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Title: Serial number registry?
Post by: oldschoolace on October 06, 2012, 02:28 PM
In light of Adiers bad news and given the rising value and interest in old school is it worth having some sort of serial registry on here? I know i could get complicated with bikes changing hand frequently but surely its worth putting names to serials. Even if that name is an old one, it gives the community and the police a starting point when stolen stuff turns up or is suspected.

Go on .... how many of you know your serial numbers, i know i dont  :-[
Title: Re: Serial number registry?
Post by: Devilock on October 06, 2012, 02:34 PM
I know all of mine...go on, test me...!
Title: Re: Serial number registry?
Post by: oldschoolace on October 06, 2012, 02:38 PM
How would i know you were not just reading out your electricity meter reading  ;D
Title: Re: Serial number registry?
Post by: Devilock on October 06, 2012, 02:38 PM
How would i know you were not just reading out your electricity meter reading  ;D

I live in a tent.
Title: Re: Serial number registry?
Post by: oldschoolace on October 06, 2012, 02:42 PM
Dont sound very secure for your rides  ???
Title: Re: Serial number registry?
Post by: kungfunky on October 06, 2012, 02:51 PM
Yup mine are all logged, even all the ones tucked away in storage  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Serial number registry?
Post by: Devilock on October 06, 2012, 02:56 PM
Dont sound very secure for your rides  ???

Its ok as I have a note taped to each bike that says 'Do not touch'
Title: Re: Serial number registry?
Post by: oldschoolace on October 06, 2012, 03:09 PM
Dont sound very secure for your rides  ???

Its ok as I have a note taped to each bike that says 'Do not touch'

One day i hope to be as clever as you  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Serial number registry?
Post by: oldschoolace on October 06, 2012, 03:10 PM
Just me without his serial numbers then?  :-[
Title: Re: Serial number registry?
Post by: HUTCHMAN on October 06, 2012, 03:13 PM
i don't think it's a bad idea...better than having it written down on a scrap of paper at home,just waiting to be lost.
Title: Re: Serial number registry?
Post by: Gnarlyscoots on October 06, 2012, 03:33 PM
I'd go for that bro. Haven't a scooby on my serials, well, until a little while ago  :coolsmiley:
Title: Re: Serial number registry?
Post by: oldschoolace on October 06, 2012, 03:51 PM
Thinking about it a bit more it could be quite a simple form E.g

Name :
Address/postcode:
Serial number:
distinguishing markings:
Date purchased:
Photo ( serial & whole frame )

The details could be hidden once submitted so others couldnt rip them off and the presence on here plus the submission date would support your claim to ownership if the theiving tw@ts tried to claim them as their own.

Dunno.... just seems a logical idea to me and if it only helped one Radster out is has to be worth it.   :-\
Title: Re: Serial number registry?
Post by: CustardLips on October 07, 2012, 12:37 AM
Good idea. Doing something is better than doing nothing. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Serial number registry?
Post by: griff on October 07, 2012, 12:48 AM
Tbh that's the only reason I put my bikes on the museum, already lost my bit of paper
Title: Re: Serial number registry?
Post by: Jaypeg on October 07, 2012, 01:41 AM
Museum is good for keeping your serial number(s) on file . I normally take pictures of mine and download onto my pc.
Title: Re: Serial number registry?
Post by: dp and Chopper Dude on October 07, 2012, 09:03 AM
Great idea! My dp GL is logged on the firebird website. It might be worth having the ownership details on the photo too. That might put people off swiping your picture and saying it's theirs. Well until they chop that bit out in paint!
Where would the details go, in the me & my bikes section?
Title: Re: Serial number registry?
Post by: deeman on October 07, 2012, 05:03 PM
I like the idea Clint,wouldn't it be easier to have a section to submit the serial number every time you put a new build up?,so the serial is on display as well as the bike? :daumenhoch:the dates would still correspond.I havn't a clue what my serials are!
Title: Re: Serial number registry?
Post by: oldschoolace on October 07, 2012, 10:12 PM
Yeah some sort of attachment to me and my bikes is the logical way of going about it. Not sure whether having your serials available for all to see is a good thing or not  :-\
Title: Re: Serial number registry?
Post by: griff on October 07, 2012, 10:19 PM
Yeah some sort of attachment to me and my bikes is the logical way of going about it. Not sure whether having your serials available for all to see is a good thing or not  :-\

I would say not tbh
Title: Re: Serial number registry?
Post by: Devilock on October 07, 2012, 10:29 PM
So whats your conclusion Clint...?
Title: Re: Serial number registry?
Post by: oldschoolace on October 07, 2012, 10:39 PM
Hidden serials for me, this is mine ********04  ;)
Title: Re: Serial number registry?
Post by: deeman on October 07, 2012, 10:42 PM
Hidden serials for me, this is mine ********04  ;)

yeah,not a bad shout.Available to the owner of the bike but not publicly on display.Might be able to be used for wrong purposes somewhere :daumenhoch:
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