Advice Please Concerning Log Book Problem- very complicated!!?

I purchased a Lambretta about 4 years ago and have a very complicated problem:





The bike was sold to the person I bought the bike from in 1999 and the original seller signed the forms on sale but gave the buyer the forms to sign and send off to the DVLA. The buyer did not sign and send off so when I purchased the bike from him the form given to me still had the original owner signature on dated 1999. As I did not buy from the original seller I just filed the paperwork as I planned to do the bike up.





Anyway 4 years down the line I have not been on the bike as did not have the time to take my test and in the mean time have lost the form mentioned above. Therefore I think the bike will still be registered in the persons name that sold in 1999. I obviously wish to sort out this mess but not sure how as the form is now missing and registered in an old owner name with DVLA.





Someone said that if i explain to DVLA I could get in trouble as i have had the bike 4 yrs and not registered the bike as off road???





Even if i find the form I cannot complete as new owner as still has seller signature on from 1999 and will obviously look odd if i sign the document 9 yrs later!!!





Any ideas how I should go about clearing the problem up so I can register the bike to either sell on or ride myself once ive taken bike test??





Thank youAdvice Please Concerning Log Book Problem- very complicated!!?
You should never buy a motor vehicle without getting a merchantable title from the seller. What happened was the person you bought the bike from ';jumped'; the title, which is illegal. You need to go back to your seller and insist on a merchantable title. It's up to him and is his problem to provide one to you. If that all fails, you need to explain to your DMV. Good luck, I think you will need it.