Here is a website I founs a while back and still go to it every now and again to check up on potential buys. I thought I would post it up here and after it gets some attention, I'll probably stick it so that it's easy to come back to. I don't want to stick it now as it may not get the attention it deserves.
Go ahead, try it out. Here is a known stolen VIN to play with... JS1GR75A2H2100562
thanks so much long.im blind buliding an 89 now,hoping that by the time i check the VIN, i wont be too far done and have spent too much lol.if it is stolen that is
Great info there. Wouldnt want headache of building a bike from scratch without paper work and get it taken away after years of hard labor and wads of cash over some stolen shit!
Yeah, that's why I use it. You see a lot of frames without paperwork these days and there's really no reason to assume they are stolen right off the bat, but there's also no sense in building before you know, and anything without a title should be suspect and checked. I like the site becuse I can check the VIN before even going to look at it as long as the seller will give it to me, and if he won't... Well, he probably should get a visit from somebody else instead.
Keep in mind that this only works if the bike was reported to the insurance company. If the owner didn't have full coverage insurance, it probably will not be on there.
The funny thing for me is that the GSXR was only the 2nd bike I ever got full coverage on, and that was because it was mint and very hard to come by. The first one was my Dads old bike, and since it was also old and irreplacable, that was why I did it. All of my bikes are paid for, but even still, I now carry full coverage on everything but the dirt bikes/quads after what happened with the GSXR. I suppose it only takes one time to convince you to do it.
Insurance is not by state, it covers you no matter where in the US you may be, so when you file a claim, it goes into this nationwide database.
interesting side note.. i ran my 04 vin into it and it did not come up as stolen... but i see who ever bought it at the auction after it was recoverd totaled it less than a month later...mine was stolen in may of 06 then recoverd in aug 06 and went to auction in sept. now has a total loss date in oct 06..
VINCheckSM Theft Record js1gt75a342105040 has not been identified as a vehicle listed in the VINCheckSM Theft Records.
VINCheckSM is updated regularly as additional information is reported.
VINCheckSM Total Loss Record
Further information is available through Carfax . VIN: js1gt75a342105040 has been identified as a vehicle listed in the VINCheckSM Salvage Records.
Date of loss: 2006-10-02
Cause of loss: Collision
Interesting. Is that site free or do you have to subscribe to it? Nothing ever turned up on mine, but if it were recovered and went to auction, I'd like to know who got it.
is there one for the motor #? A guy know got a motor from Connecticut and when he went to get the bike inspected the motor was stolen and the highway patrol ceased the bike and he had to pay the insurance company for the motor to get the bike back even though the frame wasn't stolen and in his name. I know where 90% of my motors came from but it would be nice to know for sure on when buying a rat bike
We don't have the engine numbers in the title here in florida.
I think i read that SUZUKI of America has the list of the matching frame to engine numbers. But i don't know if they would share that info.
My bike has fallen off this database. Apparently records are only kept for 5 years. If you put my VIN in, the bike comes up as not stolen, but I assure you, it is still very much stolen.