I forgot about this posting - I'll complete the loop on this story. It was fine in the end but it took a lot to get it sorted. The bike was not stolen or tampered with... I phoned up the DVLA, they came and inspected it. I tracked the vehicle back to Honda. There had basically been a massive cock-up...

Update: had a visit from the DVLA. To back track I had already asked the local police to check out the numbers for me and so was reasonably sure that I do not own stolen goods. The DVLA revealed that a bike with my registration plate was imported from Germany and was new back in 1998. The trouble is...

I went into my local station and got it checked again. All OK. Now I just have to get the log bog changed, as I still cannot ride it legally.

Update
Just phone up the old Bill and ran through the frame numbers and was told that "We've checked this to our National computer and the Police are not interested".
So now I will see what the DVLA do.

Noted! Didn't check when I brought the bike as: 1. I purchased from respectable dealer. 2. Never had the sense to request the log book as was just given the new buyer suppliment. 3. Mot cert that came with the bike has the same frame no. as the bike, and so did not think to ever cross ref. back to t...

Thank you very much for your responses. Of course I had not considered the fact that I am now knowingly holding goods that may well be stolen. Whether anyone can trace them to anything is another matter, but your points are taken onboard, my lil' bike is quite possibly owned by an insurance company....

Thanks for your input, you lot are great. Been on the phone to the dealer who is luckily still in business. He accepts that the trail does lead totally back to him, and the evidence is overwhelmingly in my favour. Now the problem is what to do now. He says I should send in the details of the VIN, an...

Just discovered that my bike has a tampered with frame and engine number and guess what? It doesn't match the log book. Bought it from a dealer seven years ago and did less than 500 miles, then stored it. Took it to a MOT and they pointed out the problem, so now I can't MOT it or sell it. I have ful...