the correct mileage, but the on-line history still shows 14K one year, jumping to 66k the following year and going back down to 21k the year after that.

So basically, the on-line history is worth bugger all, as the data is being recorded by complete muppets.
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[Hefty]

All muppetry taken into account, the discrepancy still coincides with a year off the road. My doubts have escalated somewhat since opening this thread.

[CaNsA]

get the £1.89 check

https://totalcarcheck.co.uk/

Then share the link.

[weasley]

Hmmm....
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[Rogerborg]

That's not a typo, it's a clock swap or a wind-back.

It's a 17 year old Bandit, the dealer isn't going to give a stuff, and nor will they know the story - at best they'll be reporting it 2nd or 3rd hand, no worries mate, no worries.

Judge it based on its condition, but it's worth a handful of loose change. It's not like there's a shortage of private sale Bandits around.
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[tom_e]

[Hefty]

[Rogerborg]

Walked away? Good man. You don't want to buy an obviously crashed bike that the ZX-6R that CaNsA just got mugged off with.
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[CaNsA]

[craigs23]

The mileage on my Superfour is all over the place. Went from 68,000 kms to 600 and then back up to 72,000.

Changed the clocks to some cheap Chinese clones, then changed the internals back to stock items again when they started going wrong.

[Hefty]

[mysterious_rider]

Wouldnt worry too much. My local mot place even put the completely wrong bike for me.

Cb1000 is it. Not a cb1300.
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[mysterious_rider]

Wouldnt worry too much. My local mot place even put the completely wrong bike for me.

Cb1000 is it. Not a cb1300.
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[Polarbear]

I don't think records go any further back than that.

Edit - Just checked my W reg Fazer and the records for that go back to 2006.
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