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Motorbike checks
Frame and engine number verification, MIAFTR write-off markers and PNC theft checks — built for the specific ringer and theft patterns of UK motorcycles.
Motorcycle fraud has a different shape from car fraud. Ringing — putting the frame of a stolen bike onto the engine and paperwork of a wrecked donor — is more common on bikes than cars because bike frame and engine numbers are easier to verify in person and easier to spot a mismatch on. Cosmetic write-offs are more common because a damaged bike fairing is a larger claim relative to bike value than a damaged car body panel is to car value.
The brands in this hub each focus on one of those patterns. Motorbike HPI Check and Motorbike HPI run the full provenance lookup with frame and engine number returned for physical comparison. Motorbike Stolen Check focuses on the PNC theft register, where UK bike theft is concentrated in London, Manchester and the West Midlands. Free Motorbike Check provides the no-cost summary version for a first look.
Motorbike History provides the full ownership and MOT trail. For any UK bike purchase over a few hundred pounds, the same rule applies as for cars: the report is the start of the diligence, the in-person inspection is the end of it.
