Buying or selling? A full history check can reveal theft, write-offs, and outstanding finance.
Around 10,000 motorcycles are stolen each year in the UK, many sold to unsuspecting buyers.
Vehicles issued a Certificate of Destruction(COD) and should never be return to the road.
Fake or stolen logbooks may indicate cloning or theft. *V5C required
Repeated failures may indicate poor upkeep.
*Where available
Bikes with outstanding finance may be repossessed by the lender.
Plate changes can be innocent or hide a vehicle’s history.
Exported bikes should not be sold in the UK; imports may lack history.
VIN discrepancies may indicate theft or cloning.
*VIN required
Identifies damage categories A, B, S or N.
see more information on write-off categories here.
Mileage inconsistencies reduce value.
*Where available
Includes registration, bike details, keeper history, MOT and tax status etc.
Private, trade and retail pricing.
*Where available
Hidden past
1 in 4 motorbikes checked has some form of adverse history
Financed owed
1 in 3 vehicles checked has an current loan or finance aggreement still in place
Mileage
1 in 11 motorbikes checked shows a mileage descrepancey and so may have been clocked
Insurance loss
1 in 14 motorbikes checked has been written-off by an insurance company
Stolen recovered
Thousands of motorcycles are stolen every year in the UK and only around 16% are ever recovered
False identity
1 in 4 motorbikes checked has had a plate change and there are over 200,000 stolen log books in circulation.
Listed on the ABI register
Around 70 bikes a day are listed as insurance write-offs as categories A, B, S or N
Motorcycle Theft
Motorcycles are about 6 times more likely to be stolen than any other vehicle
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