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Abandoned airhead in Italy , anyone's ?
This is kind of a long shot, but this has been abandoned at a nearby airport here in north-east Italy for over a year now:
Could it belong to someone on here?
A quick look tells me that it's dual plugged, has a homemade pannier rack, vented final drive etc etc, clearly the owner cared for his bike and knew his stuff, that's why it's weird that it was just left there.
The bad news is that the bi-annual car park cleanup is due at the end of next month, that means the bike will be scrapped unless someone shows up before then. The airport authorities never bother to try to contact the owners of vehicles registered abroad.
I'm not really interested in getting hold of another airhead (already got one bleeding my wallet dry as it is), but if I were to hear from the owner I could certainly work out putting it in a safe place at least.
Thanks for any news
Antonio
PS, no idea how it works in the UK if I want to find the details of a vehicle's owner, here it just involves a 2 euro phone call, is there any way I can get these off the DVLA, if the bike isn't actually on my own property?
PPS Forgot to mention, it's got stickers from a bike dealer in Southampton
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Antonio,
I have never tried it, but I believe you can get the details of the registerd keeper from the DVLA if you can show good reason for your interest in the matter.
The bike should be SORNed because it has been out of the UK for so long - see the sticky thread in "trip paperwork" for detailed information about the SORN process, including a fairly recent update that has been posted in there.
Good luck with your very decent good samaritan act!
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If you could let us have a photo of the reg number somebody might recognise it even if they don't own it, or e-mail the dealer in Southampton they might know.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Walkabout
you can get the details of the registerd keeper from the DVLA if you can show good reason for your interest in the matter.
The bike should be SORNed because it has been out of the UK for so long
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DVLA need £2.50 or thereabouts as well as 'good reason' to disclose the Registered Keeper identity. They are quite flexible with 'good reason' but not the fee!
If someone in UK can go to a Police station with the Reg Number and explains, they will look up to see if it is reported stolen and it's Road Fund Licence/SORN status - but they will not tell you the Registered Keeper identity.
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Hi
If someone pm's me the Reg, and location details, i'll print it off and go into local police station.
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or I don't mind paying the £2.50 either
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Giacomo,
Google brings up a load of contact details for the DVLA.
The search shown below is for email contact but you can find the same for telephone numbers, centrally and regionally.
dvla contact - Google Search
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