I have recently returned to motorcycles after around 15 years of driving, when I was 19 I used to have a 250 which I used for work being unable to afford a car. I remember the test being pretty simple in comparison to todays requests. Last year I bought myself a 125 r and was happy to be back on two wheels again. I must confess I'd lost much of my skill and went and took a cbt with an old fella who had also dreamed of returning to his golden days one last time. I have now traded my 125 in and bought a r1 and been riding it now for about 2 months only to be pulled on the last dealer check and told I don't have a bike license. To be honest I felt sick as I've had a photo card licence since last year and never bothered to check. I've wrote an email to the dvla with a query as to why my licence has infact changed.. they've requested a record of my test date and I've now sent a letter with the date I believe to be correct to the case file department. Personally I will continue to ride as I know dam well I've done my test and regardless of what they miss off its not my fault that my old paper licence was stolen. I've read through all of these forum posts and sometimes I think people just add 'oh I've lost mine too' to see if they can get away with it. Personally I think the fact that such an important agency is making these mistakes is not only quite frankly terrifying but also potentially putting people in great risk of being accused of illegal actions when like myself have always done everything correctly and have a clean license. If they do decide not to reinstate this I honestly don't know what I will do as I've already paid for an expensive bike, a full insurance premium which is basically nulled through no fault of my own and somehow will have to find the money to take a das course which quite frankly is ludicrous. Seems to me we pay huge taxes in this country and do everything honestly and pay for it over and over again whilst the criminals walk away laughing. I for one am disappointed and deeply stressed by this entire situation.