natedeel
wormburner
So I hate that my first post as a member has to be about the most agonizing part of purchasing a vintage bike but hear it goes. I bought a running 81 xs650 at a swap meet for 300 bucks with a title, the PO gave me the phone # of the guy who he bought the bike from. I talked with this guy who unfortunatley got the bike from the widow of his friend who had bought it several years earlier from either the guy who's name is on the title or another person who had bought it from another person... this bikes been around but the original Title has stayed with it everywhere it has gone. I have spent alot of time working on the bike and it runs like a top now so after I got insurance on her I went to the DMV to get it registered tags all that stuff, well they did not want the process to be easy for me, so they said I could wait 3 years for the bike to be an antique and then title it or I could pay them alot of money to get a hush hush quiet title (if the judge would decide to award it to me was undetermined but I would still have to pay hundreds of dollars to hear his decision) I cant track down the original owner so should I forge the bill of sale and title to make it appear that I had bought the bike from the last owner on the title? Would I go to jail if it didn't work? Is there any situation where I can make this bike legal to drive that doesn't involve me spending more money than I bought the bike for or possibly going to jail? I really just want to forge the documents and be done with it. Any helpful advice would be greatly appreciated, I have already found so much useful advice in these forums so I cant thank you guys enough but this problem did not seem to be addressed yet on any threads so what do you guys think?