Wharfcreek
Near 50 Yrs of Experience
This is a long shot, but I'm amid a project that just started sort of taking on a life of it's own. I purchased a junk bike / basket case for $100 here locally, and brought it home thinking it would be a good 'parts' bike and have some decent donor parts on it. I made the mistake of fixing the front brake system; rebuilding the caliper and master cylinder and installing some new brake pads. Then I pulled the carbs and overhauled 'em. Then swapped out handle bars, the front wheel, etc, etc, etc. I now have the engine firing over, and I'm hoping to maybe have it to a point of being able to drive up and down the block by this coming weekend. In any case, before I get way too deep into restoring this bike, I need to address the problem of 'not' havint a title. I believe there are some title services that work with this kind of thing.....titling or registering the bike in like Maine or Vermont or something? I don't know, but hopefully someone out there does. The bike's 40 years old...and was actually acquired from the son-in-law of the owner who sadly had a stroke and is now virtually completely incapacitated. The son-in-law is aware that the owner (his father in law) did have a title to the thing, but he doesn't have a clue where it is, and as he's not the registered owner he can't apply for a duplicate. But, the point is....it's not a 'stolen' bike....it was legitimately obtained!! Just badly neglected for perhaps 20 or more years! Anyway, any help here would be greatly appreciated. I'm also open to doing a frame-swap if I can come up with a frame and title, and I've posted in the want-ad section there to see if that produces anything. Many thanks!! Tom D.