Another unlikely project (TOG take note) - Page 2

 

On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:57:53 -0800, The Mighty Quinlan


I wouldn't worry about placing the ad. I'm not sure I'd add no reg
papers needed. In fact I think I'd want the registration papers, just
to maintain the paper trail for the bike you build. Might make a
difference if anyone got inquisitive as to the various parts on your
bike.

 

The Mighty Quinlan wrote:


Like don says, don't mention reg papers at all, and if you can
get them, you should.

You should ask whatever agency issues the official certificate of
title, or whatever you call it in your jurisdiction, if the new
engine number can be added to the title, or to some other official
document that you can carry with you.  Otherwise, keep the original
papers that went with the donor bike and produce those if you are
asked to prove the provenance of your bitsa.

In my state, and possibly others the engine number is provided to
the state when the first title is applied for, and it is recorded
by the Department of Vehicle Services, but it is not printed on the
title certificate issued to the owner.  Every time the bike is sold,
you are required to write the engine number on the title certificate
when it is turned in to the state, during the transfer process to
the new owner.  The new title with the buyer's name on it will not
have the engine number shown.  If the engine number ever changes
between sales, and there is no affidavit or receipts documenting the
engine replacement was above board (not stolen) accompanying the
change, the new owner will be denied a title.  This will invariably
happen some time after the seller has happily spent the money.

This pitfall has caused many folks considerable heartache because they
were unaware of the bike's history.  I sold a parts engine to a guy who
frantically called me up months later begging for some documentation
on it.  When I had bought the spare engine that replaced that parts
engine, I made sure to get the original title cert and saved all the
sales papers relating to the purchase, so that when I sold the bike I
was able to make sure the new owner wouldn't suffer.  As it turned out
the buyer was from a neighboring state that had no such requirement.
But should that bike ever come back here... it might be trouble.

 



Bargain!

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The Older Gentleman wrote:


Well I found the donor bike (with running motor) I was looking for...
in a manner of speaking:

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/nvn/mcy/1550160955.html

I wonder if that motor would fit in the Bonnie frame?

SQ

 



Not without a helluva lot of work, no.


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Suzuki TS250ER GN250  Damn, back to six bikes!
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