Blue Viscount - Recovered

To be fair, I think the best idea WAS for him to buy it and try and find the owner. He could've kept quiet about it, or sold it for a profit.

Saying that, Roland I think you should try harder to find the owner (if you haven't already) - not everyone SS reads this forum.

All suggestions gratefully received - I have to say I am dubious about walking into Brixton Police Station and saying "I bought this bike - I think it is stolen" - simply because I have a feeling that they will raise their eyebrows, say "and? What do you want us to do about it? Fingerprint it and put it on crimewatch?"

If there is a better route than this? Crimestoppers, perhaps? Tried to submit a general enquiry on the Met website, but can't get it to work. Will try from home PC later.

To be honest, the bike is not in a great shape - it is virtually unrideable in its current state so god knows where it came from (skip? dumped?) so although I will try to find its rightful owner, if I don't I will convert it.

I know I am in a moral grey area (to say the least) so if there are other ideas of where I can 'advertise' - or even thoughts on what to do with it - then cool...