Moto ID — Digital provenance for exceptional vehicles

ABOUT

Built for vehicles that deserve a real history.

Moto ID gives a car or motorcycle a permanent, verifiable identity: a laser-engraved plate carrying a unique number and a QR code, paired with a free account where the owner builds a digital record of the vehicle — registration details, service documents, invoices and photographs. Anyone can scan the plate to see a verified summary of the vehicle's identity and history; only the owner can add to the record.

It exists because paper histories are easy to lose, easy to forge and impossible to check independently. A stack of invoices or a seller's word is only ever as good as the trust you place in the person handing it to you. Owners who service and restore their own vehicles have it worse still — a main dealer stamp counts for something at resale, while a logbook of an owner's own labour and parts usually counts for nothing, however carefully it was kept.

Moto ID doesn't solve that by asking anyone to trust us instead. The record itself is built by the owner, over time, and stands or falls on its own consistency — a registration date, a pattern of activity, photographs and documents added as the work actually happened. That's a more honest kind of proof than a single certificate issued once and never checked again.

It's a one-time purchase, not a subscription. You pay for the plate; the account, the document folders and the public verification page are free for as long as you own the vehicle, and the record transfers with it, free of charge, when it's sold. See how the mark works →

A hand-drawn illustration of a classic Porsche 911, with a detail inset of its engraved Moto ID plate and QR code fitted to the dashboard

A hand-drawn illustration of a bobber motorcycle, with a detail inset of its engraved Moto ID plate and QR code fitted near the handlebars

THE MARK

Engraved once.
Verified forever.

Each plate is engraved to order and fixed where it belongs — the top of a dashboard, a tank or a tail unit — carrying a unique number and a QR code that links straight to the vehicle's public record.

For cars — fixed at the top of the dashboard, in clear view.

For motorcycles — fixed wherever suits the build: tank, tail or under the seat.

HOW IT'S MARKED

Laser-annealed, not printed.

Every plate is marked on our own laser, tuned to anneal the stainless steel's surface rather than just etch or print it. Annealing changes the metal's own oxide layer instead of cutting through or coating it, so the mark won't fade, flake or rust — it's part of the steel for the life of the vehicle.

A Moto ID plate laser-marked with a Porsche 911's registration and Moto ID number, next to its QR code

One of our plates — laser-marked, not printed.

HOW IT WORKS

Commission your plate. Tell us about the vehicle; it's engraved to order and posted straight to you.

Fix it in place. On the dashboard, tank or wherever suits the build — in clear view, ready to scan.

Build the record. Registration and specification, then documents, invoices and photographs as the history unfolds.

Prove it, always. A verified scan for a buyer, an insurer, or your own record, set against a history that can't be rewritten.

For the owner who cares how the story is told.

AGAINST COUNTERFEIT HISTORY

A record built and dated by the owner over time is far harder to fake than a single certificate issued once.

FOR WORK DONE BY HAND

Restore or maintain it yourself? Log parts, dates and photographs, so the work counts as real, dated history.

FOR TRUE CONDITION

Photographs and documents build a timeline a buyer, insurer or club can trust at a glance.