robbo 167 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 I brought a project bike and,as it had spent all of it's life in a seaside town ,it had a badly rusted frame...when it came back from the blasters the bottom rails where like swiss cheese with lots of horrible bodge welding all over it...pretty certain it was out of alignment too. So I brought a s/h frame with number and v5,all legit...if I rebuild all parts onto fresh frame which v5/reg do I use?...the original bikes because the majority of parts have come from it?.. or the replacement frame?...unable to get a definitive answer from dvla at the moment but will try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted December 14, 2016 Moderator Share Posted December 14, 2016 the frame/chassis is the identifier, use the V5 off the new one, don't forget to scrap the other one or you will find it might get cloned and your name is on it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo 167 Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 Thanks for that..got hold of the right person at dvla and basically that is what he said..I did wonder though, as in the Classic Car world a brand new mgb bodyshell can have the old number used on it even though the majority of original parts are thrown away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slice Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Different in the car world, you can remove and replace the VIN tag unlike bikes where it's stamped into the frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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