Re-registering a stolen bike?

[fuzz]

How is it possible for a bike theif to re-register a bike they stole in their own name and make it legally theirs? If a bike has been reported stolen, surely any change made to the registration details should be treated with suspicion. The DVLA send a letter to the registered keeper saying their bike is to be re-registered by A. Theif and if they don't respond in 14 days, the bike legally becomes their property. I still can't get my head around this, I don't see how it can happen.
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[Bezzer]

That article in MCN is a load of bollocks, there's more to that case than meets the eye. Registering it at DVLA shows you to be the registered KEEPER not necessarily the actual OWNER, your ownership rights over property can't be taken from you simply by the DVLA putting it in someone else's name. As I say there is something wrong in that case, perhaps more of a civil dispute over the bike etc which is why the police aren't acting. For example a bike on HP is actually owned by the company that finances it until it's paid for but it is registered in your name. You are the registered keeper but not the owner.
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[fuzz]

I figured they were talking crap, it didn't make any sense to me at all, but it's best to look into these thing 'just in case'.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

The log book means nothing as far as ownership goes. If you buy a stolen vehicle that is bad luck, you loose it with your only source of recompense being getting the money back from the person you bought it from.

It would seem that all that is happening is that those with stolen vehicles are reporting their details indirectly to the police. Why the police are unwilling to act on these details is unknown (and quite possibly down to issues of who actually owns the bike).

Really cannot see why the DVLA should ever issue a log book for a bike that is still recorded as stolen. Mind you, it is the DVLA, hardly known for efficiency.

All the best

Keith
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[fuzz]

2 years I can understand. 2 weeks is unbelievable.
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[Kickstart]

[Spike_R]

if your bikes gone for more than 2 weeks you aint getting it back.

i found that out.
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[ciaronr6]

You're driving behind a Porsche. You clock the registration. You go to the post office and fill in a V62. A couple of weeks later, you are the registered keeper of that Porsche. You can obtain insurance and tax.

Strange but true...

[extreme3d]

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