with the new engine in my zx9, I’ve come across a hurdle. From the DVLA, this is the evidence I have to show them:
You’ll need to provide either:a receipt for the replacement enginewritten evidence from the manufactureran inspection report provided for insurance purposeswritten confirmation on headed paper from a garage (if the change took place before you bought the vehicle)
I bought the engine from a guy on gumtree about 3 years ago, no chance of getting a receipt now. what can I do?
Has that changed recently? When I had my engine replaced on the CB500 I filled in the bit on the V5 for a new engine number and sent it off. Then it came back with the new engine number on it. That was all I had to do.
If I’m reading that correctly, you only need one of those things.
Send them photographs of the bike with the new engine, and tell them to correct the discrepancy in their records since they’re obviously wrong 
I’d leave it. Or does it make a difference come MOT time these days? If it does, grind off the old number and get your punch set out.
Make sure you inform your insurance (when you get it sorted), my other half had her pride and joy stolen, they found it burnt out and failed to pay ot due to the engine number not matching… She had a like for like fitted after running it dry of any oil :Whistling:
Given the context from the rest of the page:
https://www.gov.uk/change-vehicle-details-registration-certificate/how-to-tell-dvla
you only need to provide evidence if you’re somehow changing your tax class. If you’ve put another 900 engine in then you just need to fill in and send off the V5.
hi ya …
I’m doing exactly the same thing, fitting a different engine same model but this one works …
I just read through the web page …
page 1 says you have to notify them because your changing engine numbers
page 2 just says what to send for what your changing
page 3 tells you to supply necessary evidence if you changing taxation class or your engine…
so whatever you do you have to supply one of the things on their list …unless you just transfer everything to your crankcase which is what I was trying to avoid by buying another engine…
my saving grace is I can get a receipt but it will only be from the guy I bought it from when he broke his bike, I spose they’ll find fault with this as well coz its not from a shop …
buggered if you do, buggered if you don’t… AL…
Ah yeah, that is new, and a bit weird. I’d try sending it in with no evidence, and see what happens…
Else, presumably when you MOT it you could get the garage to create whatever bit of paper’s needed (would an MOT test suffice)?
Don’t just leave it, you may never plan on selling it, or claiming on insurance if it was damaged but if you did decide to sell it and the buyer is clued up enough to check that the numbers correspond to the V5 then they won’t touch it, and insurance companies have departments dedicated to finding ways to not pay so don’t take that chance.
Is it difficult to get an inspection report? Sounds like it would just be a stamp from a garage, maybe the OMC will know.
hi ya …
what does an inspection report consist of and why is it better proof than an mot … I thought it was for testing for road worthiness after an accident… what can they do apart from note the engine numbers …
and I was wondering why an mot cert wouldn’t do coz they check the frame and engine numbers … you put the number on the form its not like your gonna put a stolen engine number on the form …
I’ve got the whole show to go through I’m building a bike from scratch … I bought a frame with log book now I gotta send it back and change the engine No’s and colour get it mot’d, taxed and insured …
something’s bound to go wrong … i’ll plod on …AL…
cheers for the input guys. worst comes to worst I’ll have get a receipt from my friendly MOT place. I’m guessing they have to do that so they can vouch it doesn’t look like it’s been tampered with.
forget all the legal stuff
DO you have a working bike ?
It all works… just not together 
that’s not important right now