TITLE HELP

[bybowtie]

OK I have busted my butt for 2 months trying to get my Gs 1100 running.. Now I am at the point(just short of running dern those carbs :roll: ) where I am going to register.. OK a little history
I got the first of 2 Gs biked from a friend on Md for free w/no title or bill of sale.. It wasnt in too good of shape so I figured I d part it out... Well I found another on ebay went to tennessee to get and it too had no title but a bill of sale came with it..
I went to DMV here in VA to title and register it and come to find out that LAST year they changed the rules and that a bill of sale is no longer a viable form of ownership..
So guys is there anything I can do have any of you had an issue like this?
Tell me anything I am willing to listen

[billp]

Pick up a copy of walnecks cycle trader or something like that, it's a want ad type magazine that has a lot of old bikes. Barnes and noble should have it. There are a number of outfits that specialize in getting titles for old bikes and they advertise in walneck's. Probably cost you a $100 or so.

bill

[TheNose]

There's got to be someway to get a title. Check on the states department of motor vehicles website for info. I just went through getting a title for a junk bike I bought on ebay. I was a bit of a hassel, but it'll be worth it. The people at the local office were very helpful. Call and ask how to get a replacement title. Good luck.

Terry

[bybowtie]

thanks very much

will check on t rught away!

[Mastiff]

I'm going to use International Title Service. There is also a company called Broadway Title. They can get you a title for an 87 or older motorcycle. The cost is more like $150. As I understand it, you "sell" them the bike, they title it, then "sell" it back to you. Now you have a title to take to the DMV. "Sell" in this case is a legal fiction. I think the process takes about 2 weeks. For an additional fee, they will expedite the service. They won't retitle bikes that have been stolen or have liens on them. Hope this helps,

http://www.its-titles.com/

http://www.broadwaytitle.com/about.htm

[humhead]

There's got to be someway to get a title. Check on the states department of motor vehicles website for info.

Good advice. I was able to get a title for a 72 Yamaha R5C that I found in the garbage. I called NJDMV. They told me that they keep records of title for ~ 10 years. A search of their records turned up nothing. They told me to petition my county superior court judge for a document ordering DMV to assign me a title. The court clerk rode, so he was very helpful. Twenty dollars and two teeks later, I was able to walk into my local DMV office with an order to assign title signed by a judge.
It might take some time on hold listening to muzak, but you should be able to get a title. I live in NJ, the most beauracrat infested state in the US.
Despite this handicap, I have a title for something I rescued from a dumpster.

[Billy Ricks]

You should be able to get a salvage or rebuilder's title. You just need to get with your DMV and see what can be done.

[bybowtie]

great help mastiff my paper work is on the way...
Billy Ricks Posted: Fri May 16, 2003 5:56 pm Post subject:

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You should be able to get a salvage or rebuilder's title. You just need to get with your DMV and see what can be done

Billy in the state of Va it used to be that way but now as it is also in many other states you have to have more proof (i.e. title info)
I had tried states that I have family in and even those its the same way.. If it were an insurance salvage or something of the like you would have proof.. I even tried to get a home-built title and they wouldnt allow it either.. so its off to ITS.....thanks all

[bybowtie]

actually NJ is the easiest to get a title for as they dont do salvage titles its either clean or none at all... As a dealer(in my past) we watched specifically for vehicles from NJ and a few others (cant think of) for that reason......Often times the vehicles sold at auction ther were stolen or damaged and repaired, although nothing necessarily wrong with that it just doesnt get disclosed... On of those things

[Jethro]

No state is easier than New Hampshire to get a title. Just trailer it down to your local Police Department. They verify the VIN# and in 2 weeks, voila, your title arrives in the mail! So, if you guys need a title, just bring your bike to me in NH, I'll say it's mine (better not be stolen, though) and I'll "sell" it back to you- wink, wink- when I get the title!

[earlfor]

It just goes to show, you never know what you will find in a dumpster.
I guess finding a motorcycle would be equal to winning the dumpster divers lottery huh. :-) Talk about lucky. :-) :-)

Earl

I live in NJ, the most beauracrat infested state in the US.
Despite this handicap, I have a title for something I rescued from a dumpster.

[crag antler]

I know in Vermont, I was told by the state DMV, that they don't "do" title for older vehicles. Which meant I didn't have one for either the 76 or 83.
I do have the 83's from the original owner's back when he bought it.

[humhead]

It just goes to show, you never know what you will find in a dumpster.
I guess finding a motorcycle would be equal to winning the dumpster divers lottery huh. Talk about lucky.

I learned the fine art of garbage pickin' from a Musician/sculptor /painter friend of mine. The majority of the raw material for his work came from peoples' garbage. They threw it out, he took it & sold it for hundreds of dollars. The bike is complete now, but I'm going to sell it - it's too small

actually NJ is the easiest to get a title for as they dont do salvage titles its either clean or none at all... As a dealer(in my past) we watched specifically for vehicles from NJ and a few others (cant think of) for that reason......Often times the vehicles sold at auction ther were stolen or damaged and repaired, although nothing necessarily wrong with that it just doesnt get disclosed... On of those things

Once again, I learn something I wonder if this loophole has anything to do with NJ's other powerful demographic -- Mobst (cough) I mean buisnessmen

[lehrin]

When I got ahold of my '80 GS 550 last year, it hadn't been registered since '90. i just took it down to my DMV in northern California and told them that I had bought it at a yard sale for 50 bucks in another town, had no way of finding the people who sold it to me, that i wasn't going back to chico just for that, etc. They tried to give me some guff but eventually the woman caved and just issued me a title, contingent on me verifying the VIN with a highway patrol officer. did that, walked in with the paperwork, got the title in the male in a few days.