Finding my old bike

[srj999]

Hi all,

Is it possible to track down th present keeper/owner of a vehicle? I want to find my old R6 with a view of buying it back if it still exists in some sort of usable condition.

A registration check in the DVLA website shows that the bike still exists. It is currently untaxed and has not had an MOT since Jan 2010. However, finding the present owner/keeper is another matter.

Unless you have reasonable cause, you cannot simply ask for details of the current owner, so I have hit a brick wall. I believe the bike is still in Kent but where I have no idea.

Any advice gratefully received.

[mentalboy]

Pics of said machine,year, when you owned it, area you sold it,etc might come in handy.

Mine was a '98 silver/black with orange striping.
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[yen_powell]

Tell the DVLA that the said bike parked on your private drive and you want to take him to court, give them a few quid (£2.50 last I heard)and they will give you the current registered address on the V5.
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[Rogerborg]

They want a photograph of it.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622658/v888-request-by-individual-for-information-about-vehicle.pdf

Keeper details are personal information for the purposes of the DPA and should only be given out to "prevent or detect crime".

Still, you don't ask, you don't get.
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[Rogerborg]

My reading of the preceding is that you can ask for details of that vehicle that are:

1) Concerning the vehicle and not a person.
2) Concerning you.
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[waffles]

If you are on Facebook then join up to some Kent based groups and see if anyone on there knows of your bike. Kent bikers, ONE3 Community etc. or try the Yamaha R6 owners club.
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[mentalboy]

[waffles]

Yeah, posting details on here could help!
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[stevo as b4]

I feel different about having back a first bike now than I used to. I'd probably not want my old bikes back as they wouldn't feel the same after 4-5 other people have sat on them and used them.

Unless your old R6 was a one off special, there's probably a good choice of the same model R6 still out there and some will almost certainly be in a better condition than your old'un.

Also having a different example might spur you on to sort, fix improve it or make it nicer. Where you might get disheartened with having your old one back and run out of motivation by thinking 'look how much they've fucked up my old bike' etc.

[Tracer1234]

The post got me thinking. I am loving my new bike, but I am left feeling like I really really miss the street triple. Would love to be able to afford to keep both.
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[srj999]

Lots of useful input, guys. Thanks.

[Rogerborg]

Somewhat surprisingly, it's not showing as either stolen or exported.

Since it's untaxed and not SORNed, that means that 8 years of blackmail demands have been ignored. The chances of it being registered to a real name and address seem fairly slim.

Have you considered just 'shopping up an image of it and saying "Yeah, parked illegal on my private land and that, giz details."

Given the chancers and cowboys that DVLA will cheerfully sell details on to, there's essentially no danger of any come-back on you.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike