What do I need to register a totaled motorcycle?
Im looking to get a bike 2007 yamaha R6… the bike is in great shape for it to be total loss and would like to know what can I do to get it on the road, the bike is at a shop and getting a new motor but the upside is getting it registered since it has a total title. do i get a new frame and do a swap? what good does that do or are their any other suggestions.
There’s nothing wrong with a vehicle with a salvage title IF you get a good enough deal, IF there isn’t unseen damage such as a bent frame, IF you plan on keeping it forever, IF you never intend to trade it in on another vehicle and IF you want liability coverage ONLY. Insurance companies normally will not provide comprehensive coverage for anything with a salvage title. That means if you run the bike off of a cliff in a one vehicle accident, someone steals it, it burns up, etc, the insurance will pay you nothing whatsoever. Liability coverage takes care of the guy you hit, not your own vehicle.
All I can say is if I were thinking about buying it, I’d want some proof of some kind of thorough damage inspection by a third party to make sure there is no hidden damage. With such an inspection, they’d pull the tank and body work and inspect the frame for cracks or cracked paint indicating the metal has been deformed, align the wheels to make sure the fork or frame isn’t twisted or skewed and so on. And since you cannot get comprehensive coverage, that means you have no recourse if you’re in an accident. You could ride from the dealer’s lot to a gas station one block away, go into pee and come out three minutes later to find your bike stolen. If so, tough luck, it’s your baby. Because of that, the selling price better be WAY down the line. And the "new" motor means they are sticking a used, salvage yard engine into the frame. That engine may be perfect and last forever or it may be out of a wrecked or abused bike and is waiting to conk out permanently at the first available moment. The seller is gambling that they can sell the bike for more than the repairs will be. Let them take the gamble, not you.
Not worth a used tea bag in China.
Do yourself a favor, so unless you have money to burn or an R6 with a blown engine that you wish to replace, walk away.
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Caution there sonny. iF IT’S BEEN CRASHED AT ALL, – WALK ON BY.
Even a slight frame or fork ‘tweak’ can turn a ‘too good to total’
bike into a ‘suicycle’.
‘Head-shakes’ and instability can come on very suddenly, and an over-stressed fork,
frame, or swing arm, can suddenly fail on you. (No fun at ALL!).
As to title, if you’re too stubborn to listen to the ‘wave-off,
most States will issue a ‘salvage’ title that will allow you to inspect
and register, (pay those costs), and ride it, if it passes, but will warn off
‘the next poor sucker’ you try to sell it to..
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Old Road Rat
There’s nothing wrong with a vehicle with a salvage title IF you get a good enough deal, IF there isn’t unseen damage such as a bent frame, IF you plan on keeping it forever, IF you never intend to trade it in on another vehicle and IF you want liability coverage ONLY. Insurance companies normally will not provide comprehensive coverage for anything with a salvage title. That means if you run the bike off of a cliff in a one vehicle accident, someone steals it, it burns up, etc, the insurance will pay you nothing whatsoever. Liability coverage takes care of the guy you hit, not your own vehicle.
All I can say is if I were thinking about buying it, I’d want some proof of some kind of thorough damage inspection by a third party to make sure there is no hidden damage. With such an inspection, they’d pull the tank and body work and inspect the frame for cracks or cracked paint indicating the metal has been deformed, align the wheels to make sure the fork or frame isn’t twisted or skewed and so on. And since you cannot get comprehensive coverage, that means you have no recourse if you’re in an accident. You could ride from the dealer’s lot to a gas station one block away, go into pee and come out three minutes later to find your bike stolen. If so, tough luck, it’s your baby. Because of that, the selling price better be WAY down the line. And the "new" motor means they are sticking a used, salvage yard engine into the frame. That engine may be perfect and last forever or it may be out of a wrecked or abused bike and is waiting to conk out permanently at the first available moment. The seller is gambling that they can sell the bike for more than the repairs will be. Let them take the gamble, not you.
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