One of the primary challenges with this type of on-line database is making sure that it is extremely secure – somewhat close to your typical e-commerce transaction i.e. the web address should start with https and owner details should be very loosely coupled to bike details. Failure in this area reduces the database to an excellent source of information on who has the kind of bike a thief desires – stolen to order becomes more likely.

In general this is eminently do-able and I would not stop at just registering my bike – all items of significant value usually carry serial numbers. Why the insurance industry has not banded together and provided this service I will never know – oh wait, yes I do, they have a vested interested in increased theft.

Between MarkS, Helmet Head (software engineer), myself and probably a bunch of others on these forums, you would think that we could knock up our own International system and provide it gratis to BikeForums.Net

Anybody else interested?