Two jobs, done properly, in one app.
Rider Vault tracks both: maintenance and compliance. A bike with a lapsed MOT and perfect chain tension is still off the road. A bike with valid paperwork and a worn sprocket is still a problem waiting to happen.
Here's what it does.
MOT, tax, and manufacturer recalls — checked when you open the app.
Rider Vault checks your motorcycle's MOT status, vehicle tax status, and any open manufacturer safety recalls against the government's own APIs. Recalls are issued by the manufacturer and published through the DVSA — we surface them to you when your bike is affected. The app checks these each time you open it, so you see the current status without having to ask.
When something's about to expire — or has already — you get told. Once. Not every day. Not with a countdown timer.
Data sources: DVLA Vehicle Enquiry Service (vehicle tax). DVSA MOT History API (MOT results, advisories, and manufacturer-issued safety recalls). Both Open Government Licence v3.0.
A clear picture of where your bike is, in words anyone can read.
Rider Vault tracks the components that matter most — chain, tyres (front and rear), brakes, engine oil, coolant, brake fluid, clutch fluid. You log what you do when you do it; the app keeps the picture.
Health is shown as a colour bar with a plain-English category and reason. Not a number. Not a percentage. Not a score out of a hundred. A bike isn't an algorithm's problem, and quantifying it to two decimal places would be pretending otherwise.
There are three ways to update the app when you've done something:
- Quick log — a single measurement or a small job.
- Full service record — date, mileage, what was done, what it cost.
- Garage maintenance — scan a receipt. The image is read on your phone and immediately discarded. Only the extracted fields are kept.
Privacy.
Email, registration number, and the service notes you write are held in the United Kingdom. Photos stay on your phone. We don't ask for your VIN or V5C reference number. We don't run ads, we don't profile you, and we don't sell anything. Full detail in the Privacy Policy.
£25 a year when we're established. £10 for life if you're with us from the start.
Standard subscription is £25/year, or £2.50/month. The first 2,500 riders get a founder cohort price of £10/year (or £1/month), locked for life. A 30-day free trial. Three bikes included. Cancel any time from your phone.
What Rider Vault isn't.
It's worth saying, because most apps won't.
- Not a social app. No feed, no followers, no shared leaderboards. If you want to tell someone about your bike, tell them.
- Not a telematics product. No GPS tracking. No crash detection. No hardware.
- Not a fleet tool. Rider Vault is built for one rider with a few bikes, not a workshop with fifty.
- Not an ad platform. There are no ads in the app, and there won't be.
If any of those things matters to you, Rider Vault isn't the right app. Fair warning up front.