Registering a parts donor bike with no V5

KernowMX · L Plate Warrior Joined: 17 Jan 2023 Karma :

Hey guys,

I just purchased a spares & repairs version of my current bike to use a bunch of the parts. The bike didn't have a V5 and the owner is unknown (guy I bought it from was doing a house clearance).

It was a couple of hundred quid and completely knackered so not a huge investment and the hpi check all came back with nothing bad attached, so I took a punt.

My question is, do I need to register it and wait to hear back from dvla before stripping the parts?

Thanks for your wisdom!
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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Legally. Yes. You have to register a change of owner and you also have to inform the DVLA if a vehicle is being permanantly dismantled.

Pratically. no. If you never intend to put that frame back on the road again, they don't know you have it.

Of you could apply for a logbook with a V62 form then SORN it. That'll cost you £25 from memory. A useable frame with a V5 is generally worth something.
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Freddyfruitba... · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 May 2016 Karma :

But what if it comes back from DVLA that the bike was stolen at some point in the past?
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KernowMX · L Plate Warrior Joined: 17 Jan 2023 Karma :

Thanks for the info! I'll go ahead with the V62 and follow the steps from there.

I did read that there is a difference between the keeper and registered owner. If a V5 doesn't mean you own the bike, but it's an old barn find, if the original owner ever did come back would they be able to take it back? (the bike is in a very poor state with loads of parts missing)

That would suck after spending a good few months if I had to take the bits back off my bike and fit them to the old frame to give back!
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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

KernowMX · L Plate Warrior Joined: 17 Jan 2023 Karma :

Thanks Stinkwheel, so if the parts were all on my bike, does that mean they would just take the old frame? And then what if that was sold on?

Ha, so many questions and eventualities.
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rpsmith79 · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Jan 2017 Karma :

Who are you buying the bike from?

From your questions, it sounds like you are not buying from the previous owner

Whoever, if you are buying it from the owner, a recipt is a perfectly acceptable way to show you are now the new owner

EDIT: Sorry, just re-read your OP, i see the issue now

Did you get a recipt though, and surely the guy doing the house clearance must have permission to sell all the items in the property
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slowasyoulike · Scooby Slapper Joined: 17 May 2021 Karma :

The DVLA are fuckwits at the best of times. They don't know you've got the bike, and it's never going back on the road so why risk the very real possibility of grief arising from their involvement?

If it was me I would strip the bike clean, obliterate the frame number, cut up said frame and chuck it in the metal recycling skip at the tip. Job done Thumbs Up

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MCN · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Jul 2015 Karma :

Well wouldn't ye know it?

DVLA have a section to cover this very subject.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/when-a-motor-vehicle-is-waste

They call a vehicle to be scrapped an ELV (end of life vehicle).

Which makes it a cost to the keeper
to dispose of it 'legally'.

Angle grinder will work.
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KernowMX · L Plate Warrior Joined: 17 Jan 2023 Karma :

crikey, well now I don't know what to do! I'm actually crapping myself as I bought without a V5 and didn't get a receipt, which after reading up is absolutely retarded. I have the previous sellers name and know where he works/ lives etc, it all seemed genuine to me at the time.

I've been down all kinds of rabbit holes about handling stolen goods without knowing etc, now am stressing my nads off.

All I wanted was the forks, but it looks like I may have opened a can of worms!
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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

KernowMX · L Plate Warrior Joined: 17 Jan 2023 Karma :

Thanks again Stinkwheel, i'm new to all this, only just passed my cbt. if i sold it on quickly would the DVLa arrest me for not registering it?? I don't have the tools to cut up a frame
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Great for when your chain is fucked as well.
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B1N · Scooby Slapper Joined: 13 Feb 2022 Karma :

Just give it away to somone else, look on facebook for a local scrap metal collector or put it up on Freecycle.