thank you all for your help and advice,
I tend to agree,it does seem to be a lot of trouble,and the "wonderful" DVLA is/was the straw that broke the camels whatever !!
one thing I did do was ask for engine and frame numbers,contacted my local plod ,hope they would have a national data base
of stolen bikes,guess what,no chance,I got a friendly phone call asking if I was buying locally,I said no,from Norfolk,she said
email Norfolf plod and ask them if it was stolen in their area!!! as if you couldn't nick it in london,and strip it in Norfolk !!!
I asked her to send me a confirmation email for my records !!!
when I received the email,she said she had forwarded my enquiry to Norfolk plod !!
amazing !!
well,guess I carry on looking
cheers and thanks